News and Updates

Join millions nationwide in sharing how arts, culture, and creative expression enrich and define your life and community! We are hosting free, hands-on arts and culture activities and events as part of Culture Days from September 20 to October 13, 2024.

Since its inception in 1982, Fibreworks has celebrated the textile industry of the Grand River region through a biennial exhibition of fibre-based artworks. This influential exhibition has been pivotal in shaping Cambridge Art Galleries’ permanent collection of contemporary Canadian fibre art, evolving from showcasing Ontario-based artists to embracing talents nationwide.

Welcoming Week is an annual opportunity to recognize and celebrate the people, places, and values that help everyone feel welcome and give them a sense of belonging in their local community. This year’s Welcoming Week takes place from September 13 to September 22.

The Cambridge Public Library Board and staff announced this week that a new chapter will begin for the organization. We will move from using the name Idea Exchange to Cambridge Public Library.

If you want to browse the collections, place holds, and manage your library account on a mobile device, Idea Exchange has an app for that!The new app offers convenient on-the-go access to searching library collections, placing holds, tracking your borrowing, viewing our location hours and services, and more. Make your Idea Exchange experience more seamless and accessible every day, wherever you go.

You will find Chris and Leah in the Fiction area of our Queen’s Square location, always ready to help you find your next great read and other library items to borrow. Chris began as a Member Services, Casual employee in 2022, and soon became a permanent member of the Information Services and Interlibrary Loan teams. 

Get moving with Idea Exchange’s Active Living Collection, available at our Clemens Mill location. Borrow an exciting array of sports equipment, fitness tools, and lawn games to kickstart and supercharge your active lifestyle.

Updated Mobile Printing ServicesWe have updated the mobile printing service at Idea Exchange locations with Princh, a new mobile printing tool that is simple, efficient and convenient to use. Princh makes printing at your favourite Idea Exchange location a cinch. Much like our previous printing option, there are different methods you can choose to send your print jobs to Idea Exchange via Princh. This allows you to pick the one that works best for your needs.

“Through collections, programs and events, services, makerspaces and art galleries, we are honoured to facilitate access to the ideas and stories of the world, and help each of you write your own. And as we see it, we’re not creating history, we’re forging our future. A future for all.” – Chrissy Hodgins, CEO

Idea Exchange has received national recognition with two library awards: the 2023 TD Summer Reading Club Accessibility Award from the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) and a 2023 TD Summer Reading Club Library Award (Second, English), sponsored by TD Bank Group. The awards were presented at the Saskatchewan Libraries Conference on Thursday, May 3.