Mississauga Library System

Mississauga Library System
Type Public library
Established 1895
Location Mississauga, Ontario
Branches 18
Collection
Items collected business directories, maps, books, periodicals, genealogy, local history,
Size 1.3 million
Access and use
Circulation 7,301,788 (2012) [1]
Other information
Budget $26,453,145 [1]
Director Lori Kelly
Website mississauga.ca/library

The Mississauga Library System (MLS) is the public library system of Mississauga, Ontario. The system has 18 branches, consisting of the Mississauga Central Library and 17 smaller neighbourhood libraries.

Services

The Library offers many services and programs such as story times, March Break activities and a telephone dial-a-story service. Resources range from advice to parents on choosing books to internet resources for kids.

  • Information and reference services
  • Access to full text databases
  • Community information
  • Internet access
  • Reader's advisory services
  • Programs for children, youth and adults
  • Delivery to homebound individuals
  • Interlibrary loan
  • Free downloadable audiobooks
  • e-books [2]
  • Exam proctoring

Central Library

Mississauga Central Library

The Mississauga Central Library is located at 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, adjacent to the Mississauga Civic Centre. It is the largest branch of the Mississauga Library System, containing four floors of materials and a further floor for silent study, and has functioned as the main library for the system since its opening in 1991.[3]

Neighbourhood Branches

BranchAddressDate openedNotes
Burnhamthorpe1350 Burnhamthorpe Road East1976
Churchill Meadows3801 Thomas StreetJanuary 2007 Shares facilities with St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School
Clarkson2475 Truscott Drive1956 At current location since 2002.
Cooksville3024 Hurontario Street, Suite 212June 2004
Courtneypark730 Courtneypark Drive WestNovember 2004
Erin Meadows2800 Erin Centre BoulevardSeptember 15, 2001 Shares facilities with St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School
Frank McKechnie310 Bristol Road East2000
Lakeview1110 Atwater Avenue1967
Lorne Park1474 Truscott Drive1967
Malton3540 Morning Star Drive1977
Meadowvale6655 Glen Erin Dr1974 At current location since 2016. Shares facilities with Meadowvale Community Centre. It is located on the upper level.
Mississauga Valley1275 Mississauga Valley BoulevardJanuary 26, 1980
Port Credit20 Lakeshore Road East1962
Sheridan2225 Erin Mills Parkway1976 At current location since 2002.
South Common2233 South Millway Drive1983 At current location since 1998. When it was located at 2227 South Millway Drive, the branch was known as Erin Mills South branch.
Streetsville112 Queen Street South1967
Woodlands3255 Erindale Station RoadApril 7, 1975 At current location since 2014.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Canadian Library Statistics: Public Library Statistics - 2012
  2. ↑ eBooks
  3. ↑ "Central Library". Library Hours and Locations. City of Mississauga. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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