Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Ontario Library Review and Book Selection Guide
Author: Ontario Library Review
Author: Ontario Library Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"Book selection guide" included in each number.
Ontario Library Review
Author: Ontario Library Review
Author: Ontario Library Review and Book-selection Guide
Author: Ontario Library Review, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Ontario Provincial Library ServicePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267108619
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Excerpt from Ontario Library Review, Vol. 1 Berlin - The public library building has been enlarged and remodelled at a cost of over A new children's room has been opened, which is larger than the one used formerly; new equipment has been added and the room is one of the best in Canada. A grant of was received from Mr. Carnegie for the extensions. Berlin has received altogether of Carnegie funds. Chatham. - The assistant librarian has completed a-visit to several of the leading libraries in Canada and the United States. The library hopes to profit by the new ideas gained through the trip. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Ontario Public Library
Author: Albert BowronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Public Library Boards in Postwar Ontario
Author: Lorne BrucePublisher: Lorne Bruce
ISBN: 0986666610
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
George Herbert Locke and the Transformation of Toronto Public Library, 1908-1937
Author: Lorne D. BrucePublisher: Libraries Today
ISBN: 0986666629
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
George H. Locke, chief librarian of the Toronto Public Library between 1908 and 1937, was Canada’s foremost library administrator in the first part of the twentieth century. During this period, free public libraries and librarianship in Ontario expanded rapidly due to the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie, improvements in library education, and the influence of American library services. Locke was closely associated with all these trends; however, his outlook was primarily guided by his Methodist upbringing, the Anglo-Canadian academic tradition of British Idealism, and his association with John Dewey’s contribution to American progressive education. These religious and intellectual strands encouraged personal action to improve social conditions. As director of Toronto’s libraries, he brought his ambitious ideas to bear in many ways: the building of neighbourhood branches, library service for children, formal education for librarians, suitable reading for immigrants and young adults, and the idea of the public library as a municipal partner in the self-education of adult Canadians. By 1930, Toronto’s public library system was recognized as one of the best in North America and George Locke’s reputation as a visionary leader had vaulted him to the Presidency of the American Library Association. Although he had created a large organization that might have succumbed to bureaucratic practices and formalized centralization, Locke resisted this development. He remained faithful to his moral, intellectual, and humanistic values acquired during his early schooling and university career. For Locke, libraries and librarians were less about organization and formal duties. Both needed to be faithful to the main principle of serving the public interest by delivering knowledge and by guiding individual self-development through experiential learning and transcendent ideals.