Markham Public Library

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Markham Public Library (MPL)

Motto: A World of Information and Inspiration
Location	Markham, Ontario
Branches	6
Collection
Size	Approximately 500,000 [1] [2] [3][4][5][6]
Access and use
Population served	261,573 [7]
Other information
Budget	9.90M
Director	Catherine Biss, CEO[8]
Staff	over 240
Website	Markham Public Library

Markham Public Library (MPL) is a library system operated by the Town of Markham's municipal government. There are six branches spreading throughout the town, serving about 250,000 residents in Markham. ^[8] The libraries are managed by the Administration Centre, located at 6031 Highway 7.

In 2008, the system was renamed to the singular Markham Public Library to reflect its status as one unified system.

Contents 1 Branches 1.1 Customer-Centred Classification 2 Membership 3 Services 3.1 Borrowing privileges 3.2 Other services 4 Administrator of MPL 5 Gallery 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Branches

Branch	Location	Size	Collection Size	Library Manager
Angus Glen Library [1]	3990 Major MacKenzie Drive	29,700 square feet (2,760 m2)	157,434 (The largest in all of Markham)	Margaret MacMillan[8]
Markham Village Library [2]	6041 Highway 7	30,000 square feet (2,800 m2)	Approximately 120,000	Judi McCallum
Milliken Mills Library [3]	Unit 1, 7600 Kennedy Road	16,865 square feet (1,566.8 m2)	Approximately 80,000	Yolanda Chan
Thornhill Community Library [4]	7755 Bayview Avenue	25,053 square feet (2,327.5 m2)	132,000	Aleksandra Dowiat-Vine
Thornhill Village Library [5]	10 Colborne Street	4,283 square feet (397.9 m2)	30,000	Aleksandra Dowiat-Vine
Unionville Library [6]	15 Library Lane	13,640 square feet (1,267 m2)	100,000	Patrick Pan

[edit] Customer-Centred Classification

Unlikely other branches which use the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), the Markham Village branch developed its own library classification system called the Customer Centred Classification (C3). ^[9] Compared to DDC or Library of Congress Classification (LCC), C3 is more modern and is supposed to be easier for library patrons to find books at the book stacks.

[edit] Membership

People who work, live, or go to a school in York Region may apply a free membership. Otherwise, a $30 annual membership fee will apply. ^[10] A temporary library card can be issued for the period of 21 days conditionally. During this period, the member could only borrow a maximum of 3 books. ^[11]

[edit] Services

Like many other libraries across Ontario, the Markham Public Library system allows members to checkout books and other media.

[edit] Borrowing privileges

Item Types	Loan Period	Renewals	Late Return Fines
Books, talking books, music CD, Children's Kits, CD-Rom (Software), Watt Readers [12]	21 days	3 renewals (with no holds by other members)	$0.25 per day, up to a maximum of $6
Video, Cassettes, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs [12]	7 days	3 renewals (with no holds by other members)	$2 per day, up to a maximum of $10
Xbox 360 games [12]	7 days	No renewals allowed	$2 per day, up to a maximum of $10
Express Bestsellers [12]	7 days	No renewals allowed	$0.25 per day, up to a maximum of $6
Magazines [12]	21 days	No renewals allowed	$0.25 per day, up to a maximum of $6

[edit] Other services

Other than borrowing books and media, members could also use the following services: ^[13]

• Placing 50 holds per one membership account
• Interlibrary loan service
• Taking out 100 books per one membership account
• One hour internet access per day per membership account (additional time can be requested)
• Use the Lunaweb, and digital database for in-house research
• Renting meeting rooms
• WiFi Internet (available at Angus Glen, Markham Village, Milliken Mills, Thornhill Community, and Unionville)
• TeleCirc Telephone Library Service
• Photocopying
• One hour of Microsoft Office or OpenOffice (depending on the branch) per day per membership account
• Library Catalogue access
• Delivery to the home-bound service

[edit] Administrator of MPL

The administrative of the MPL is broken down by several categories:

• Chief Executive Officer - Catherine Biss
• Service Excellence Director - Moe Hosseini-Ara
• Administrative & Operational Support Director - Larry Pogue
• Library Strategy and Innovation Director - Deborah Walker
• Marketing and Programming Strategist - Diane Macklin

[edit] Gallery

A reading place at the Angus Glen Library	Inside the Markham Village Library	Thornhill Community Centre Library	Thornhill Village Library
Unionville Library

[edit] See also

• Public libraries in Ontario

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Markham Public Libraries

• Markham Public Library Official Site
• Markham Public Libraries' photostream