Local Library Global Passport

Author : J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781926577241

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Local Library, Global Passport by J. Patrick Boyer Pdf

Limited time offer. A local library, passport to a larger world for its individual patrons, is also a democratic institution whose contribution to the strength of a community is out of all proportion to its size or membership. Several thousand Carnegie libraries were built a century ago when Andrew Carnegie, who had risen from poverty to become "the richest man in the world" vowed to donate all his money before he died and set about giving millions of people around the world the same "gift of reading" he had with access to a library as a factory working boy. Across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and other corners of the English-speaking world, he created "the free republic" of libraries. This is the story of one of them. By tracing evolution of library service in the Canadian town of Bracebridge from 1874 to the present day within the broad sweep of larger cultural and economic patterns, Boyer’s engaging book provides a specific example of the universal transformation of books and information technologies and the libraries that house them from the 19th to 21st centuries. Most readers will find endearing and tantalizing parallels with their own library experience, wherever they live. Written to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Andrew Carnegie Library in Bracebridge in 2008, Boyer’s book is an inspired and engaging effort to show patterns and perils that probably hold true for most local libraries although some of the dramatic and comedic episodes here are surely unique. This story is so rich it could be a feature movie.

Author : J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 1525244825

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Local Library, Global Passport by J. Patrick Boyer Pdf

Limited time offer. A local library, passport to a larger world for its individual patrons, is also a democratic institution whose contribution to the strength of a community is out of all proportion to its size or membership. Several thousand Carnegie libraries were built a century ago when Andrew Carnegie, who had risen from poverty to become ''''the richest man in the world'''' vowed to donate all his money before he died and set about giving millions of people around the world the same ''''gift of reading'''' he had with access to a library as a factory working boy. Across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and other corners of the English-speaking world, he created ''''the free republic'''' of libraries. This is the story of one of them. By tracing evolution of library service in the Canadian town of Bracebridge from 1874 to the present day within the broad sweep of larger cultural and economic patterns, Boyer's engaging book provides a specific example of the universal transformation of books and information technologies and the libraries that house them from the 19th to 21st centuries. Most readers will find endearing and tantalizing parallels with their own library experience, wherever they live. Written to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Andrew Carnegie Library in Bracebridge in 2008, Boyer's book is an inspired and engaging effort to show patterns and perils that probably hold true for most local libraries although some of the dramatic and comedic episodes here are surely unique. This story is so rich it could be a feature movie.

Author : Michael Bemis
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838996058

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Library and Information Science by Michael Bemis Pdf

This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance.

Author : Lorne Bruce
Publisher : Libraries Today
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Libraries and community
ISBN : 9780986666605

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Places to Grow by Lorne Bruce Pdf

The core of the book revolves around the shifting nature of Ontario’s political landscape. In many ways this is a story of successive governments, ambitious politicians, diligent bureaucrats, and endless library reports straddling the decades. Their aim appears to have been making even better a system that, despite weaknesses, was clearly the best in Canada. Three distinctive trends emerged in Ontario librarianship after the 1930s: first, a growing sense of professionalism in librarianship; second, an enhanced sense of belonging to a pan-Canadian library movement that in 1946 would result in the formation of the Canadian Library Association; and third, a heightened awareness of the competing demands of high culture and popular culture. Public libraries became an important vehicle for promoting community, albeit with competing visions of “space and place,” as Canada generally and Ontario specifically experienced post-World War II immigration and the baby boom. As libraries approached the 21st century, the concerns of digital formats and the all-encompassing Internet intertwined to alter the book-centric "bricks and mortar" world of libraries. Nonetheless, public libraries were well placed to survive this new threat, just as they had with the challenges of radio, television, and telecommunication challenges in the 20th century.

Author : William Christian
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781926577289

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Parkin by William Christian Pdf

George Parkin was born the thirteenth child of an immigrant New Brunswick farmer and died a knight of the realm and perhaps the most famous Canadian in the world. Charismatic, charming, eloquent and dedicated, Parkin devoted his immense energy to two causes. As an orator and journalist, he worked to strengthen the bonds between the English-speaking peoples; as Principal of Upper Canada College and Founding Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarships he promoted a vision of education primarily as the formation of character, not the training of the intellect. This beautifully written and witty biography is a story of ideas lived through Parkin and those in his wide circle of influence with leaders of many countries. He was one of the first Canadians to see the development of globalization, and produced that famous map to demonstrate his vision, the British Empire all in red, Canada huge and dominating in the centre. His passionate opposition to free trade and eventual annexation by the United States mark him as an eloquent and prophetic visionary of Canada’s fate under NAFTA. Author William Christian’s own life in Parkin’s footsteps and rich sensitivity to Parkin’s story is on full display in this masterful biography. Political science professor at University of Guelph, well-known journalist and political commentator, Christian is an acknowledged authority on the intersection of philosophy, political life, communication theory and public purpose.

