Vancouver Public Library
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Funded by the City of Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library is the third largest public library system in Canada, with over 395,000 cardholders and more than 8 million items borrowed annually. The VPL system includes several branches located throughout the city. The Central Branch, located in downtown Vancouver, cost 106.8 million CAD to build and was opened on May 26, 1995; it holds over 1.3 million items.[1] The library's origins go back as far as 1869. Today, with the Central Library, 20 branches, collections available in a variety of formats & languages, and Outreach Services to home-bound patrons, VPL is accessible to all citizens of Vancouver.
Consolidating Vancouver's Central Public Library, Federal Office Tower, and retail and service facilities, Library Square occupies a city block in the eastward expansion of downtown Vancouver. Centered on the block, the library volume is a seven-story rectangular box containing book stacks and services, surrounded by a free-standing, elliptical, colonnaded wall featuring reading and study areas that are accessed by bridges spanning skylit light wells. The library's internal glass facade overlooks an enclosed concourse formed by a second elliptical wall that defines the east side of the site. This generous, glass-roofed concourse serves as an entry foyer to the library and the more lively pedestrian activities at ground level. Public spaces surrounding the library form a continuous piazza with parking located below grade.
[edit] Branches of the Vancouver Public Library
There are 22 branches of the Vancouver Public Library. These are: Britannia, Carnegie, Central Branch, Champlain, Collingwood, Dunbar, Firehall, Fraserview, Hastings, Joe Fortes, Kensington, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Marpole, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, Outreach Services, Renfrew, Riley Park, South Hill, Strathcona and West Point Grey.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Library web site
- VPL Branch Hours
- The union representing VPL employees.
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