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The Winnipeg Public Library (French: Bibliothèque publique de Winnipeg) is a public library service that is provided by the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Branches provide programming for children, teens, and adults. The Library also contains an Outreach Department which works with the community, as well as people who cannot visit the library directly. Outreach also promotes the library to communities that are under represented in the library.[5]
Visitors to the Winnipeg Public Library checked out over 5.4 million items in 2011, and 116,000 of those items were E-books. The library has both adult and children's books in over 30 languages. Select locations provide tutorial rooms for learners to use free of charge.[6]
The library has DVD and Blu-ray collections, as well as Wi-Fi, at all twenty locations. The library provides access to over 17,000 eBooks and over 450,000 songs. There are over 300 computers available to be booked.[6]
The library offers a Writer-in-Residence program to assist budding authors and has done so for over 20 years.[6]
Windsor Park Library, 1195 Archibald Street (formerly at 955 Cottonwood Road)
Fort Garry Library, 1360 Pembina Highway
Louis Riel Library, 1168 Dakota Street
Pembina Trail Library, 2724 Pembina Highway
Former Branches
William Avenue Library, William Avenue. Was the Main Branch until Centennial Library opened in 1977. It is one of three Carnegie libraries in Winnipeg, and currently functions as the City of Winnipeg Archives.
Coronation Library. Was one of two branches in the St. Boniface Library system. It was replaced in the late 1980s by the St. Boniface Branch.
McPhillips Library - 1120 McPhillips Ave. - closed in 1997 when the Sir William Stephenson branch opened
Brooklands Library - 1880 Alexander Ave. - closed in 1997 when the Sir William Stephenson branch opened
^Division, City of Winnipeg : Community Services Department : Library Services. "The ideaMill - WPL Makerspace". wpl.winnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2018-11-24.