page_title: Halifax Public Libraries
section_title: Branches
hierarchical_section_title: Halifax Public Libraries / Branches
caption_attribution_description: The former Spring Garden Road Memorial Library opened in 1951 as a memorial to the city's casualties in the First World War and Second World War. Unitl its closure in 2014, it was the largest branch in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, with more than 228,000 titles. It was replaced by the Halifax Central Library nearby and as of 2016 was not in use.
context_page_description: Halifax Public Libraries is a Canadian public library system serving residents of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the largest public library system in Nova Scotia, with over 2.8 million visits to library branches and 172,520 active registered borrowers or 44% of the municipality's population. With roots that trace back to the establishment of the Citizens' Free Library in 1864, the current library system was created in 1996 during municipal amalgamation, and now consists of 14 branches and a collection of almost 1 million items.
context_section_description: Alderney Gate (Downtown Dartmouth)
  Bedford
  Captain William Spry (Spryfield)
  Cole Harbour
  Dartmouth North
  Halifax Central Library (Spring Garden Road)
  Halifax North Memorial
  J.D. Shatford (Hubbards)
  Keshen Goodman (Clayton Park)
  Musquodoboit Harbour
  Sackville
  Sheet Harbour
  Tantallon
  Woodlawn
caption: Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library
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