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==Services==
===Collections===
The library's collection count is approximately 11 million items,<ref>[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/abo_index.jsp About the library], page 20, from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved May 13, 2010.</ref> including books, periodicals and audio-visual materials. Along with general interest fiction and nonfiction there are numerous special collections. Focused collecting efforts strive to meet multi-language and social needs. Notable special collections include The [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] Collection, The [[Judith Merril|Merril]] Collection of Science Fiction, The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, and The [[Rita Cox]] Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection.

===Technology===
The Toronto Public Library technology services include public access computers and free wireless internet access in all branches. The Library also provides access to its collections online, including books, music and movies, research databases, journals, magazines, online educational and literacy support resources and ongoing digitization of specialized collections. The Toronto Public Library website allows users to reserve books, DVDs and CDs and have them transferred to the user's preferred branch.

===Bookmobiles===
The TPL operates two Bookmobile buses, targeting communities who lack easy access to a neighbourhood branch. Currently there are 32 regular [http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/bookmobile Bookmobile stops] in Toronto, including one on [[Toronto Islands|Ward's Island]].<ref>[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/hou_boo_index.jspToronto Public Library Bookmobile Service] , from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved May 13, 2010.</ref>

The bookmobile concept was previously used in the library systems of the former municipalities of [[North York]] and [[Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough]] as well as in Toronto as far back as 1955.

==Branches==
{{Main|List of Toronto Public Library branches}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Toronto}}
*[[List of public libraries in Ontario]]

==References==
===Bibliography===
*{{Cite book| publisher = Canadian Library Association| isbn = 9780888021960| last = Myrvold| first = Barbara| editor = In Peter F. McNally| title = Readings in Canadian library history| pages = 65–89| location = Ottawa Ontario| year = 1986}}
*{{cite journal |last=Oder |first=Norman |year=2003 |month= |title=Growing into a changing city. |journal=Library Journal |volume=128 |issue=10 |pages=40–42 |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA300121.html |accessdate= 2010-05-18 }}
*{{Cite book| publisher = Toronto Public Library,"| isbn = 0919486738| last = Penman| first = Margaret. "| coauthors = Toronto Public Library"| title = A Century of Service :" Toronto Public Library, 1883-1983 " | location = Toronto | year = 1983}}

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca Toronto Public Library]
*[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/spe_ser_index.jsp List of Toronto Public Library Services]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/torontopubliclibrary Toronto Public Library Official YouTube Channel]
*[http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/library/ Ontario Public Libraries]
*[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/pdfs/2007annual_report.pdf 2007 Annual Report (including library use statistics)]
*[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/annual-report-2009/ 2009 Annual Report]
{{Toronto Government}}

[[Category:Municipal government of Toronto]]
[[Category:Public libraries in Toronto]]
[[Category:Carnegie libraries in Canada]]

[[fr:Bibliothèque publique de Toronto]]

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Toronto Public Library
File:Toronto Public Library logo.png
Map
43°40′18″N 79°23′13″W / 43.67167°N 79.38697°W / 43.67167; -79.38697
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Established1884
Branches99[1]
Collection
Size11 million
Access and use
Access requirementsMust work, attend school, or own land in Toronto.
Circulation31 million (2009)[2]
Population served2,503,281 (2006)
Other information
BudgetC$180,581,000 (2010)[3]
DirectorJane Pyper
Websitehttp://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca

Toronto Public Library (TPL; French: Bibliothèque publique de Toronto) is a public library system based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operates the largest such system in North America.[4] With an estimated 17.5 million visitors annually, it is also the busiest public library system in the world.[1] Established as the library of the Mechanics' Institute in 1830, the Toronto Public Library now consists of 99 branch libraries and has over 11 million items in its collection.[5][6]

History

Yorkville Library, one of several Carnegie libraries in Toronto

In 1830, a library was established in the York Mechanics' Institute. In 1884, the collection became the Toronto Public Library.[5] Between 1907 and 1916, ten libraries were built with funds from the Andrew Carnegie Trust. Several of these Carnegie libraries continue to be used by the public library; one, the original Central Reference Library, is now the Koffler Student Centre at the University of Toronto.[7]

Prior to the Amalgamation of Toronto in 1998, each of the former municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto operated their own public libraries.[5][8] They include:

  • Etobicoke Public Library: in the City of Etobicoke, which established 1950 with 13 branches
  • North York Public Library: in the City of North York, which established 1955 with 19 branches
  • York Public Library: in the City of York, which established 1967 with 6 branches
  • East York Public Library: in the Borough of East York, which established 1967 with 5 branches
  • Scarborough Public Library: in the City of Scarborough, which established 1955 with 19 branches
  • Metro Toronto Public Library: across Metropolitan Toronto, which established 1967 with 1 branch
  • Toronto Public Library: in Old Toronto, which established 1883 with 35 branches

When the Government of Ontario amalgamated the former municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto, the individual library boards and the Toronto Reference Library merged into the Toronto Public Library.[9] The merger caused the Toronto Public Library to become the largest library system in North America, serving a population of 2.3 million people with 98 branches at the time.

In 2004, a new library was opened in the St. James Town neighbourhood of Toronto, bringing the total number of branches to 99. A new branch is scheduled to open in Scarborough City Centre in 2014.[10]

Governance

The Toronto Public Library is governed by a Board appointed by Toronto City Council. The Board is composed of eight citizen members, four Toronto City Councillors and the Mayor or his designate. Members of the Toronto Public Library Board appointed for the 2010-2014 term are:[11]

  1. ^ a b http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2010/13/c2537.html
  2. ^ 2009 Annual Performance Measures and Strategic Plan Update from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  3. ^ 2010 Operating Budget Adoption from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  4. ^ Oder, Norman (2003). "Growing into a changing city: the Toronto Public Library, North America's busiest, must support traditional users and many newcomers". Library Journal. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b c History of Toronto Public Library from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  6. ^ Collection development from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  7. ^ Central Library from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  8. ^ Toronto Human Resources 2007 Annual Report from the City of Toronto website. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  9. ^ "City of Toronto Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 2". 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  10. ^ [1] from the Toronto Public Library website. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  11. ^ Moloney, Paul (December 8, 2010). "Ford's picks named to police board". The Star. Toronto.
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