Library History Today Blog

Library History Today is a blog about the history and historiography of Canadian libraries and librarians

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Angus Mowat and Ontario's Rural Libraries, 1937–40

Well, after years of research, I have published something on Angus Mowat, Ontario's irrepressible Inspector (later Director) of Public L...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

A Regional Library and Its Readers (1940): Libraries and reading in Prince Edward Island

A Regional Library and Its Readers; A Study of Five Years of Rural Reading by H. B. Chandler and J.T. Croteau. New York: American Associati...

Sunday, December 01, 2013

Libraries in Canada: The Commission of Enquiry Creates a National Perspective on Libraries, 1930–1933

Libraries in Canada: A Study of Library Conditions and Needs by John Ridington, chair; Mary J. L. Black, and George H. Locke. Toronto: Ryer...

Friday, October 18, 2013

National Library Act of Canada, 1952 — from Drawing Board to Reality

Sixty years ago, in January 1953, Canada's National Library Act , took effect. The original statute was passed on May 27, 1952 during th...

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia by David Obee (2011)

The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia by David Obee. Vancouver, British Columbia Library Association, 2011. 264 p., il...

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