Library History Today Blog

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

Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Ontario Free Libraries Act, 1882

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

Friday, November 03, 2017

Canadian Act for Library Associations and Mechanics' Institutes, 1851

By the middle of the 19th century in the Province of Canada (present day Ontario and Quebec) many local groups had formed library associatio...

Thursday, October 26, 2017

ALEXANDER MORRIS' PUBLIC LIBRARY BILL FOR CANADA, 1866

My article on public library legislation that was not passed by legislators of the United Canadas in 1866. Originally published in Ex Libris...

Saturday, October 21, 2017

WILLIAM HENRY BOULTON’S 1852 PUBLIC LIBRARIES BILL: CANADIAN PRE-CONFEDERATION LIBRARY LEGISLATION

My article on proposed public library legislation for the Province of Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) in 1852. The bill was essentially iden...

Saturday, October 14, 2017

PHOTO ESSAY ON ONTARIO'S EDWARDIAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES (1989)

An illustrated address I originally gave at the Canadian Library Association library history interest group session at Edmonton in June 1...

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