Author : J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459723672

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Our Scandalous Senate by J. Patrick Boyer Pdf

Rocked by extremely public scandals at the highest levels of power, the Canadian Senate is an institution on the defensive. As the upper chamber starts to look more and more like a comfortable private club for has-beens, the real scandal is that the Senate exists at all.

Author : J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459702417

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Raw Life by J. Patrick Boyer Pdf

Justices of the peace, constables, and game wardens from the late 19th century are brought to vivid life interacting with a variety of accused citizens. Rare views of human lives in turmoil are revealed in several hundred trials conducted in 1890s Muskoka by Magistrate James Boyer of Bracebridge. The charges and evidence show how raw life really was in Canada’s frontier towns, with cases ranging from nostalgic and humorous to pitiable and deeply disturbing. While dispensing speedy justice, Boyer, who was also town clerk and editor of the Northern Advocate, the first newspaper in Ontario’s northern districts, kept a careful record in his handwritten "bench book" of all these cases. That bench book, recently found by his great-grandson, lawyer J. Patrick Boyer, provides the raw material for Raw Life. This first-time publication of the these cases demonstrates how, in Canadian society, some things haven’t changed much over the years – from early road rage to the plight of abused women, from environmental contamination to punitive treatment of the poor.

Author : J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459708402

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Another Country, Another Life by J. Patrick Boyer Pdf

James Boyer's impressive life story - editor of the first newspaper in Ontario's northern districts, homesteading farmer, schoolteacher, town clerk of Bracebridge for decades, Methodist choir director, Muskoka district magistrate from 1878 to 1900 - is well documented in books and newspaper features. Behind his noteworthy Canadian life, however, lurked the haunting shadow of another. Isaac Jelfs, a young English clerk, became scapegoat for a Stratford law office scandal. In Birmingham the desperate Jelfs married, believing the older woman was pregnant by him. Unemployed, he tried to start over as a soldier with the Dragoon Guards in the Crimean War. As a deserter who escaped that mad slaughter to New York, he joined a major Broadway Avenue firm, fell in love with another woman, and fled to Canada with her and their love child to begin yet another new life, this time as Muskoka pioneer "James Boyer."

Author : J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459724501

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The Big Blue Machine by J. Patrick Boyer Pdf

The story of a formidable campaign organization — "the Big Blue Machine" — that ran a string of successful Progressive Conservative Party campaigns in a several provinces over four decades. Devoted to the art of winning campaigns, it pioneered new techniques in polling, advertising, fundraising, communications, and policy development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Saskatchewan
ISBN : UGA:32108056844486

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Saskatchewan History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ferreira, Augusta da Conceição Santos
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466698048

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Global Perspectives on Risk Management and Accounting in the Public Sector by Ferreira, Augusta da Conceição Santos Pdf

The effects of recent economic and financial crises have reached an international scale; a number of different nations have experienced the fallout of these events, calling into question issues of accountability and reform in public management. Global Perspectives on Risk Management and Accounting in the Public Sector is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on current developments and future directions of the regulation, financial management, and sustainability of public institutions. Featuring discussions on risk assessment, transparency, and information disclosure, this book is ideally designed for regulatory authorities, researchers, managers, and professionals working in the public domain.

Author : Alenzuela, Reysa,Kim, Heesop,Baylen, Danilo M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781799822752

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Internationalization of Library and Information Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region by Alenzuela, Reysa,Kim, Heesop,Baylen, Danilo M. Pdf

Comprehensive internationalization is a strategic process that seeks to align initiatives for globally-oriented and internationally-connected programs that is essential for the attainment of global competitiveness and qualification recognition. Internationalization of higher education has been in broad debate among professionals, and procedures and processes towards desired quality of library and information science (LIS) academic standards are still a continuing discussion among stakeholders. Internationalization of Library and Information Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region is a critical scholarly resource that examines the internationalization of LIS education to promote, develop, and facilitate engagement and mobility of library professionals around the world with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. This book can open doors for greater global engagement and cooperation among LIS schools and professional governing bodies in countries that can mutually benefit and propel development to be on par with European and North American counterparts. While highlighting various topics such as global engagement, curriculum design, and knowledge sharing, this book is ideal for academicians, library professionals, instructional designers, researchers, curriculum designers, librarians, educators, and students.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1959 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466617414

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Digital Democracy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

"This book presents a vital compendium of research detailing the latest case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research on Digital Democracy"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Herbert B. Landau
Publisher : ALA Editions
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015073619275

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The Small Public Library Survival Guide by Herbert B. Landau Pdf

"[Herbert] Landau, a seasoned marketer, applied his three decades of corporate marketing experience to save a small library faced with funding cuts. His customer-centric approaches brought in resources, volunteers, and in-kind donations and earned the library local and national awards"--Cover.

Author : George Walker
Publisher : John Catt Educational Ltd
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781904724797

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Challenges from a New World by George Walker Pdf

In the fourth of a series of lectures and articles published by John Catt Educational Ltd, George Walker examines the new challenges facing international education in the 21st century.