Urban Affairs

Major intersection King Street W. and John Street. Located on the southeast corner of King Street W. and John Street

Public Transit
TTC subway station St. Andrew, on the Yonge-University-Spadina line. Walk 2 blocks west to John Street or take the westbound King Street streetcar.

Parking
Paid underground City Parking.

General Features

• Individual Study Booths (4)
• Microform Reader Printer
• Seating for 97
• Urban Affairs profile

Equipment for persons with disabilities

• Computer(s) with screen magnification software (Zoomtext)
• Equipment for people with disabilities
• Kurzweil equipment or software - Kurzweil Personal Reading Machine

Technology

• Internet/Microsoft Office workstations (9)
• Wireless (Wi-Fi)

Collections

• Corporate Collection (in-library use only for the public)
• Corporate Research Service for City of Toronto staff
• Government Publications
• Microforms
• Self study materials for City of Toronto staff
• Special Collections: Campaign Literature
• Vertical File/Pamphlets

1911	Municipal Reference Branch opened in Toronto City Hall, September, at the request of Toronto City Council, ìimpressed with the necessity of having knowledge on municipal topics near at handî (TPL Annual Report, 1911)
1928	Municipal Reference Branch closed at Toronto City Hall due to space shortage. Collection transferred for a Ready Reference Division at the new Downtown Branch, 42 Adelaide Street West, opened 23 January. The branch also included a business reference collection, a newspaper reading room and a lending library.
1931	Municipal Reference collection moved to a new Public Documents Room at the Reference Library, College and St. George streets, opened May. The Downtown Branch became a lending library only.
1965	Municipal Reference section located to the mezzanine of the new City Hall Branch (along with Business Reference), opened 13 September in the east tower of the new Toronto City Hall.
1968	Municipal Reference Library transferred to the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board. It remained at Toronto City Hall, but now formed part of the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library.
1992	Municipal Reference Library merged with Metro Toronto's Corporate Library, and moved to Metro Hall, 55 John Street, July. Renamed Metro Urban Affairs Library, the library was located on the ground floor of Metro Hall, with non-circulating public collections on the upper level and Corporate Research Services (for city staff and politicians) on the lower level.
1996	Lower level closed. Corporate collection made available to the public for in-library use.
1998	Renamed Urban Affairs Library.
2007	Became a holds-pick-up location 15 January