Pembroke Public Library
{{Short description|Library in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada}}
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| address =237 Victoria St.
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The Pembroke Public Library is a single-branch public library in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
Services
The Pembroke Public Library offers many useful services to the city of Pembroke and its surrounding area. Some of these services include:
- A comprehensive online catalogue search{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/|title=Pembroke Public Library|last=|first=|date=|website=|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-11}}
- Inter-library loans,{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/interlibrary-loan/|title=Interlibrary Loans|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}} which can be requested in person or online, if the library does not have the item you require
- Personalized delivery to those who are homebound{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/home-delivery-extension-services/|title=Home Delivery - Extension Services|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}}
- The ability to renew materials in person, online, or by phone{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/teen-resources/#|title=Teen Resources|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}}
- The ability to make genealogical requests, in person or online{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/online-services/|title=Online Services|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}}
- Links to homework help online for teens
- Various services for teachers, parents/home schooling, and newcomers
- Non-resident memberships{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/library-information/|title=Membership Information|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}}
= Programming and Events =
Besides these services, the Pembroke Public Library has a considerable amount of programming and events available to the community. Some programming is for everyone, such as the gardening and healthy cooking club,{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/registrations/|title=Program Registrations|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}} and some programs are targeted for adults and for children separately. Programs for adults include four different book clubs and a writer's club.{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/adult-book-clubs/|title=Adult Book Clubs|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/local-authors/|title=Local Authors|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}} Programs for children include a Lego Club, Nintendo Wii available to play every second Saturday, many various seasonal programs, and two children's book clubs.{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/childrens-book-club/|title=Children's Book Club|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}} Library tours are available for school classes as well.{{Cite web|url=http://pembrokelibrary.ca/teacher-services/|title=Teacher Services|last=|first=|date=|website=Pembroke Public Library|access-date=2017-10-11}} See the library's [http://pembrokelibrary.ca/ website] for complete details on the many events happening each month.
Building
The current building was designed by Francis Sullivan,{{cite web|url=http://www.hpd.mcl.gov.on.ca/scripts/hpdsearch/english/popupSearch.asp?pid=9907|accessdate=2009-07-20|author=Ministry of Culture|title=Ontario Heritage Properties Database|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225163642/http://www.hpd.mcl.gov.on.ca/scripts/hpdsearch/english/popupSearch.asp?pid=9907|archivedate=2012-02-25}} a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright. The building was designated under Part 4 of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1991.
History
The library is a Carnegie library, having received a grant of $14,000 from the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|
Carnegie Foundation]] on December 24, 1907.{{cite web |url=https://www.ontario.ca/page/carnegie-libraries-ontario |title=Carnegie libraries in Ontario |website=Ontario |access-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411022016/https://www.ontario.ca/page/carnegie-libraries-ontario |archive-date=April 11, 2022}}
Subhash Mehta was the chief librarian of the Pembroke Public Library from 1970 to 2002.{{Cite news|title=Subhash Mehta remembered as a visionary who changed the face of the Pembroke Public Library|newspaper=The Daily Observer|url=http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1581490|accessdate=2009-07-20|year=2009}} The Subhash Mehta Memorial Reading Room is now dedicated to his memory.{{Cite news|newspaper=The Daily Observer|first=Peter|last=Lapinskie|title=Reading room is a fitting tribute|url=http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1589322|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911221457/http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1589322|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2012|accessdate=2009-07-20}}