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The City of Playford Library Service is the public library service of the City of Playford which is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The City of Playford Library Service consists of the branch Libraries at Elizabeth and Smithfield, the Mobile Library Service and the Home Library Service and operates a total of 95 hours over 7 days. As of October 2011 the Library has over 66,000 registered borrowers and a collection exceeding 107,000 items.〔(City of Playford Library website )〕 == History == The Elizabeth South Public Library was opened on 4 December 1957 by Sir Thomas Playford, making it the first free municipal public Library to open in Adelaide. ''Sir Thomas was the first to join and become Member No 1A in Library No. A1!''〔Galbreath, Margaret "Elizabeth, the Garden City", page 55 - 58, 1982〕 Subsequent branches were constructed over the intervening years: *Elizabeth North opened 4 July 1960 *Elizabeth Town Centre opened 15 September 1969 The first Munno Para Library was opened on 5 February 1966. In 2005 the Elizabeth Civic Centre and Munno Para (Smithfield) branches opened in their present premises. In December 2007 the Playford Library Service celebrated its 50th birthday. This included a celebration event involving past and present staff including the first chief Librarian, Warwick Dunstun and a well attended community birthday party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Playford Library Service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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