Library History Today Blog

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

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

The National Library of Canada: Celebrating a half-century, 1953–2003

Library banner for 50th anniversary As the National Library of Canada (NLC) moved inexorably to its golden anniversary in 2003, it was still...

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The National Library of Canada in the 1980s and 1990s: The Reality of Neoliberal Reform

By the time Guy Sylvestre retired at the end of 1983 many ideas crafted in the Future of the National Library (published in 1979) were no ...

Friday, July 03, 2015

Report on Canadian Libraries (1941) by Charles F. McCombs

Report on Canadian Libraries, 1941 , 81 p. Originally unpublished with three appendices, index, letter of transmission, and schedule of Can...

Friday, May 22, 2015

The Future of the National Library of Canada (1979)

National Library of Canada, The future of the National Library of Canada = L'avenir de la Bibliothèque nationale du Canada . Ottawa, 197...

Thursday, May 14, 2015

National Library of Canada Expansion from 1967 to the Mid–1970s

Canada's centennial, 1967, was not just a time to reflect on the country's past but a time to look forward as well. After the $13 mi...

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