Mississauga Library System

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Mississauga Library System
Type Library System in Mississauga
Branches 17
Collection
Items collected business directories, phone books, maps, government publications, books, periodicals, genealogy, local history,
Access and use
Circulation 7,301,788 (2012) [1]
Other information
Budget $26,453,145 [1]
Website Mississauga Library System page
Mississauga Central Library

The Mississauga Library System (MLS) services Mississauga, Ontario with 17 branch libraries plus the Central Library, which has five floors of material.

Central Library

The Central Library is located at 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, near the Mississauga Civic Centre. Central is the largest library of the Mississauga Library System and, as implied by the name, functions as the main library for the system.

The Central Library has four floors divided by subject departments: Children's Materials, "Readers' Den" (Fiction), Sciences & Business, and Arts & History. The fifth floor of the library is reserved for studying.

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]

Branches

Branch Address Date opened Holdings Notes
Burnhamthorpe 1350 Burnhamthorpe Road East 1976
Churchill Meadows 3801 Thomas Street January 2007 Shares facilities with St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School
Clarkson 2475 Truscott Drive 1956 At current location since 2002.
Cooksville 3024 Hurontario Street, Suite 212 June 2004
Courtneypark 730 Courtneypark Drive West November 2004
Erin Meadows 2800 Erin Centre Boulevard September 15, 2001 Shares facilities with St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School
Frank McKechnie 310 Bristol Road East 2000
Lakeview 1110 Atwater Avenue 1967
Lorne Park 1474 Truscott Drive 1967
Malton 3540 Morning Star Drive 1977
Meadowvale 6677 Meadowvale Town Centre Circle
Mississauga Valley 1275 Mississauga Valley Boulevard January 26, 1980
Port Credit 20 Lakeshore Road East 1962
Sheridan 2225 Erin Mills Parkway 1976 At current location since 2002.
South Common 2233 South Millway Drive 1983 At current location since 1998.
Streetsville 112 Queen Street South 1967
Woodlands 3255 Erindal Station Road April 7, 1975 At current location since 2014.

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