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Aurora Public Library (Ontario)

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Established
  
1855

Director
  
Jill Foster

Phone
  
+1 905-727-9494

Circulation
  
550,000

Size
  
Over 150,000

Website
  
aurorapl.ca

Province
  
Ontario

Aurora Public Library (Ontario)

Location
  
15145 Yonge Street Aurora, Ontario, Canada L4G 1M1

Population served
  
Local population of Aurora, Ontario

Address
  
15145 Yonge St, Aurora, ON L4G 1M1, Canada

Hours
  
Open today · 9:30AM–9PMThursday9:30AM–9PMFriday9:30AM–5PMSaturday9:30AM–5PMSunday1–5PMMonday1–9PMTuesday9:30AM–9PMWednesday9:30AM–9PM

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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.

Contents

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.
  • 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: The 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.

    • 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
  • Louise Procter Maio, CEO as of 2008
  • Jill Foster, CEO as of 2013

    • Services

  • Information and reference services
  • Access to text databases
  • Community information
  • Internet access
  • Reader's advisory services
  • Programs for children, youth and adults
  • A visiting library service for the homebound
  • A small 3D-printer for public use (for a fee)

    • References

    Aurora Public Library (Ontario) Wikipedia
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