Showing posts with label Atlantic Canada libraries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlantic Canada libraries. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Three Early Maritime Memorial Libraries at Dalhousie, Acadia, and Mount Allison

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College and university education evolved slowly in the Canadian Maritime provinces before 1900. By the time of the First World War, Dalhousi...
Friday, January 19, 2024

Library Service in New Brunswick by Peter Grossman (1953)

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Library Service in New Brunswick: A Report and Recommendations by Peter Grossman. Fredericton: New Brunswick Department of Education, 1953....
Thursday, December 23, 2021

Two Canadian films about bookmobiles: Roads to Reading and Journey from Zero

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Roads to Reading . 16 mm film, colour, sound, 14 minutes, 1958. Produced by the Nova Scotia Film Bureau for the Nova Scotia Provincial Libra...
Monday, December 04, 2017

THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY ACT, 1883

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The 1880s were a critical turning point for free library legislation in Canada. Ontario was not alone in enacting legislation for free publi...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Amulree Commission Report (1933) and Newfoundland Public Libraries

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Newfoundland Royal Commission 1933: Report. William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree, chair. London. H.M.S.O., 1933. vi, 283 p., maps...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Four Canadian Maritime Library Surveys in the Great Depression

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Gerhard Lomer, Report on a Proposed Three-year Demonstration of Library Service for Prince Edward Island. Montreal: McGill University Libr...