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Traditionally, library history has been encouraged by a variety of sources: graduate library schools, library associations, libraries, interested organizations, and individuals. These international efforts to preserve, collect, organize, and produce historical information about libraries now are being extended to the Internet. As well, linkages with other groups are being developed to study the broader social, cultural, and intellectual roles libraries have assumed, especially within a print culture or the history of the book.
More recently, Libraries Today has sprouted a blog where you can catch up with more current views and notes by visiting it. Also, RSS (really simple syndication) capabilities have opened the possibility of receiving updated feeds from different groups or articles directly into one's browser (provided an RSS reader is installed that can view pages marked with the image  ) or a dedicated RSS reader, for example the latest issues of the British journal Library History. This capability is an important step in linking issues relataed to library history and fostering research.
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 Contact the convenors of the Library History Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association about annual sessions held in June and CLA publications on library history. The group has published a number of historical library studies and its latest volume, Readings in Canadian Library History 2 edited by Peter McNally, is available from CLA.
Subscribe to Épilogue, a bulletin published by the School of Library and Information Studies at Dalhousie University. It deals with the history of Canadian libraries, books, and archives.
The Bibliographical Society of Canada and the Toronto Centre for the Book provide information on Canadian printed works and manuscripts that is connected with the history of libraries.
The oldest library association in Canada, the Ontario Library Association, founded in 1900, has encouraged a number of historical works and provides a variety of publications and links related to public libraries.
A gateway to many Internet venues for librarians, trustees, and the public is provided by the Heritage and Libraries Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. This site is an excellent source for up-to-date provincial legislation, surveys, annual reports, statistical data, and news releases from the provincial body responsible for public libraries. It also features some historical pieces, such as the work of Andrew Carnegie in Ontario |
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The History of the Book in Canada is devoted to a national, interdisciplinary project in print and electronic format to explore the historical development of all aspects related to books and publications in Canada.
Since 1987, the Ex Libris Association has held meetings and published its newsletter to promote the history of Canadian librarians and libraries. It recently published The Morton Years: the Canadian Library Association, 1946-1971 by Elizabeth Hulse which can be ordered through the CLA.
Search for library history via the Canadiana.org site (formerly Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions) with varous partrners. This fiche and electronic archive is a fascinating and rewarding source for 19th and early 20th century Canadian library history and it is possible to order publications directly via web. For some electronic documents a subscription is necessary. |
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