How exactly are libraries changing and evolving? We talked with Calgary Public Library CEO, Mark Asberg about this and a whole host of other library-related topics. OUR PATRONS ARE LISTENING TO BONUS CONTENT WHERE ASBERG
To some, the new Central Library only serves the downtown. New data from the Calgary Public Library shows, however, patrons come from virtually every part of the city. The data, compiled August and October 2019
Got a minute? Maybe five? The Calgary Public Library (CPL), along with Calgary’s Loft 112, is once again looking for local submissions for the Central Library’s short story dispenser. Local and international stories have been
For the past almost six months, Calgary’s new Central Library has been one of the city’s most popular hangouts. Since its opening on Nov. 1, 2018, roughly 825,000 people have passed through the four-story building’s
It could be one of the busiest intersections in Calgary, with cars, trains and pedestrians converging at the heart of the city, and next to the new Central Library. And it’s an intersection that’s of
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Calgary’s new Central Library will be getting a vending machine that is perfectly suited to a lending library early next year. In the spirit of libraries, patrons won’t have to put any money in this
Elaine Lee has problems with how accessible Calgary’s New Central Library is, but she also thinks there’s an easy solution to the problem. Although confined to a wheelchair, Lee is an established artist who also
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I’m not going to lie, when I first started walking through Calgary’s new Central Library on Tuesday, I started to tear up. For a kid who didn’t play hockey growing up, the public library where
