News and Updates

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.

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.

We are excited to announce that a permanent Multi-Sensory Room is now available for use at our Clemens Mill location. This unique space follows the success of our 2023 Multi-Sensory Room pilot project which received the Minister's Award for Innovation (Large Library Category) earlier this year. 

In 2023, we celebrated anniversaries at two of our locations; the 100 years of the Carnegie Library Building in Hespeler and 5 years of discovery at the Old Post Office, created an award winning Multi-Sensory Room pilot project at Clemens Mill, conducted a community survey for our 2024-2027 Strategic Pl