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Line 1: {{Infobox library \| ~~library_name~~name = Halifax Public Libraries \| ~~library_logo~~logo = ~~[[File:Halifax_Public_Libraries_Logo_(colour)~~Halifax_Public_Libraries_logo_2017.png]] \| logo_size = 200 \| image = Montage_of_Halifax_Public_Libraries.jpg \| image_size = Line 7 ⟶ 8: \| caption = Clockwise from top right: Cole Harbour, Central, Musquodoboit Harbour, Sackville, and Shatford Memorial branches. \| country = Canada \| location = 5440 Spring Garden Road<br />[[Halifax, ~~Regional~~Nova ~~Municipality~~Scotia\|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]<br />B3J 1E9 \| established = 1864 (Citizens Free Library), 1996 (Halifax Public Libraries merger) \| ref_legal_mandate = Libraries Act (Nova Scotia), 1989 Line 17 ⟶ 18: \| members = <!--Cardholders--> \| budget = \| director = Asa Kachan, Chief Librarian & CEO<ref>{{cite news\|title=Asa Kachan new CEO of Halifax Public Libraries\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/asa-kachan-new-ceo-of-halifax-public-libraries-1.2775269\|~~accessdate~~access-date=24 September 2014\|publisher=CBC News\|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> \| num_employees = \| website = [http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ Halifax Public Libraries] }} '''Halifax Public Libraries''' (HPL) is a Canadian [[public library]] system, serving residents of [[Halifax, Nova Scotia\|Halifax]] in [[Nova Scotia]]. It is the largest public library system in Nova Scotia,<ref>[http://www.standupforlibraries.ca/images/stories/pdf/LibraryFundingTaskForceReport.pdf] Report of the Library Funding Task Force</ref> with over 2.8 million visits to library branches and 172,520 active registered borrowers or 44% of the municipality's population.<ref>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/assets/files/reports/Performance-Indicators-2014-15-Year-End-Report.pdf Halifax Public Libraries Performance Indicators 2014-15 ]</ref> With roots that trace back to the establishment of the Citizens' Free Library in 1864,<ref>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/research/topics/local-history-genealogy/literary-walking-tour/tour-stop-10.html] Halifax Public Libraries</ref> the current library system was created in 1996 during municipal amalgamation, and now consists of 14 branches and a collection of almost 1 million items.<ref>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/assets/files/reports/Performance-Indicators-2014-15-Year-End-Report.pdf] Halifax Public Libraries Performance Indicators 2014-15</ref> ~~'''Halifax Public Libraries''' is a [[Canada\|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]], [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia\|City of Dartmouth]], and the [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia\|Municipality of the County of Halifax]]. Halifax Public Libraries currently operates 14 branches and various home delivery services. ==History== ===Early History===▼ Halifax Mechanics' Institute was one of a series of [[Mechanics' 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.<ref name=Harris>Harris, Michael. History Of Libraries In The Western World. 4th ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 153.</ref> One of the members of the Mechanics' Institute about 1835 was [[Samuel Cunard]].<ref name=jl>{{harvnb\|Langley\|2006\|p=61}}</ref> ▼ ▲===Early ~~History~~history=== In 1864, the Honourable [[William Young (Nova Scotia politician)\|William Young]] purchased the heavily indebted Halifax Mechanic’s Library and donated the collection to establish the city’s first free public library, The Citizens’ Free Library. Anyone “above the age of 18 who were of a known and respectable nature” could borrow one book at a time. The library found a permanent home in 1890 on the second floor of City Hall, where the office of the Mayor of Halifax is now located. <ref>The first public library in Halifax [http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/research/topics/local-history-genealogy/literary-walking-tour/tour-stop-10.html] Halifax Public Libraries</ref>▼ ▲Halifax Mechanics' Institute was one of a series of [[Mechanics' 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.<ref name=Harris>Harris, Michael. History Of Libraries In The Western World. 4th ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 153.</ref> One of the members of the Mechanics' Institute about 1835 was [[Samuel Cunard]].<ref name=jl>{{harvnb\|Langley\|2006\|p=61}}</ref> ▲In 1864, the Honourable [[William Young (Nova Scotia politician)\|William Young]] purchased the heavily indebted Halifax Mechanic’s Library and donated the collection to establish the city’s first free public library, The Citizens’ Free Library. Anyone ~~“above~~"above the age of 18 who were of a known and respectable ~~nature”~~nature" could borrow one book at a time. The library found a permanent home in 1890 on the second floor of City Hall, where the office of the Mayor of Halifax is now located. <ref>The first public library in Halifax [http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/research/topics/local-history-genealogy/literary-walking-tour/tour-stop-10.html] Halifax Public Libraries</ref> Some talks about a new municipally-funded library in 1901 were unsuccessful.<ref>Crowdis, D.K.: ''Brief History of Agitation for the Halifax Memorial Library''</ref> ===Creation of municipal ~~Libraries~~libraries=== In 1948, Halifax had “a"a single over-crowded, under-equipped room at the end of a ~~corridor”~~corridor" <ref>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/assets/files/living-memorial/from-here-on.pdf The Halifax Mail-Star: "From Here On?"], 15 Jan 1948</ref> located in the City Hall building. The conditions and poor services of the Citizens' Free Library room even failed in comparison to much smaller towns in Nova Scotia, such as Amherst.<ref name=hml/> The Halifax Memorial Library "was born out of a true spirit of collaboration and of steadfast persistence from a variety of service clubs and citizens' groups active" in 1945 immediately after [[World War II]].