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Calgary Public Library was the first library in Alberta.
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Calgary Public Library has more than 5.5 million visitors a year (more than all other attractions in the City combined).
Calgary Public Library has approximately 1,800 volunteers involved in more than 20 programs, donating more than 38,000 hours annually.
Calgary Public Library circulated more than 16.2 MILLION items in 2010.
Calgary Public Library ran more than 7400 programs in 2010 with more than 200,000 people attending.
Calgary Public Library has the second highest circulation in Canada – right behind the City of Toronto (which has 5x the population).
Calgary Public Library spends more than $1M per year on children’s items.
Calgary Public Library has over 400 internet workstations throughout the system which provided over 800,000 user sessions in 2010.
calgarypubliclibrary.com has over 100,000 unique hits weekly.
Calgary Public Library customers can access everything the Library has for only $1 a month.
Calgary Public Library lends GPS units for geo-caching and other location based activities.
The Calgary Public Library is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Happy Birthday!
A new item is added to Calgary Public Library every 6 seconds.
You can eat in the Calgary Public Library (anywhere).
You can borrow up to 99 items at any one time at the Calgary Public Library.
You can access almost every newspaper through calgarypubliclibrary.com
Missing Blockbuster? Â We have all new-releases in BluRay and DVD.
Unrivalled, unlimited access to information through one-to-one interaction in every Library.
Happy Birthday! 2012 is CPL's 100th birthday.
Calgary Public Library has 18 locations. The first, Memorial Park Library, opened in 1912. The latest, Saddletowne, opened in 2012!
On June 2nd 2012 every Calgary Public Library location will hold a big birthday block party. Come and enjoy!
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