Ottawa Public Library
Ottawa Public Library is the system of libraries in capital city of Canada, Ottawa. This library was established in the year 1906 by the donation that was granted by the Carnegie Foundation. Before the establishment of Ottawa public library there was only few places in Ottawa where reading facilities were available at cost or fee. No place were permitting anyone to read books at free of cost. Later on, the cause of the foundation of free library took by an active Local Council of Women. The active authority contacted Andrew Carnegie to play his role, he replied with open heart and donated 100, 000 USD for the construction of library he also requested for a place/site where he can construct a library. Currently there are thirty three branches of the Ottawa Public Library that are functional in Ottawa. The main and operating branch is situated in the downtown Ottawa at the corner of Laurier and Metcalfe. In the year 2001 Ottawa public library had its own branches of library later on municipal libraries were merged in the Ottawa public library. Present days, Ottawa public library's head is Barbara Club, the library's board of governor consists of fourteen part time members that are appointed by the city of Ottawa, among them six members belongs to councilors while other belongs to the public sector. Ottawa public library is basically run on the taxes that are paid by the city. The sources of library's funding are fine, fund raising and fees. The Ottawa public library contains books, audio books, audio-visual facilities, DVDs, CDs, VHS cassettes. The library contains 359 public internet stations while it has 79 electronic databases.