<ref name=hml>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/living-memorial/history.html halifaxpubliclibraries.ca: "A living memorial: History"]</ref> The first sod was turned on 21 April 1949, in time to celebrate the city’s 200th anniversary.<ref>[http://www.halifaxcentrallibrary.ca/building-design/sgr-war-memorial/background-history.html halifaxcentrallibrary.ca: "Background and History"]</ref> The former central library opened in 1951 as a memorial to the war dead.<ref name=hml/> The Halifax City Regional Library system added the North Branch Library on Gottingen Street in 1965, the Captain William Spry Public Library in Spryfield in 1983, and the Thomas Raddall Public Library in Clayton Park in 1989. In 1973 and 1974, the Spring Garden Road Library expanded from 25,000 sq.ft. to 38,000 sq.ft. to accommodate increasing demands for space. <ref>[http://halifaxcentrallibrary.ca/assets/central-library/pdfs/1996-Towards-a-new-Central-Library.pdf halifaxpubliclibraries.ca: "Toward a New ~~Centreal~~Central Library]</ref> The Dartmouth library operated out of the old Dartmouth City Hall on the Dartmouth Common until 1990. The Woodlawn Public Library branch opened in 1975, and the Dartmouth North branch opened in 1996 .<ref>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/branches/locations/dartmouth-north.html halifaxpubliclibraries.ca: "Dartmouth North"]</ref>. The Dartmouth Regional Library opened at Alderney Gate in 1990. <ref>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/branches/locations/alderney-gate.html halifaxpubliclibraries.ca: "Alderney Branch"]</ref> ===Halifax Public Libraries=== The Halifax Public Libraries system was created in 1995 in anticipation of municipal amalgamation, merging the library systems of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, and Halifax County. <ref>[http://halifaxcentrallibrary.ca/assets/central-library/pdfs/1996-Towards-a-new-Central-Library.pdf halifaxpubliclibraries.ca: "Toward a New ~~Centreal~~Central Library"]</ref> The ~~Woodlawn~~Thomas Raddall branch in [[Clayton Park, Nova Scotia\|Clayton Park]] closed was replaced with the Keshen Goodman Public Library in 2001.<ref>[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Libraries/HCRL/Keshen/descrip.html "Kesan Goodman Public Library"]</ref> and the Woodlawn branch moved to Eisener Boulevard in 2010. <ref>[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/branches/locations/woodlawn.html halifaxpubliclibraries.ca: "Woodlawn Branch"]</ref> The Halifax Central Library branch can trace its roots to a feasibility study written in 1987. In 2008, the [[Halifax, Nova Scotia\|HRM Council]] approved funding in principle to support construction of a Central Library. Seven years later the Spring Garden branch closed permanently on 30 August 2014 and was replaced by the Halifax Central Library across the street..<ref>[http://halifaxcentrallibrary.ca/timeline.html halifaxcentrallibrary.ca: "Timeline"]</ref> The various branches of the Halifax Public Libraries participate in [[Interlibrary Loan]] and permit borrowers to return Interlibrary Loan books to any Halifax public library location.<ref>{{cite web \|quote="You can return the item to any of our locations. Be sure to keep the white Interlibrary Loan band on the item. This allows us to register the item as 'returned,' and remove it from your account"\|url=https://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/membership/other-ways-to-borrow/interlibrary-loans/ \|title=Interlibrary Loans \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|website=halifaxpubliclibraries.ca \|access-date=30 September 2022 }}</ref> ==Branches== Line 57 ⟶ 59: * [[Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia\|Cole Harbour]] * [[Dartmouth North]] * ~~'''~~[[Halifax Central Library]]~~'''~~ ([[Spring Garden Road]]) * [[North End, Halifax\|Halifax North]] Memorial * J.D. Shatford ([[Hubbards, Nova Scotia\|Hubbards]]) Line 70 ⟶ 72: * [[Thomas Raddall]] (replaced by Keshen Goodman) * [[Spring Garden Road]] Memorial (replaced by Halifax Central Library) ==See also== * [[Cambridge Military Library]] Line 88 ⟶ 91: ==Further reading== * {{Citation \|publisher = Printed by James Bowes & Sons \|~~publication-place~~location = Halifax, N.S \|author = Halifax (N.S.). Citizens' Free Library ~~\|url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24619523M/Catalogue_with_the_constitution_and_rules_of_the_Citizen's_Free_Library._...~~ \|title = Catalogue with the constitution and rules of the Citizen's Free Library. ... \|~~publication-~~date = 1864 \|ol = 24619523M }} * {{Citation \|publisher = s.n. \|isbn = 0665920172 \|ol = 25018333M \|title = Supplementary catalogue of new books and list of magazines ~~\|url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL25018333M/Supplementary_catalogue_of_new_books_and_list_of_magazines~~ \|author = Citizen's Free Library (Halifax, N.S.) \|~~publication-~~date = 1873 \|oclc = 53548915 \|id = 0665920172 }} * {{Citation \|publisher = s.n. \|isbn = 0665085168 \|ol = 23353566M \|title = Catalogue with the rules and constitution of the Citizens' Free Library ~~\|url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23353566M/Catalogue_with_the_rules_and_constitution_of_the_Citizens'_Free_Library~~ \|author = Citizen's Free Library (Halifax, N.S.). \|~~publication-~~date = 1876 \|id = 0665085168 }} * {{Citation \|publisher = Published by order of the Library Committee, City Council \|isbn = 0665011121 \|~~publication-place~~ol = 22863902M \|location = Halifax, N.S \|title = Catalogue of the Citizen's Free Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia \|~~url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL22863902M/Catalogue_of_the_Citizen's_Free_Library_Halifax_Nova_Scotia \|publication-~~date = 1894 \|id = 0665011121 }} ==External links== Line 99 ⟶ 102: {{coord\|44\|38\|39.5\|N\|63\|34\|28.3\|W\|display=title}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Education in Halifax, Nova Scotia]]