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Canadian librarianship was formed incrementally and was loosely structured in the first half of the twentieth century when it emerged as a m...

There is general agreement that librarianship is a profession (or semi-profession), distinct from an occupation. Over time, it has construct...

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...

Citizen Participation in Library Decision-Making: The Toronto Experience edited by John Marshall. Metuchen, New Jersey: School of Library ...

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

In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada ed. by Jennifer Dekker and Mary Kandiuk. Sacramento, Ca...

James J. Talman was an archivist, librarian, and professional historian who made many scholarly contributions to Canadian history. He was th...

Fred Landon was a journalist, librarian, a historian-teacher-administrator at the Western University, and an author. After graduating from W...

Gerhard Lomer was born in Montreal in 1882: he was the son of Adolph and Ellen Lomer a well-to-business family. In his youth, he spent time ...

For a quarter of century, from the mid-1930s to 1960, Elizabeth Dafoe was a central figure in the development of the University of Manitoba ...

In the course of thirty years Mary Saxe raised the Westmount Public Library, situated in a park setting, into prominence in the province of ...