North York Central Library is a Toronto Public Library branch located in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the two libraries in Toronto considered to be "Research and Reference Libraries", the other being the Toronto Reference Library in the city's downtown core. In contrast to the Toronto Reference Library, however, most of the items in the North York Central Library can be signed out. The library is located inside the North York Centre twin-tower office/hotel/retail complex (5150 Yonge Street). 5150 Yonge Street is on the west side of Yonge Street (across the street from Empress Walk) and forms the north side of Mel Lastman Square. The library is adjacent North York Civic Centre, which until 1998 was the North York's City Hall. It is served by the North York Centre subway station, which has a direct underground connection to the mall containing the library. Since 2016, the library has been undergoing a major renovation. Services North York Central Library has an auditorium, two large meeting rooms, and four quiet study rooms. These spaces may be booked over the phone. Also available are 16 study rooms designated for individual study. The library also provides accessibility equipment, including a Braille writer, computers loaded with Kurzweil 1000 and 3000 software, magnifiers, and wheelchair accessible furniture. North York Central Library also provides internet access to patrons through the public computer terminals and free Wi-Fi in the building. There are 115 workstations in the library, 13 of which are in the Computer Learning Centre. Printing and scanning is also available to patrons. North York Central Library also has a microfilm/microfiche reader and printing machine. Collection In addition to the books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, and CDs offered at the branch, North York Central Library houses its own unique selections. Its historical collections have items pertaining to genealogy, Native peoples, North York history, and local Ontario history. The library has materials tailored towards children like the Children's literature resource collection and the IBBY collection for Young People with Disabilities. There are also other collections for older patrons like adult literacy works, audiobooks, and large print books. There is, as well, a variety of multilingual collections for children and adults (in languages including Chinese, Russian along with many others) available to serve North York's ethnically diverse population. History Now part of the larger Toronto Public Library system, the first stand-alone facility for the North York