Calgary Public Library
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The Calgary Public Library is a public library service that is provided by the municipality of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1912 and was the first public library in Alberta. In 2004, circulation of materials was 13.3 million volumes, the second largest in Canada behind Toronto, but the largest per capita. Adult residents of Calgary wishing to use the library services must pay an annual fee of $12.
The city's first library was built on a five-acre patch of scrubland located at the corner of 2nd Street and 12th Avenue S.W. in the Beltline district. The structure, designed by Boston architects McLean & Wright and built out of local yellow Paskapoo sandstone, was largely financed by a Carnegie library grant. In 1929 the formal Victorian-style park was renamed Memorial Park in honour of those who had died during the Great War. The city's cenotaph sits in the park close to the library building, which now houses the Memorial Park Branch Library. It is the city's smallest branch library.
[edit] Library branches
The library has branches in 17 locations in Calgary:
- W.R. Castell Central Library, 616 Macleod Trail SE, T2G 2M2
- Alexander Calhoun Branch Library, 3223 14 Street, SW, T2T 3V8
- Bowness Branch Library, 7930 Bowness Road NW, T3B OH3
- Country Hills Branch Library, 11950 Country Village Link NE, T3K 6E3
- Crowfoot Branch Library, 8665 Nose Hill Drive, T3G 5T3
- Fish Creek Branch Library, 11161 Bonaventure Drive SE, T2J 6S1
- Forest Lawn Branch Library, 4807 8 Avenue SE, T2A 4M1
- Glenmore Square Branch Library, 7740 18 Street SE
- Louise Riley Branch Library, 1904 14 Avenue NW, T2N 1M5
- Memorial Park Branch Library, 1221 2 Street SW, T2R 0W5
- Nose Hill Branch Library, 1530 Northmount Drive NW, T2L 0G6
- Shaganappi Branch Library, 3415 8 Avenue SW, T3C 0E8
- Shawnessy Branch Library, 333 Shawville Boulevard SE
- Signal Hill Branch Library, 5994 Signal Hill Centre SW, T3H 3P8
- Southwood Branch Library, 924 Southland Drive SW, T2W 0J9
- Thorn-hill Branch Library, 6617 Centre Street N, T2K 4Y5
- Village Square Branch Library, 2623 56 Street NE, T1Y 6E7
