Hours
Monday 9-9
Tuesday 9-9
Wednesday 9-9
Thursday 9-9
Friday 9-6
Saturday 9-5
Sunday Closed
Fall/Winter Sunday Service
Sunday Service hours are 1-4 pm.
Sunday Service at Central will begin on October 17, 2010 and run until November 28, 2010. Sunday Service resumes on January 9, 2011 and ends on May 8, 2011.
Central will not be open on Sundays in December or January 2, 2011 and Sunday, February 20 and Sunday, April 24 (Easter Sunday).
(Access to Community Outreach and Program Services, the Library Cafe and the Reading Garden will not be available on Sundays.)
Contact
251 Dundas St.
N6A 6H9
519-661-4600 (general info)
519-661-5122 (program registration)
519-661-5120 (meeting space)
info@lpl.london.on.ca
Programs
Go to program listings for Central.
Go to program listings for the Wolf Hall.
Go to program listings for the Children's Library at Central.
Go to program listings for the Central Teen Annex.
Background
This facility includes Central Adult and Children's Libraries, the Teen Annex, Administration, Technical Support Services, Maintenance Services, Community Outreach and Development and Communications. Visiting Library Service is managed from this location. The Central Adult Library has three public service divisions. Lending Services is responsible for circulation and inter-library loans, and the three major Reference Service desks provide information in all subject areas. The LPL systems's periodicals, government publications and microform collections are held here. As well, Central Library has large videocassette and fiction collections. The London Room collects and preserves materials of local historical interests. Central Library serves as a resource for branch libraries. Community Outreach provides extensive programs to support continuing education and leisure interests. Wheelchair accessible.
Each location has a materials return chute which is open whenever the library is closed. The Central Library has two return chutes; an exterior one located beside the entry doors facing Dundas St. and an interior one located in the wall beside the library windows facing the Citi Plaza courtyard.
Parking
Parking is available in the underground Citi Plaza London parking lot. To validate your parking, up to 2 hours, please present to staff at the Welcome Desk or the Lending Services Desk your London Public Library Card.
Bus Routes
Every bus route that travels downtown stops within a maximum of 2 blocks of the Central Library.
Meeting Space rates are per use up to 4 hours, plus HST.
Special Purpose Rooms may be booked for up to a 2 hour maximum per use.
Room | Occupancy | Rate: | Rate: | Rate: |
| Stevenson & Hunt A&B | 120 | $110 | $220 | $298 |
| Stevenson & Hunt A | 60 | $60 | $120 | $160 |
| Stevenson & Hunt B | 50 | $50 | $100 | $140 |
| Tonda | 36 | $50 | $100 | $140 |
| Lerners | 30 | $50 | $100 | $140 |
| Friends of the London Public Library Board Room | 18 | $75 | $150 | $200 |
| Computer Training Room, 1st floor | 24 | $250 | $500 | $650 |
| Rotary Reading Garden | 540 | $500 | $1000 | $1400 |
| Wolf Performance Hall per diem | 369
| $195 $490 | $370 $925 | $540 $1350 |
| Special Purpose: Study Rooms | 6 | free | $15 | $22 |
| Special Purpose: Tutorial Pods | 2 | free | $15 | $22 |
| Special Purpose: Music Practice Rooms | 2 | free | $15 | $22 |
| Exhibit Space: Red Wall | 53 linear feet | free | --- | --- |
| Exhibit Space: Teen Annex | 29 linear feet | free | --- | --- |
| Exhibit Space: 2nd floor | 72 linear feet | free | --- | --- |
| Exhibit Space: 3nd floor | 24 linear feet | free | --- | --- |