Aurora Public Library

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Aurora Public Library
Location	15145 Yonge Street Aurora, Ontario, Canada L4G 1M1
Established	1855
Collection size	Over 150,000
Annual circulation	550,000
Population served	Local population of Aurora, Ontario
Director	Colleen Abbott
Website	library.aurora.on.ca

The Aurora Public Library is located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. The library has a collection of more than 150,000 items and has over 31,000 registered users.

1 Timeline of History
2 Leadership
3 Services
4 External links

[edit] Timeline of History

1855 Aurora Association for the Diffusion of Helpful Knowledge formed, later called the Aurora Mechanics Institute and Library Association. The association provided weekly lectures and concerts rather than lending books.
1863 the library had a collection of 500 books and was open for two hours each Friday.
1868 The association built The Mechanics Hallis built at the southeast corner of Mosley and Victoria Streets. It was used for lectures and concerts but also as a library reading room.
1895 a Public Library Association was formed with a Board of Management appointed by the Town Council.
By 1905 the emphasis had become the circulation of books.
1920 The library assets were absorbed into a Municipal Public Library under the Free Public Libraries Act and the library moved to the Town Hall on the northeast corner of Yonge and Mosley Streets.
1926 A children's section was added to the library, but children were only allowed on Saturday afternoons.
1945 The library moved to Health Hall, now called Victoria Hall, on the southwest corner of Mosley and Victoria Streets.
1963 The library moved to a new dedicated building of 4,500 square feet (420 m²) at 56 Victoria Street as part of Aurora's centennial.
1967 Collection size was 14,900 and there were 5,236 members.
1979 A 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m²) extension was finished, designed to serve a population of 20,000.
2001 The library moved to its current location, a 44,375-square-foot (4,122.6 m²) facility on the northeast corner of Yonge and Church streets.

[edit] Leadership

Marjorie Andrews held the position of librarian for 38 years, and a meeting room in the 1979 expansion was named after her.
Sylvia Hall, CEO
Penny McKee, CEO as of 1980
Colleen Abbott, CEO as of 1987