The popularity of the new central library has raised the profile of the other Halifax Public Libraries branches, with an increase in usage over the last year.

There were 1.9 million visits during the Halifax Central Library’s first year of operation, more than double the 900,000 visits officials had anticipated while planning the library.

Overall, there were 2.86 million visits across the 14-branch network, an increase of 22 per cent from the previous year.

“We thought, at first, when the Central Library numbers were so big when it first opened, we thought that we’d see a corresponding decrease in the other library use,” said Coun. Waye Mason (Halifax South Downtown), library board vice-chairman. “And what we saw was the other libraries actually went up two to three per cent across the board.”

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