Coquitlam Public Library
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| Established | in 1969 as part of the "Centennial Community Library" and as a separate entity in 1976 with the first branches opening in 1978 |
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| Branches | 2 full service branches + Library Link mobile service |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, business directories, CDs, ebooks, local history resources, maps, newspaper and magazine databases, online courses, periodicals, video games |
| Size | 269,148 |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 1,328,673[1] |
| Population served |
127,809 population[2] 86,696 active card holders |
| Other information | |
| Budget | CA $5,373,607[1] |
| Director | Todd Gnissios |
| Staff | 88 |
| Website | www.coqlibrary.ca |
Coquitlam Public Library is a public library that serves Coquitlam, British Columbia.
History
The library was first established within Centennial Secondary School in 1969. On June 14, 1976 the municipality passed a by-law to officially create the Coquitlam Public Library under the Provincial Library Act. A public Library Board was established in January 1977 and the library moved out of Centennial School and into two branches, Ridgeway and Cottonwood, in 1978. Cottonwood was moved to the nearby Burquitlam Branch in 1980. A third branch, Lincoln, in the northeast sector of Coquitlam, was opened in 1981. The Ridgeway and Burquitlam branches were eventually amalgamated when the City of Coquitlam built the Poirier Branch in 1989. The Lincoln Branch was moved to City Hall building in 1998. The Poirier Branch was extensively renovated and expanded in 2008-2009.
On February 16, 2011 the city announced that it had purchased the ground floor portion of a building two blocks south of City Hall to serve as the new City Centre Branch.[3][2] The new location nearly triples the library's space to 31,000 square feet, and the $15 million cost for the facility and expansion came primarily from revenues collected from Boulevard Casino. The City Centre Branch opened at 1169 Pinetree Way in November 2012.
Coquitlam Public Library also operates a mobile library service called Library Link which provides service to six different locations throughout the city each week.
Branches
The library has two branches and the Library Link mobile library service:
 Library Link |
References
- 1 2 Coquitlam Public Library: 2015 Annual Report Retrieved on October 19, 2016
- ↑ City of Coquitlam: 2013 Municipal Population Estimates Retrieved on 06 July 2015
- ↑ City of Coquitlam: City of Coquitlam Purchases Building for New City Centre Library 16 February 2011