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

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Two Fraser Valley films: The Fraser Valley Public Library (c. 1932) and The Library on Wheels (1945)

Fraser Valley Public Library , 16 mm., b & w., 12 minutes, c. 1932. British Columbia Public Library Commission. Photographed and produce...

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Ontario’s Landmark Public Libraries Act, 1920

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, January 07, 2020

Les bibliothèques canadiennes, 1604-1960 by Antonio Drolet (1965)

Les bibliothèques canadiennes, 1604-1960 by Antonio Drolet. Ottawa: Le Cercle du Livre de France, 1965. 234 p., tables. Antonio Drolet, n...

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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

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

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...

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