Mississauga Library System

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.

Mississauga Library System

Country	Canada
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]
Population served	770,000
Other information
Budget	$26,453,145 [1]
Director	Lori Kelly
Website	mississauga.ca/library
Map

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

The Meadowvale Community Centre was renovated in July 2014 and re-opened in fall 2016 with a new library within the building.

Courtneypark Library shares the building with St. Marcellinus Secondary School.

Branch	Address	Date opened	Notes
Burnhamthorpe	43.62113°N 79.60306°W	1976
Churchill Meadows	43.55275°N 79.74730°W	January 2007	Shares facilities with St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School
Clarkson	43.51153°N 79.65038°W	1956	At current location since 2002.
Cooksville	43.58051°N 79.61728°W	June 2004
Courtneypark	43.62410°N 79.71001°W	November 2004	Shares facilities with St. Marcellinus Secondary School
Erin Meadows	43.55629°N 79.71677°W	September 15, 2001	Shares facilities with St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School
Frank McKechnie	43.61663°N 79.65324°W	2000
Lakeview	43.58329°N 79.56312°W	1967
Lorne Park	43.53100°N 79.62768°W	1967
Malton	43.72322°N 79.63885°W	1977
Meadowvale	43.58502°N 79.75613°W	1974	At current location since 2016. Shares facilities with Meadowvale Community Centre. It is located on the upper level.
Mississauga Valley	43.59701°N 79.62421°W	January 26, 1980
Port Credit	43.55168°N 79.58647°W	1962
Sheridan	43.53047°N 79.65252°W	1976	At current location in Sheridan Mall since 2002.
South Common	43.54216°N 79.68454°W	1983	At current location since 1998. When it was located at 2227 South Millway Drive, the branch was known as Erin Mills South branch.
Streetsville	43.58376°N 79.71704°W	1967
Woodlands	43.56277°N 79.64943°W	April 7, 1975	At current location since 2014.

See also

• Ontario Public Libraries
• Ask Ontario

References

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

External links

• Official website