| Winnipeg Public Library | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Type | Public Library |
| Established | 1905[1] |
| Branches | 20 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 1,433,135 (2015)[2] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 4.88 million (2018)[3] |
| Population served | 705,244 (2016)[2] |
| Members | 379,830 (2018)[3] |
| Other information | |
| Budget | $32,230,085 (2018)[3] |
| Director | Karin Borland |
| Employees | 283 (2012)[4] |
| Website | http://winnipeg.ca/library |
The Winnipeg Public Library (French: Bibliothèque publique de Winnipeg) is a public library system in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Branches provide programming for children, teens, and adults. The Library also contains an Outreach Department which works with the community, as well as people who cannot visit the library directly. Outreach also promotes the library to communities that are under represented in the library.[5]
Visitors to the Winnipeg Public Library checked out over 4.8 million items in 2018, including e-Books. The library has both adult and children's books in over 30 languages. Select locations provide tutorial rooms for learners to use free of charge.[6]
The library has DVD and Blu-ray collections, as well as Wi-Fi, at all twenty locations. The library provides access to over 17,000 eBooks and over 450,000 songs. There are over 300 computers available to be booked.[6]
The library offers a Writer-in-Residence program to assist budding authors and has done so for over 20 years.[6]
The staff at the library are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 500.
- ^ Goldsborough, Gordon (October 18, 2005). "Winnipeg's Carnegie Library celebrates 100th birthday". Manitoba Historical Society.
- ^ a b "2015 Annual Report" (PDF). Winnipeg Public Library. City Of Winnipeg Community Services Dep't. 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ a b c "2018 Winnipeg Public Library Annual Report" (PDF). City of Winnipeg. 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ^ "2012 Adopted Operating Budget" (PDF). City of Winnipeg. City Of Winnipeg. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ^ "Outreach Services". Winnipeg Public Library. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "@ THE LIBRARY July/August 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2012.