Showing posts with label library legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label library legislation. Show all posts
Saturday, January 13, 2024

Ontario Libraries: A Province-Wide Survey and Plan, 1965 by Francis R. St. John Library Consultants

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St John, (Francis R.) Library Consultants, Inc. Ontario Libraries: A Province-Wide Survey and Plan , 1965. Toronto: Ontario Library Associa...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

Ontario’s Landmark Public Libraries Act, 1920

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A century ago, in June 1920, the Farmer-Labour government in Ontario introduced a new public libraries act, mostly through the work of the E...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Toronto’s Free Library: Facts for the Citizens (1881) by John Taylor

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Toronto’s Free Library: Facts for the Citizens by John Taylor. Toronto: n.p., signed 25 October 1881,  4 p., tables. Alderman John Taylor...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Notes by the Way on Free Libraries and Books (1882) by John Hallam

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Notes by the Way on Free Libraries and Books with a Plea for the Establishment of Rate-Supported Libraries in the Province of Ontario by Jo...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Short History of Ontario Library Boards and Trustees

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I had an opportunity to speak at OLA's most recent Super Conference in Toronto. It was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revamped annu...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

CANADIAN VICTORIAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES BEFORE 1900

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The common characteristics of free public libraries that were legislated in Ontario (1882), the City of Saint John (1883), and British Colum...
Friday, December 22, 2017

THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FREE LIBRARIES ACT, 1891

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British Columbia became the second province to pass an act allowing local governments to establish free libraries in 1891. Generally, munici...
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...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

THE ONTARIO FREE LIBRARIES ACT, 1882

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The first province-wide legislation to establish free public libraries in Canadian cities, towns, and villages was enacted in Ontario in 18...