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


Thursday, August 19, 2021

Brantford 1904 Carnegie library

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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 ...
Thursday, August 12, 2021

Brockville 1904 Carnegie library

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At the turn of the 20th century, library grants from the foundation Andrew Carnegie had created became readily available for Canadian munici...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

D’obscurantisme et de Lumières: La Bibliothèque Publique au Québec by François Séguin (2016)

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D’obscurantisme et de Lumières: La Bibliothèque Publique au Québec, des Origines au 21e Siècle by François Séguin. Montréal: Éditions Hurtu...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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

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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

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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...
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