Celebrate the rich and distinctive history of Canadian libraries by exploring these links! These are only tiny number of the available sources, please add more you might know of using the Comments feature…
Canadian Library History Blog (Lorne Bruce)
https://libraries-today.blogspot.com
A long-standing site for the history of libraries and librarians in Canada. Published by Lorne Bruce, former head of the Archival and Special Collections at University of Guelph and author of several books on Canadian library history.
Margaret Beckman, Moshie Dahms, Lorne Bruce, “Libraries”, The Canadian Encyclopedia
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/libraries
Excellent overview of each type of library by the top historians of Canadian librarianship.
Virtual Tour of Library of Parliament in Ontario, Canada, Encyclopedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/video/Library-of-Parliament-Ottawa-Canada-Ontario/-208859
Take in the awe-inspring design.
McGill University Libraries Virtual Tours
https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/hssl/virtual-tour
Interactive 3D tours of one of Canada’s venerable university libraries.
Bibliography of Library History, 1990-2022
Scroll through this search in LHRT’s Bibliography for “Canada”
Kathryn Hennan, A Timeline of Indigenous Librarianship in Canada, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta
Extensive chronology of librarianship in Indigenous communities.
Paola Picco, M. A. 2008. “Quebec’s Public Libraries: An Overview of Their History and Current Situation.” Public Library Quarterly 27 (2): 139–50. doi:10.1080/01616840802114945.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01616840802114945
Consultez votre bibliothèque locale pour accéder à cet article clé sur les bibliothèques du Québec |Check your local library for access to this key article on Quebec’s libraries.
Peter F. McNally, Readings in Canadian Library History, Canadian Library Association.
1986–https://archive.org/details/readingsincanadi0000unse_m8z3/page/n5/mode/2up
1996–https://archive.org/details/readingsincanadi0000unse_m8z3/page/n5/mode/2up
Bibliography for Canadian library historians. Create a free Internet Archive account to access.
Your TV Niagara, The Canadian Library
Description: “The Canadian Library (TCL) is a grassroots art installation project that will act as a memorial to all Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls (MMIWG) and Children.” Project involves covering Canadian library books with Indigenous fabrics, great example for libraries in other countries!
There is another long-standing site for the history of libraries and librarians in Canada: Canadian Library History Blog at https://libraries-today.blogspot.com/
Thank you very much for letting us know about this exceptional resource. We apologize that your blog was not in our original list. This was a huge gap in the bibliography–we have added Canadian Library History Blog to the top of the list and will also send out a post about it.
Best,
Brett
Editor