North York Central Library
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| Type | Public Research Library in Northern Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Location | 5120 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N 5N9 |
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| Items collected | books, e-books, music, cds, periodicals, maps, genealogical archives, business directories, local history, |
| Size | 517,600 items |
| Website | North York Central Library |
North York Central Library is located in northern Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Park Home Avenue, north of Sheppard Avenue. The library is located on the west side of Yonge Street beside Mel Lastman Square in the mall of the North York Civic Centre, which until 1998 was North York's City Hall.
North York Central Library is served by the North York Centre subway station, which is adjacent to the mall containing the library (City Centre North York).
North York Central library is ungoing a major renovation which will be completed in 2020
North York Central Library is one of the two libraries in Toronto considered to be "Research and Reference Libraries", the other being the Toronto Reference Library downtown. In contrast to the Toronto Reference Library, however, most of the items in the North York Central Library can be signed out.
Research and Reference Libraries are the largest libraries in Toronto and have the most extensive collections.
It is the largest library in the former city of North York (which is now amalgamated with Toronto). It has 517,600 items in its collection made up of a wide range of books, magazines, newspapers, videos, tapes and other media. The library building has six floors and a total floor space of 15,626 square metres (168,200 sq ft). The library contains sections on children's and teen literature, literature and fine arts, language, society and recreation, business and urban affairs, science and technology, and Canadiana. There is, as well, a variety of multilingual collections for children and adults (in languages including Chinese, Russian along with many others) [1] available to serve North York's ethnically diverse population.
On the sixth floor the library houses a large collection of historical Canadian newspapers stored on rolls of film going back to, in some cases, the late 19th century. There are special printers which can print the images which are stored on film.
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