About the Library

The Douro-Dummer Public Library Board, made up of four citizen volunteers and one Douro-Dummer Council representative, governs the library according to the Public Libraries Act. The Public Libraries Act helps ensure free, equitable access to library services in Ontario.

Members:

Board Chair Georgia Gale Kidd, Darla Milne, Tina Fridgen, Diane Bonner, Councillor Shelagh Landsmann

Meetings:

The Board typically meets eight times a year. The next meeting will be: November 12th, 2025 at 4:00 pm in the Douro-Dummer Public Library.

The meeting agenda can be accessed the week prior to the meeting on the Township of Douro-Dummer website. 

In September 2025, the DDPL Board adopted their 2026-2030 Strategic Plan, to guide the governance, operations, and growth of your public library over the next four years. Read the full document here.

Mission:

We create a place of belonging to connect, to learn, and to play.

Vision:

Our vision includes the whole community, empowered by a library that offers discovery of information, possibility, and choice.  

Douro-Dummer Public Library policies will be posted here.

The Friends of the Library is an active non-profit group that supports the library in many ways by:

• Hosting fundraising events (book sales, seed sales)
• Delivering family programming in the library
• Hosting regular Speaker Series in the library
• Participating in the Douro Doings
• Holding an annual Culture Days festival

Those interested in joining should contact Georgia Gale-Kidd ggalekidd@hotmail.com