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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

Stampede to the Library

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The Stampede Parade 1912

The Stampede Parade 2012

As you are no doubt aware, both Calgary Public Library and the Stampede are celebrating their centennials this year.

Calgary in 1912 must have been quite a town. The pride and optimism that fueled calls for a public library for this fine city also found expression in the Calgary Stampede. This is a dichotomy that continues to define Calgary to this day. We know how to celebrate our origins in the rural and ranching communities and the rugged entrepreneurs that started the city and we also value our more refined cultural institutions like libraries. (Not that we’re that refined – if you saw us in the parade then you saw what I mean. Library employees can Yahoo with the best of them). Our library has one of the highest per capita usage levels in North American and our Stampede is the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. We certainly don’t do things halfway.

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