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Since 2006, Toronto Public Library has increased open hours (Monday to Saturday) at 30 branches, opened two new branches (Fort York and Scarborough Civic Centre) and added Sunday open hours at 34 branches.
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Opened 29 May by Toronto Public Library Board, KPMB Architects. On September 23, a celebration was held to mark the public art installation on the west façade of Fort York branch. The concept is based on The Journals of Susanna Moodie, and the artwork is a unique collaboration between Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter.
Branches with Sunday hours are open from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. There is no telephone service at branches on Sundays. Our central quick reference service line at 416-397-5981 is open from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Map of branches open Sundays.
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Library Board votes on 24 May (motion 95/107) to name the replacement branch in honour of Lillian Helena Smith (1887-1983), who was the head of children's services at the Toronto Public Library for 40 years, 1912-1952. Lillian H. Smith Branch opens on 16 October.
Toronto Public Library officially opened, March 6, the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Toronto. 1903 Carnegie Corporation of New York granted $350,000 to TPL for a new central library and three branch libraries on the condition that the city would provide the land and guarantee $35,000 a year to support the library.
