History of Shawnessy Library Shawnessy Library opened in September 2001, and is located inside Cardel Rec South, a recreation facility in south Calgary. It is also the only location to share facilities with a school. On opening, it replaced the Midnapore Library, which opened in 1998, but quickly required greater capacity to serve this growing community. Shawnessy was the only Library serving the area south of Fish Creek until the opening of Seton Library in 2019. To bring necessary services to patrons on the edge of the city, the Book Truck based at this location made five bi-weekly trips into the community, more than any other regular Book Truck route. Library staff are known to move between locations during their careers, but Shawnessy Library is famous in our system for hanging on to staff. Many of the people who work at this tight-knit location have been there since opening day! Photo: Calgary Public Library Archives, Our Story in Pictures
Read more about "History of Shawnessy Library"History of Nicholls Family Library Nicholls Family Library opened on April 23, 2016, and is located inside the Westbrook LRT Station in the Rosscarrock neighbourhood. Created to help patrons connect more easily with the Library on the go, it is currently the only location in our system located inside a transit station. This Library was made possible with the help of a generous $1 million donation by the Nicholls Family , a prominent philanthropic family from Calgary. Brenda and Greig Nicholls are longstanding supporters of the Calgary Public Library Foundation , believing that, “when you give to the Library, you give to the whole city.”
Read more about "History of Nicholls Family Library"History of Bowness Library Bowness Library was added to the Calgary Public Library system in 1964, when the town of Bowness was amalgamated into the city of Calgary. Initially located in the local community recreation hall, Bowness Library moved to a spot in the Bowness Shopping Centre in 1970. The northwest Library moved again in 1979 to a larger leased location, at 7930 Bowness Road. Bowness Library moved to its current location in 2012, in the old Bow Cycle Building at 6532 Bowness Road. Photo: Calgary Public Library Archives, Our Story in Pictures
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