Halifax Public Libraries
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| Established | April 1, 1996 (merger) |
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| 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 | Asa Kachan, CEO[1] |
| Website | Halifax Public Libraries |
Halifax Public Libraries is a Canadian public library system serving residents of Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.
The organization was created in 1996 through a merger of the former municipal libraries with the City of Halifax, City of Dartmouth, and the Municipality of the County of Halifax. Halifax Public Libraries currently operates 14 branches and various home delivery services.
Branches
- Alderney Gate (Downtown Dartmouth)
- Bedford
- Captain William Spry (Spryfield)
- Cole Harbour
- Dartmouth North
- Halifax Central Library (Spring Garden Road)
- Halifax North Memorial
- J.D. Shatford (Hubbards)
- Keshen Goodman (Clayton Park)
- Musquodoboit Harbour
- Sackville
- Sheet Harbour
- Tantallon
- Woodlawn
Former branches
- Thomas Raddall (replaced by Keshen Goodman)
- Spring Garden Road Memorial (replaced by Halifax Central 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]
The former central library, Spring Garden Road Memorial, opened in 1951 as a memorial to the war dead. It was expanded in 1974. It closed permanently on August 30, 2014 and was replaced by the Halifax Central Library across the street, which attracted international attention for its modern architectural design.
See also
References
- ↑ "Asa Kachan new CEO of Halifax Public Libraries". CBC News. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ Harris, Michael. History Of Libraries In The Western World. 4th ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 153.
External links
Further reading
- Halifax (N.S.). Citizens' Free Library (1864), 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), Catalogue with the rules and constitution of the Citizens' Free Library, s.n., ISBN 0665085168, 0665085168
- 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
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