Library

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Picture Butte Municipal Library
120 – 4th Street North

Picture Butte, Alberta  T0K 1V0
403-732-4141

In 1960, a small group of people recognized a need for a library with financial support from the Picture Butte Legion and the Lion's Club, the first Picture Butte library was formed.  In February of 1961, the Picture Butte Library opened with Mrs. Helen Boras as librarian.  The original library was located in this location until August of 1981 when, thanks in part to an Alberta cultural grant, the library moved to its current location, sharing the facility with the Town of Picture Butte.

The objective of Picture Butte Municipal Library is to provide the most current material in a wide range of formats to meet the needs of persons of all ages.  We are committed to serve the community as a source of reliable information, to support educational, civic and cultural activities of groups and organizations and to provide opportunity and encouragement for continuous education and recreation for all the people of the community and surrounding area.

Picture Butte Municipal Library is part of the Chinook Arch Regional Library System. Our membership in the Chinook Arch System allows our patrons to borrow from any of our 33 member libraries with a catalogue of more than 750,000 items available for request.  Chinook Arch also provides access to a worldwide Interlibrary Loan system, special collections including foreign language materials available through the Alberta Multilingual Book Consortium, talking books for the visually or print impaired CNIB library service, as well as access to a large number of online Library Resources and online self-guided computer and business courses.

Picture Butte Municipal Library also provides:

  • 4 public computers that use reliable high speed, high quality broadband Internet access
  • 1 public computer specifically for searching the library's catalogue
  • 1 children's computer with 32 education programs equipped with a child size mouse and a colourful keyboard
  • Fiction and non-fiction books, books on tape and CD, videos, DVDs, Dutch books, Christian books and magazines
  • Photocopying
  • Reference services
  • Summer Reading Program sponsored by Chinook Arch Regional Library System and TD Bank
  • Computer classes for seniors in conjunction with County of Lethbridge Community Learning Council

Membership Fees:
Single $15.00
Family $30.00

Business/Group or School $40.00

Library Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Librarian: Mrs. Bonnie Lewis                   Assistant Librarian:  Mrs. Linda Bexte

Library Link:  www.picturebuttelibrary.ca

Email:  libpic@chinookarch.ca