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

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Three 1950s Prairie University Libraries: Rutherford, Dafoe, and Murray Memorial

Before the Second World War, there was only one standalone university library building in the Canadian west. The University of British Colum...

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Marion Elizabeth Gilroy (1912–1981)

Marion Gilroy, BA portrait, 1932 Marion Gilroy began a promising academic career at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia during the 1930s. Wi...

Sunday, June 22, 2025

School Libraries and Education for School Librarianship Workshop, Jasper Park, Alberta, 1968

Education for School Librarianship in Canada; Proceedings of a Workshop, Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta on Saturday, 8 June 1968 . Sponsored by ...

Thursday, May 22, 2025

From Sigmund Samuel to the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto, 1954–1973

Over the course of twenty years, in the 1950s and 1960s, libraries at the University of Toronto continued to expand and improve as they beca...

Friday, May 09, 2025

An Ontario Bookmobile Film The Books Drive On, 1948

The Books Drive On . 16 mm film, colour and sound, 1948. Produced by Jean and Glen Eckmier, photography by Bob Henry and script by Tom Raffe...

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