Aurora Public Library

Aurora Public Library

Infobox_Library
library_name = Aurora Public Library
library_
location = 15145 Yonge Street Aurora, Ontario, Canada L4G 1M1
established = 1855
num_branches =
collection_size = Over 150,000
annual_circulation = 550,000
pop_served = Local population of Aurora, Ontario
members =
budget =
director = Colleen Abbott
num_employees =
website = [http://www.library.aurora.on.ca 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.

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 Hall"is 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 convert|4500|sqft|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 convert|13000|sqft|m2|sing=on extension was finished, designed to serve a population of 20,000.
*2001 The library moved to its current location, a convert|44375|sqft|m2|sing=on facility on the northeast corner of Yonge and Church streets.

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

Services

* Information and reference services
* Access to full text databases
* Community information
* Internet access
* Reader's advisory services
* Programs for children, youth and adults
* A visiting library service for the homebound

External links

* [http://www.library.aurora.on.ca Aurora Public Library]


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