Clockwise from top right: Cole Harbour, Central, Musquodoboit Harbour, Sackville, and Shatford Memorial branches.
Location
5440 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1E9, Canada
Established
1864 (Citizens Free Library), 1996 (Halifax Public Libraries merger)
Reference to legal mandate
Libraries Act (Nova Scotia), 1989
Branches
14
Collection
Items collected
business directories, phone books, maps, government publications, books, periodicals, genealogy, local history,
Size
~1,164,600 items
Access and use
Circulation
4,709,496 (2013-14)[1]
Population served
414,400
Other information
Director
Asa Kachan, Chief Librarian & CEO[2]
Website
Halifax Public Libraries
Halifax Public Libraries (HPL) is a Canadian public library system serving residents of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the largest public library system in Nova Scotia,[3] with over 2.8 million visits to library branches and 172,520 active registered borrowers or 44% of the municipality's population.[4] With roots that trace back to the establishment of the Citizens' Free Library in 1864,[5] 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.[6]
^"Performance Highlights and Trends 2013-2014" (PDF). Halifax Public Libraries.
^"Asa Kachan new CEO of Halifax Public Libraries". CBC News. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^[1] Report of the Library Funding Task Force
^Halifax Public Libraries Performance Indicators 2014-15
^[2] Halifax Public Libraries
^[3] Halifax Public Libraries Performance Indicators 2014-15
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