There are approximately 17,000 active cardholders,[1] most residing in the communities of Georgetown, Acton, Limehouse, Glen Williams, Speyside, Norval, and surrounding areas.

The Georgetown Branch is part of the Halton Hills Library and Cultural Center, sharing space with the John Elliott Theatre and The Helson Gallery.

A significant renovation and expansion of the branch began in April 2011, which increased the size of the library and shared spaces from 12,000 to 34,400 square feet.

[2] The newly renovated building opened in January 2013 with features that included a new teen lounge area, a seniors space including fireside lounge, a dedicated Local History Room, permanent space for Community Partners, four quiet study rooms, 17 Internet stations, wireless Internet access throughout the facility and self-serve checkout stations located throughout the library.

A new facility of 9,000 square feet (840 m2) was built just east of the existing branch, made possible through an Infrastructure Stimulus Fund grant of $2.3M, with the remaining 1/3 of the cost being covered by the Town of Halton Hills.

Geothermal heating and cooling systems, use of natural light and other green initiatives earned the building LEED Gold certification awarded in 2012.

[4] Through the middle of the nineteenth century, the formal education of the province's youth was a major priority, making attendance compulsory for an increasingly broad range of age groups.

Evening classes and special lectures were a significant part of the program of the Mechanic's Institutes, along with a library and a reading room stocked with newspapers and magazines.

Occasionally helped out by a grant of $25 or $40 (and free rent) from the village council, the Georgetown Mechanic's Institute frequently failed to qualify for any money from the province.

Moore, editor, and owner of the Acton Free Press, John Cameron, a local builder, and the Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist ministers.

So long as the collection consisted of only a couple of thousand titles and library business was only done on two or three nights of the week, only one staff person, typically a young woman was hired.

In Georgetown, the Board applied to the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which had been so generous with other public libraries across North America, to donate towards a new building.

The founding president of the Georgetown Mechanics' Institute, and local industrialist, John R. Barber, with the other trustees of the Congregational Church deeded the building to the Town to be used as a library.

J.B. Mackenzie of Acton was given the contract for renovations (restrooms, a new metal ceiling) and the library opened in its new official home on October 10, 1913.

In the spring of 1933, the Murray family left money to be used to improve library facilities, either in a new building or through renovations in the Town Hall.

The Acton Library Board was selected ahead of projects like a band hall, a swimming pool, or a chapel at the cemetery.

The Board of Education chipped in with a corner of the Robert Little Public School property, and in June 1967, the new library facility opened.

Since World War I, high stands of inflexible wooden shelves overflowed with books, the occasional newspaper and National Geographic.