Title & Author:

Readings in Canadian library history / edited by Peter F. McNally.

Publication:

Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Library Association, 1986.

Description:

vi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Guides to the literature. A bibliography on Mechanics' Institutes, with particular reference to Ontario / John Blanchard ; Canadian library history in English 1964-1984: a survey and evaluation / Peter F. McNally ; Canadian library history in French 1964-1984: a survey and evaluation / Peter F. McNally -- Methodology. Board minutes as a source of library history, with particular reference to the Saskatoon Public Library / Betty Carnie ; The challenge of writing in TPL's history, 1883-1983: "these lady librarians created a civilization" / Margaret Penman -- Public libraries. The first hundred years: Toronto Public Library 1883-1983 / Barbara Myrvold ; The development of public library service in Winnipeg, 1880-1980 / Jim Blancahard ; The St. Boniface Public Library and the development of French language library service in Western Canada 1911-1982 / Lucile Freyneet ; The battle of the books: Saskatoon Public Library and the Rationalist Press Association -- 1913 / Don Kerr ; Heritage to hi-tech: evolution of image and function in Canadian public library buildings / David R. Conn and Barry McCallum -- Diverse perspectives. The Red River Library: a search after knowledge and refinement / Leslie D. Castling ; Origins of the University of Toronto Press in the university library, 1888-1934 / Robert H. Blackburn ; The Icelandic collection at the University of Manitoba / J. Sigrid Johnson ; A genteel patritoism: Ontario's public-library movement and the First World War / John A. Wiseman ; In search of a policy: the development of school libraries in Alberta / Christine Spring-Gifford -- Biography. Peter Fidler's Library: philosophy and science in Rupert's Land / Debra Lindsay ; "Champion has-been": Edwin Austin Hardy and the Ontario Library Movement / John A. Wiseman ; On the compass of Angus Mowat: books, boats, soldiers and Indians / Stephen Cummings.

ISBN:

0888021968
9780888021960

Subject:

Libraries Canada History.
Bibliothèques Canada Histoire.
Libraries
Canada

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

McNally, Peter F.
Canadian Library Association.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 13627
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:87-B3840
Status: Available