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The lending library at Westcoast houses British Columbia's most comprehensive,
publicly accessible collection of materials related to child development, child
welfare, and early childhood education and care.
You can browse our catalogue of more than 15,000 titles online!
Borrowing
There is a $5.00 annual fee to establish or renew a Westcoast Library card. Organizations can pay $15 for 3 cards, which the organization is responsible for. Click here for the Library Registration Form. If you are in the Lower Mainland we encourage you to drop by the Library to register in person, if possible. Contact the Library for more information.
SUN, MON, TUES: closed
WED: 12 - 8pm
THURS, FRI: 10am - 5pm
SAT: 10am - 3pm
Materials can be returned any time in the drop-slot out front at 2774 E. Broadway (next door to Westcoast), except oversize or fragile items.
The loan period is four weeks. Most items may be renewed by e-mail once, if they are not already overdue and if there is not a hold on the item.
Fines are charged for materials returned after the due date, and damaged or
lost materials must be replaced or paid for by the subscriber.
What is in the library
The Westcoast Library comprises information books,
magazines, videotapes, audiotapes, posters, dolls, puppets, matching games,
concept cards, puzzles, story books in English and in other languages, felt
board stories, stories with props, story kits, seasonal kits, and multicultural
resource kits. We also have a reference section and an extensive file collection
of articles, brochures, and other ephemera. The following list gives an overview
of some of the topics in our collection.
Some of the topics we cover...
Activities & curriculum
ADD-Hyperactivity
Administration of child care
Advocacy for child care
Anti-bias education
Board roles & responsibilities
Bullying prevention
Child abuse prevention
Child rearing
Child development
Child welfare
Choosing child care
Conflict & stress management
Design of child care facilities
Developmentally appropriate practice
Disaster preparedness
Diversity issues
Early brain development
Early intervention
Educational philosophies
Effects of ECE
Family diversity
Financial management for non-profits
Fund raising
Getting along
Gifted learners
Grief
Guidance & discipline
Health issues in child care
Holidays & special days
Inclusion
Learning disabilities
Mentoring in ECE
Movement education
Nature study activities
Orientation to preschool
Play & child development
Playground design & safety
Professional development
Quality in child care
Research about ECE
Safety & injury prevention
Self esteem
Separation & grief
Special needs
Start-up: establishing child care
Story telling
Television & children
Temperament
Transition time
Wages & working conditions in ECE
Work & family
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