The Canadian association for people who have worked in libraries, archives, and information services https://www.exlibris.ca/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:49:13 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://www.exlibris.ca/_media/wiki/logo.png https://www.exlibris.ca/ https://www.exlibris.ca/occasional-papers/adisoke-a-bold-experiment-in-cooperation?rev=1757636172 Ādisōke: A Bold Experiment in Library Cooperation Barbara Clubb, Ottawa City Librarian, 1995–2012, retired with Aynsley Morris and Ottawa Public Library–Communications [opl-lac_joint_facility_south_side_view_summerx.jpg] Ādisōke, the joint facility between the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) and the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is set to open its doors in 2026. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:16:12 +0000 https://www.exlibris.ca/occasional-papers/canadian-urban-library-branches?rev=1764685898 Celebrating Stunning Canadian Urban Library Branches | May 2017 by Barbara Clubb (retired), Ottawa City Librarian (1995-2012) Part 1 in an occasional series – click here for Part 2 Link to photos for all libraries: https://goo.gl/photos/dgLkdUXJitgssZ3L8 Introduction Over the past decade, new and renovated public library branches have been showcasing our great Canadian architects and their most spectacular, innovative works. This is the first of a continuing series on stunning new and reno… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:31:38 +0000 https://www.exlibris.ca/occasional-papers/home?rev=1774706568 Occasional Papers by Ex Libris Authors Bee-Bop to Hip-Hop: More than 50 years in Library and Information Science / by Nancy Williamson (2014) This paper looks, more or less chronologically, at changes in methods of storing of information, changes in methods of retrieval, and the factors that have precipitated those changes–especially, but not only, computer technology over the past half century from the perspective of one librarian educator. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:02:48 +0000 https://www.exlibris.ca/occasional-papers/library-information-science-1950-2000?rev=1721739967 Bee-Bop to Hip-Hop More than 50 years in Library and Information Science BY NANCY JOYCE WILLIAMSON Introduction: In 1950, this author emerged from the then University of Toronto Library School to begin the first of two careers in the field. Much has happened to change libraries and librarianship over the years since then. Those changes were experienced through fifteen years of public librarianship (6 years in reference and 9 years in technical services) followed by 40 years as a library and… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:06:07 +0000 https://www.exlibris.ca/occasional-papers/library-school-ottawa-1971-to-1972?rev=1757635797 Library School – University of Ottawa, 1971–72 by Elizabeth (Betty) Deavy (2023) In the summer of 1971, I decided to apply for admission to the program of Library Sciences at the University of Ottawa. I was inspired by several recent events – a Royal Bank Newsletter described what a librarian did in words that reminded me how much I had wanted to be a librarian twenty-four years earlier. A librarian acquired information and books and organized both so they could be found easily. A librarian al… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:09:57 +0000 https://www.exlibris.ca/occasional-papers/memories-flora-patterson?rev=1764252818 Memories of Flora Patterson: A Manager and a Friend from Kathryn Mikoski and Betty Deavy [flora_e_patterson_portrait.jpg] Kathryn Mikoski I first met Flora on September 15, 1971. It was my first day on the job as a professional librarian at the National Library of Canada (now Library and Archives Canada). The day was a blur of introductions and tours. I do remember though, that Flora stood out as a manager. (Her exact title at the time I do not remember – probably Chief of Reference.) She wa… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:13:38 +0000 https://www.exlibris.ca/occasional-papers/red-hot-canadian-library-development?rev=1765122778 Click here for an Adobe PDF version of this article Part 2 in an occasional series – click here for Part 1 Canadian Cities’ Red Hot Library Development Continues | October 2018 Compiled by Barbara Clubb with files from Edmonton, Halifax, Kingston, Lethbridge, Markham, Montréal, Regina, Toronto, Vaughan, Victoria and Winnipeg library systems and the anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:52:58 +0000