| Wasaga Beach Public Library | |
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| 44°31′42″N79°59′45″W / 44.528333°N 79.995833°W | |
| Location | Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada |
| Type | Public library |
| Branches | 1 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 30,000 |
| Other information | |
| Director | Pamela Pal |
| Website | wasagabeachpubliclibrary.ca |
The Wasaga Beach Public Library is a public library that serves Wasaga Beach, Ontario in Canada. It is governed by a board of trustees appointed by the town council of Wasaga Beach. The chief librarian is Pamela Pal, and the Canadian library symbol is OWAB. [1]
Contents
The collection includes adult and junior fiction and non-fiction books, large-print books, audiobooks, e-books, DVDs, and picture books. The library also has accessibility features, including large-print keyboards and screen magnification software. The library also operates a Books on Wheels program. [2]
The original library was a 1,754 square feet (163 m2) building built in 1972. It was replaced by a 4,500 square feet (418 m2) building in 1994. In 2019, construction of a third 17,252 square foot (1,603 m2) library was announced by the town, as part of joint facility which included a new twin-pad hockey arena. The project broke ground in September 2021, and was expected to be completed in the summer of 2023. [3] [4] The new combined library/arena complex opened on January 27, 2024 (six months later than anticipated), with free public skating on the hockey rinks. [5] The site before the new library was built was Wasaga Waterworld, a Waterpark owned by Roger Beaubein That operated From 1982 summer to the end of the 2007 summer season.
