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Bill Ptacek, the Chief Executive Officer of Calgary Public Library says the extensive service and system changes in progress is an effort to make the library the world’s best.
“Today’s Calgary Public Library is our city’s learning hub and an engine for economic vitality and workforce development,” Ptacek said. “But more than that, great libraries like ours help build an engaged citizenry; engaged citizens create incredible, caring, world class cities.”
Renovations at virtually every community library will include things like new shelving and streamlined collections to free up space and enhance the browsing, reading and meeting experience.
Children’s learning and literary centres will also be added to community libraries in the near future.
All of the advances will be in place long before the ‘New Central Library’ is completed in the East Village in 2018.
The new look is based on Annie Davidson and founding members of the Calgary’s Women’s Literary Club who influenced the city of Calgary to build its first public library more than a century ago.
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