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The 100 Magazine CoverThe 100: Celebrating the LibraryWelcome to cpl100.ca, our special Centennial website. We invite you and all Calgarians to be part of the celebrations taking place throughout 2012, to learn about our history, find out about the celebratory events and engaging programs we’ve planned for this special year and, most importantly, be part of the exciting future of the Calgary Public Library as it begins a new century of service.

In anticipation of our next century of service, we have launched The 100, our Centennial Magazine. We invite each one of you to join in our celebrations outlined in the magazine and encourage your families and friends to do the same. We are grateful for the incredible support we have received for our Centennial and thank all Calgarians for their contribution to their Library.

Your Party! The Centennial Blog

Forest Lawn Library

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Forest Lawn residents followed their little community library to the Calgary Public Library system when the town was annexed in 1962 and have been following it ever since. This branch is home to many a new family moving to Calgary and its diversity is certainly one of its strengths. Memories of the wonderful staff struck a chord during Calgary’s most recent mayoralty campaign when future mayor Naheed Nenshi recounted the story of wanting to borrow more than the limit of books and how the staff helped out by bending the rules a little bit for him. Forest Lawn continues to sow seeds for the future by establishing the “Encana Book’n Worms Community Garden” for Calgary Public Library’s centennial. This garden honours Calgary Public Library’s first chief librarian, Alexander Calhoun, who initiated the Vacant Lots Club, which sustained many during the depths of the depression.

Find more pictures of this well loved branch in the Calgary Public Library Archives.

Forest Lawn Library, exterior view 1980s

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