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Brantford Public Library in 1917 Brantford’s classic red brick Beaux-Arts Carnegie Library, constructed between 1902 and 1904, was located ...

At the turn of the 20th century, library grants from the foundation Andrew Carnegie had created became readily available for Canadian munici...

D’obscurantisme et de Lumières: La Bibliothèque Publique au Québec, des Origines au 21e Siècle by François Séguin. Montréal: Éditions Hurtu...

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

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...