Branch Libraries - Vienna
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives8575
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Library fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1980-1990
- Storage Location
- R7 S3 Sh3 B1 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Library fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S3 Sh3 B1 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1980-1990
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Vienna Public Library was formed and joined the Elgin County Library Co-Operative in 1950.
- Prior to 1956 the library was housed in the old Vienna school building which stood on property now occupied by the Vienna Community Centre. The library occupied part of the two upstairs rooms devoted to the high school and was staffed by high school teachers. When the high school was closed in 1949, and students were transferred to Tillsonburg, the library continued to operate on the second floor, with public school principal Bessie Ryan serving as part-time librarian.
- In 1956 the new Vienna Public School building was opened adjacent to the old school building, and the library relocated to a corner in the teachers' room in the new facility, with teachers and senior students continuing to provide public library service. The library closed in 1957 but re-opened the following year.
- The Vienna Public Library Board administered the Library until it was disbanded in 1965 as a result of legislation amalgamating all Elgin County municipal public library boards under the authority of Elgin County Council. Vienna Public Library became the Vienna branch of the Elgin County Library effective January 1, 1966.
- On April 15, 1966 the library relocated to the old Vienna Town Hall, initially occupying space in the basement while renovations were completed upstairs. The library relocated to the upper floor in 1972. Also that year, Vienna was the location of an experimental initiative of the Elgin County Library, becoming the system's first "Paperback Branch" when its collection was re-organized to include only paperback books.
- At its March 10, 2009 meeting, Elgin County Council endorsed the recommendation of staff that the Vienna branch of the Elgin County Library be closed permanently due to relatively low circulation and patron numbers, proximity to other branches, irresolvable structural problems with the building, and to reduce costs to the County and the Municipality of Bayham during challenging economic circumstances. The closure decision was formalized in a by-law passed at the April 14, 2009 Council meeting. The branch was closed to the public effective May 1, 2009.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of newspaper clippings documenting the operation of the Vienna branch of the Elgin County Library, 1984-1990.
- Also includes a photograph of the exterior of the library, ca. 1980.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Library
- Elgin County Library Co-Operative
- Vienna Public Library
- Vienna (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Libraries
- Accruals
- Expected
- Related Material
- Vienna Village fonds (Vienna Library Board series)- Archives Storage Rm. 110, R15 S2 Sh2 B1
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