Showing posts with label Canadian libraries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canadian libraries. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Three 1950s Prairie University Libraries: Rutherford, Dafoe, and Murray Memorial

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Before the Second World War, there was only one standalone university library building in the Canadian west. The University of British Colum...
Sunday, April 06, 2025

Canadian Librarianship, 1920–1960: From Library Work to Library Science

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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...
Monday, March 03, 2025

Canadian Mid-century School Libraries and Modern Education, 1945—1950

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School Libraries in Canada before 1945 Although Canadian school libraries exhibited signs of progress during the 1930s, this work came to a ...
Friday, February 07, 2025

Edwin Williams and Robert Downs Report on Canadian Academic Libraries, 1962—1967

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Resources of Canadian University Libraries for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Report of a Survey for the National Conferenc...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

The Canadian Library Association is Formed, June 1946

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Canadian Librarians Organize in 1945 When the Second World War ended in summer 1945, the long-awaited time for creating a national organizat...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Project Progress: A Study of Canadian Public Libraries, 1981

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Project Progress: A Study of Canadian Public Libraries . Prepared for the Canadian Library Association and its division the Canadian Associa...