Winnipeg Public Library

Winnipeg Public Library

Infobox_Library
library_name = Winnipeg Public Library
library_
location = Winnipeg, Manitoba
established = 1905 [cite web| last = Goldsborough| first = Gordon| title = Winnipeg’s Carnegie Library celebrates 100th birthday| publisher = Manitoba Historical Society| date = October 18,2005| url = http://www.mhs.mb.ca/news/carnegielibrary.shtml | accessdate = ]
num_branches = 20
collection_size = 1,678,418 (2006)cite web
title = Winnipeg Public Library 2006 ANNUAL REPORT | work = Winnipeg Public Library | publisher = City Of Winnipeg Community Services Dep't | date = 2006 | url = http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/pdfs/WPLAnnualReport2006.pdf
format = PDF | doi = | accessdate = 2007-03-22]
annual_circulation = 5,532,720 (2006)
pop_served = 648,600 (2006)
members = 413,529 (2006)
budget = $24.6 million (2006)
manager of library services = Rick Walker
num_employees =
website = [http://winnipeg.ca/library http://winnipeg.ca/library]

The Winnipeg Public Library is a public library service that is provided by the municipality of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Libraries

The library has branches in 20 locations in Winnipeg:

*"Sir William Stephenson Library", 765 Keewatin Street
*"West Kildonan Library", 365 Jefferson Avenue
*"Henderson Library", 1-1050 Henderson Highway
*"St. John's Library", 500 Salter Street
*"Munroe Library", 489 London Street
*"West End Library", 823 Ellice Avenue (moving to 999 Sargent Avenue in 2008) [cite web | title = West End Library to Find New Home in Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex! | publisher = City of Winnipeg | url = http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/whatsnew/westend/library.asp | accessdate = 2007-03-22]
*"Millennium Library", 251 Donald Street - MAIN BRANCH - (opened November 8, 2005, after extensive renovations)
*"St-Boniface Library", 100-131 Provencher Boulevard
*"Transcona Library", 111 Victoria Avenue West
*"Westwood Library", 66 Allard Avenue
*"St. James-Assiniboia Library", 1910 Portage Avenue
*"Cornish Library", 20 West Gate
*"Charleswood Library", 5014 Roblin Boulevard
*"Osborne Library", 625 Osborne Street
*"River Heights Library", 1520 Corydon Avenue
*"St. Vital Library", 6 Fermor Avenue
*"Windsor Park Library", 955 Cottonwood Road
*"Fort Garry Library", 1360 Pembina Highway
*"Louis Riel Library", 1168 Dakota Street
*"Pembina Trail Library", 2724 Pembina Highway

Former Branches

*"William Avenue Branch", William Avenue. Was the Main Branch until Centennial Library opened in 1977. It is one of three Carnegie libraries in Winnipeg, and currently functions as the City of Winnipeg Archives.
*"Coronation Branch". Was one of two branches in the St. Boniface Library system. It was replaced in the late 1980s by the St. Boniface Branch.

References

External links

* [http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/ Winnipeg Public Library website]
* [http://www.millenniumlibrary.com/ Winnipeg Library Foundation, Inc.]
* [http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/contact/board.asp/ Winnipeg Public Library Board]
* [http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/contact/friends.asp/ Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library]


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