Andrew Lupton

The London Public Library is dealing with a major systems outage, with the shutdown affecting everything from the library's website to its electronic system for borrowing materials.&nbsp;

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The outage began sometime Wednesday morning.&nbsp;

A sign on the main floor of the Central Library informs patrons of a "major systems outage."&nbsp;

The sign says "all library systems are down, including public computers, printing, website, catalogue and all digital resources."

A sign on the ground floor of the Central Public Library informs visitors that all digital resources are down. 

Library systems outage

In a Facebook post, the library posted a service alert stating that the Carson, Glanworth and Lambeth branches will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday and will remain closed until next week.

"We will post updates but expect that it will take some time to restore these systems," the post said.&nbsp;

In-person borrowing is available at the library's 16 branches and public spaces in library branches remain available for use.

It's not clear what&nbsp;caused&nbsp;the shutdown, or when it might be resolved.

A spokesperson confirmed the outage is not affecting City of London computer&nbsp;systems, which are independent of the library's network.&nbsp;

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A row of desktop computers in an empty library are roped off by yellow tape.

Computers blocked off with tape at a Toronto Public Library branch this week. The library says access to computers and printers, along with other services, will likely continue to be inaccessible for another week.

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Computers are seen blocked off with tape at a Toronto Public Library branch this week. The library says access to computers and printers, along with other services, will likely continue to be inaccessible for another week.

Library patrons were unable to use the public computers after a systems outage on Wednesday.

'Major systems outage' hits London Public Library

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