As a former Calgarian who often worked closely with the city’s librarians via my role at the Writers Guild of Alberta (a highlight of my time in Calgary was being invited by one librarian to be her “community guest” at the opening of a new suburban branch that features a speech by well-known author and library advocate, Lois Hole) as well as someone who still has many family and friends still in Calgary (some of whom were very involved in the building of a new central library), it’s been pretty amazing to watch the development of this project over the years.
Some have observed that Calgary has now replaced Halifax as “best library in Canada” which is a testament to the “can-do” entrepreneurial spirit of Calgary and the strong leadership from many people in politics, philanthropy and within the library itself to make this happen.
I can’t wait to visit!
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