Kitchener Public Library

Kitchener Public Library

250px Central Library in downtown Kitchener
Established	1884
Location	Kitchener, Ontario
Branches	5
Collection
Items collected	business directories, phone books, maps, government publications, books, periodicals, genealogy, local history,
Size	580,000 books 5,000 audiovisuals
Access and use
Circulation	2,000,000
Population served	200,000
Other information
Budget	$9.2m
Director	Sonia Lewis
Website	http://www.kpl.org/

The Kitchener Public Library (KPL) is the public library system for the city of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It consists of five branches that are spread out to provide the services for the neighbourhoods of Kitchener.

Services

• Information and reference services
• Access to full text databases
• Community information
• Internet and computer access
• Reader's advisory services
• Programs for children, youth and adults
• Delivery to homebound individuals
• Interlibrary loan
• Free downloadable audiobooks

Branches

It has a main branch in the downtown core, and four smaller branches throughout the wider community. The main branch, located in downtown Kitchener, is currently under construction in order to expand and update the space.

Branch	Founded	Present building opened	Attached public facility
Central	1884	1962 (expansion opened 2014)	Standalone
Grand River Stanley Park	1971	2002	Grand River Collegiate Institute
Forest Heights	1976	1976	Forest Heights Community Pool; Forest Heights Collegiate Institute
Pioneer Park	1982	1989	Doon-Pioneer Park Community Centre
Country Hills	2004	2004	St. Mary's High School

See also

• Ask Ontario
• Ontario Public Libraries

External links

• Home page
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