Bob Prittie Metrotown
Directions | Branch information | Internet access
Directions
The library is located just west of Metrotown skytrain station. Take the Millennium or Expo line, or take the 19, 49, 106, 110, 112, 116, 129, 130, 144, 430, C6 or C7 bus. Parking is available underground. Enter the parking garage off Kingsborough Street. Please note, there is no access to the parkade outside library hours.
Branch information
The Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch opened in 1991 and is named for former Burnaby teacher, MP, alderman, mayor and library board member Robert "Bob" Prittie.
Branch size: 61,000 square feet
Items owned: 414,105 (2009)
BPL total items owned: 742,434 (2009)
Internet access
Wireless Internet access is available at all branches of the Burnaby Public Library. Bob Prittie Metrotown has 21 public Internet terminals, including three 15-minute express workstations. Three additional workstations are available for accessing the library's database collection.
For more information on computer and Internet access at BPL, visit our computers and wireless page.
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Location and hours
Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch
6100 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby BC V5H 4N5
Contact
Reference: 604-436-5400
Fiction/audio/video: 604-436-5410
Children's: 604-436-5420
Overdues/library cards: 604-436-5430
You can also reach us by e-mail, using our online reference form.
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm
Saturdays 9am to 6pm
Sundays 1pm to 5pm
There is no telephone service on Sundays.
Please note: there is no access to the parkade outside library hours.
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Book drop
Located at the front entrance, on the east side of the building.