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Toronto Public Library (TPL) ((フランス語:Bibliothèque publique de Toronto)) is a public library system based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest public library system in Canada and in 2008, had averaged a higher circulation per capita than any other public library system internationally, making it the largest neighbourhood-based library system in the world. Within North America, it also had the highest circulation and visitors when compared to other large urban systems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 Annual Performance Measures and Strategic Plan Update )〕 Established as the library of the Mechanics' Institute in 1830, the Toronto Public Library now consists of 100 branch libraries and has over 12 million items in its collection.〔 ==History== In 1830, a library was established in the York Mechanics' Institute. In 1884, the collection became the Toronto Public Library. James Bain was the first chief librarian and he supplemented the collection with $15,000 worth of books purchased on a trip to England in late 1883. Between 1907 and 1916, ten libraries were built with funds from the Andrew Carnegie Trust. Several of these Carnegie libraries continue to be used by the public library; one, the original Central Reference Library, is now the Koffler Student Centre at the University of Toronto.〔()〕 Henry Cummings Campbell was Chief Librarian of the Toronto Public Library from 1956 to 1978, and the first Chief Librarian to hold a professional library degree. He is credited for having contributed to the expansion of the library and its adaptation to an increasingly dynamic and multicultural city.〔"In Memoriam Henry Cummings Campbell" by Paula de Ronde, August 24th, 2009, Hart House, University of Toronto.〕 Prior to the Amalgamation of Toronto in 1998, each of the former municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto operated their own public libraries.〔http://www.toronto.ca/divisions/pdf/hr/annual_report_2007.pdf#page=4〕 They include: * Etobicoke Public Library: in the City of Etobicoke, which established 1950 with 13 branches * North York Public Library: in the City of North York, which established 1955 with 19 branches * York Public Library: in the City of York, which established 1967 with 6 branches * East York Public Library: in the Borough of East York, which established 1967 with 5 branches * Scarborough Public Library: in the City of Scarborough, which established 1955 with 19 branches * Metro Toronto Public Library: across Metropolitan Toronto, which established 1967 with 1 branch * Toronto Public Library: in Old Toronto, which established 1883 with 33 branches When the Government of Ontario amalgamated the former municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto, the individual library boards and the Toronto Reference Library merged into the Toronto Public Library.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City of Toronto Act, 1997, SO 1997, c 2 )〕 The merger caused the Toronto Public Library to become the largest library system in North America, serving a population of 2.3 million people with 98 branches at the time. In 2004, a new library was opened in the St. James Town neighbourhood of Toronto, bringing the total number of branches to 99. New branches are scheduled to open on Fort York Boulevard at Bathurst Street and in Scarborough City Centre in 2014.〔http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/renovations/scarborough-centre-branch.jsp〕 The Municipal Affairs branch closed in September 2011, bringing the number of branches to back to 98. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toronto Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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