As Calgary's new central library opens, we asked noted author, historian and bibliophile Aritha van Herk to share her thoughts on libraries and what they mean to us all. Library: from Latin libraria; ...

A new library has been added to the growing list of architectural hits in downtown Calgary, Canada. A new library has been added to the growing list of architectural hits in downtown Calgary, Canada.

It’s hard to pinpoint what I saw first as we approached the new Calgary Central Library in Alberta, Canada. Was it the building’s light fracturing hexagonal facade? The Light Rail Transit line ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Books at the Calgary Central Library on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Calgarians read a lot of books last year. The Calgary Public ...

The fee was to end Jan. 2, but the library president Bill Ptacek says private donors to library foundation were able to cover the $200,000 cost. Ptacek says they have already stopped charging for the ...

The Calgary Public Library planned to reopen limited service in its branches on Wednesday, five days after a cyberattack shut down operations in the latest of a series of hacks of libraries globally.

The new Calgary Central Library opened its doors to the public on November 1, a joint project between Snøhetta and Canadian studio DIALOG. The crystallized, aluminum-and-fritted-glass facade of the ...

Calgary’s new Central Library has just opened its doors to the public — and it’s a thing of elegant, energy-efficient beauty. International architecture firm Snøhetta teamed up with North ...

Calgary Public Library is postponing a drag storytime event at one of its southwest libraries after an incident at last weekend’s event at Seton Library saw an “aggressive” protest. The decision to ...

1:37 No information compromised in cybersecurity breach: Calgary Public Library The library says it has completed its investigation with help from cybersecurity experts and a Microsoft incident ...

In 1999, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Seattle native Joshua Prince-Ramus were selected to design Seattle’s Central Library. The pair envisioned a pile of floating boxes, hovering at different ...