Halifax Public Libraries

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Halifax Public Libraries

Established	April 1, 1996 (merger)
Location	Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Branches	14
Collection
Items collected	business directories, phone books, maps, government publications, books, periodicals, genealogy, local history,
Size	~1,164,600 items
Access and use
Population served	359,183
Other information
Director	Judith Hare, CEO^[1]
Website	Halifax Public Libraries

Halifax Public Libraries is the public library system that serves the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was created in 1996 through a merging of the Halifax, Dartmouth Regional, and Halifax County library systems. It currently operates 14 branches and various home delivery services.

Branches

Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library

Alderney Gate (Downtown Dartmouth)
Bedford
Captain William Spry (Spryfield)
Cole Harbour
Dartmouth North
Halifax North Memorial
J.D. Shatford (Hubbards)
Keshen Goodman (Clayton Park)
Musquodoboit Harbour
Sackville
Sheet Harbour
Spring Garden Road Memorial
Tantallon
Woodlawn

Former branches

Thomas Raddall (replaced by Keshen Goodman)

Future branches

Halifax Central Library (to be completed in 2014, replacing Spring Garden Memorial Library)

History

Halifax Mechanics' Institute was one of a series of Mechanic's Institutes that were set up around the world after becoming popular in Britain. It housed a subscription library that allowed members who paid a fee to borrow books. The Mechanic's Institutes libraries eventually became public libraries when the establishment of free libraries occurred.^[2]

References

↑ "Halifax Public Libraries: Meet our CEO". Halifax Public Libraries. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ Harris, Michael. History Of Libraries In The Western World. 4th ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 153.

External links

Halifax Public Libraries

Halifax (N.S.). Citizens' Free Library (1864), 's_Free_Library._... Catalogue with the constitution and rules of the Citizen's Free Library. ..., Halifax, N.S: Printed by James Bowes & Sons
Citizen's Free Library (Halifax, N.S.) (1873), Supplementary catalogue of new books and list of magazines, s.n., ISBN 0665920172, OCLC 53548915, 0665920172
Citizen's Free Library (Halifax, N.S.). (1876), '_Free_Library Catalogue with the rules and constitution of the Citizens' Free Library, s.n., ISBN 0665085168, 0665085168
's_Free_Library_Halifax_Nova_Scotia Catalogue of the Citizen's Free Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S: Published by order of the Library Committee, City Council, 1894, ISBN 0665011121, 0665011121

v t e Halifax Regional Municipality

Government	Regional Council Community Councils Communities Municipal Districts 2004 election 2008 election 2012 election

Services and agencies	Police Fire and Emergency Public Libraries Halifax Regional Water Commission Metro Transit

Articles of interest	Buildings and infrastructure Capital District Communities Education Economy Culture Famous people Geography Halifax Harbour Halifax Explosion Halifax Harbour Solutions Port Authority School Board History Media Metropolitan Halifax Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron Sports Transportation

Community areas	Bedford Chebucto Peninsula Cole Harbour & Westphal Cow Bay & Eastern Passage Dartmouth Eastern Shore East Eastern Shore West Mainland Halifax Halifax Peninsula Hammonds Plains, Upper Sackville & Beaver Bank Lake Echo & Porters Lake Lawrencetown Musquodoboit Valley & Dutch Settlement Preston & Cherrybrook Prospect St. Margaret's Bay Timberlea, Lakeside, Beechville

Coordinates: 44°38′39.5″N 63°34′28.3″W / 44.644306°N 63.574528°W / 44.644306; -63.574528

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