Library History Today Blog

Early in the twentieth century a small group of trustees, librarians, and persons interested in libraries met in Toronto at the Ontario Educ...

The Institution shall be called The Toronto Public Library—and the date of its commencement is hereby declared to be the 27th of October, 18...

After 1980 library mechanization in Ontario's public libraries gave way to more rapid changes in terms of automation, i.e., the systemat...

French language display in Algonquin region, 1969 The new 1966 Public Libraries Act formed the structure for rapid, and conflicting, deve...

The idea of the modern public library as an energetic influence promoting its services to the entire community arrived in Ontario after mos...