Library History Today Blog

Library History Today is a blog for those interested in the history of Canadian libraries and librarians and for the writings and methodologies in library history

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

A New History of the English Public Library: Intellectual and Social Contexts, 1850–1914 by Alistair Black (1996)

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A New History of the English Public Library: Intellectual and Social Contexts, 1850–1914 by Alistair Black. London: Leicester University Pr...

Saturday, August 31, 2024

The Canadian Library Association is Formed, June 1946

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When the Second World War ended in summer 1945, the long-awaited time for creating a national organization for Canadian librarians, trustees...

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Biography: Anne Isabel Hume (1892–1966)

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For many years, Anne Hume was a dynamic force in Canadian librarianship. From 1936–57, she was the Chief Librarian of Windsor, Ontario, a ci...

Sunday, June 23, 2024

The Canadian Book Centre at Halifax, 1948–1950

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In the summer of 1945, in the aftermath of war, many European communities lay in ruins. Millions of people had died, a mass displacement of ...

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Controlling Undesirable Magazines in Canada, 1946

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Jessie Robson (Mrs. Austin) Bothwell and the Saskatchewan Library Advisory Council, The Problem of Controlling the Reading of Undesirable Pe...

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