librarian
- Mary Elizabeth Downey (c. 1872 - May 25, 1949) was a librarian and activist who created and promoted library science education courses across the Midwestern and Western United States. (wikipedia.org)
- In the 1950s, the librarian and the women who worked with here were paid 25 cents per hour from the $600 budget the city had allocated for the library. (wikipedia.org)
- Angus McGill Mowat, B.A., M.A., (November 19, 1892 - September 21, 1977) was a Canadian librarian who initiated and contributed to the continuing improvement of the library systems in Saskatoon and Ontario, from the 1920s through to the 1960s. (wikipedia.org)
- During his post World War I career he held a number of positions as chief librarian at Trenton, Belleville, Windsor, and Saskatoon, before being appointed in 1937 as Inspector of Public Libraries for the province of Ontario. (wikipedia.org)
- Angus was then made Chief Librarian of Windsor in 1930, followed with the position of Chief Librarian of Saskatoon in 1932 until July 1937 when he and his family moved back to Ontario, settling in Richmond Hill. (wikipedia.org)
- 1932-37 Chief Librarian, Saskatoon, SK. (wikipedia.org)
- In planning it Mr J. P. Lamb, who was then City Librarian, gave considerable thought to the accommodation and expansion of the local history and 'special' collections (as they were then called). (wikipedia.org)
- The City Librarian and the Libraries committee agreed to accept them into custody on loan deposit and on 26 and 27 January 1949 three large furniture vans transported the archives to Sheffield. (wikipedia.org)
library's
- Patrons can conduct research using library databases or borrow and download music, e-books, and audiobooks from the library's website. (wikipedia.org)
- The public is invited to find out what the Library's funding priorities are and to provide input to the Library. (queenslibrary.org)
- It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses the library's administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. (wikipedia.org)
- The library's collection is distinguished by materials related to educational theory and policy, curriculum development, and issues related to special education and assistive technology. (wikipedia.org)
- The library's home delivery program, Books @ Home, has been recognized as an innovative model program by the American Library Association in its "Keys to Engaging Older Adults @ your library" toolkit. (wikipedia.org)
- Since then, the Central Library has served as Cranston Public Library's reference and administrative center. (wikipedia.org)
- The Auburn Branch currently operates Cranston Public Library's Books @ Home program, the library system's homebound delivery service. (wikipedia.org)
1897
- In a search for funding, the company set up a branch in London in 1897 under the name Lanston Monotype Corporation Ltd. In 1899 a new factory was built in Salfords near Redhill in Surrey where it has been located for over a century. (wikipedia.org)
1910
- But it was not until 1910 when Andrew Carnegie, the great American library philanthropist of the early 20th century, donated funds did Detroiters decide to build a larger central library to supplement Centre Park. (wikipedia.org)
- During the previous twenty-five years the beginnings of a local collection of archives had been brought together, particularly through the assistance of a Sheffield solicitor, T. Walter Hall, himself a competent antiquary and from 1910 to 1926 a co-opted member of the Libraries Committee. (wikipedia.org)
system's
- The library system's bookmobile service began in 1940. (wikipedia.org)
Special Collections
- In addition, the library system includes the Institute Archives and Special Collections, which have responsibility for the Institute's records-management program. (mit.edu)
- there were storage facilities for maps and special collections in an adjoining room and two small strongrooms in the basement, providing about 700 feet of shelving for manuscripts. (wikipedia.org)
volumes
- MIT's physical collections total 2.8 million volumes. (mit.edu)
- CCPL has a print collection of approximately 640,000 volumes, in addition to providing e-resources, audio-visual materials, and programs. (wikipedia.org)
- The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and is the 21st largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
- Milner Library has a collection of more than 1.5 million volumes and an ever-increasing number of electronic materials accessible by the Internet to students and faculty. (wikipedia.org)
- It was established in the neighborhood district hall in 1895 with a collection of 500 volumes. (wikipedia.org)
1940
- The outbreak of hostilities in 1939 and the heavy air-raids on Sheffield in December 1940 affected the development of the archive collections in several unfortunate ways. (wikipedia.org)
1920s
- However, by the 1920s the company's British branch was well known for commissioning popular, historically influenced designs that revived some of the best typefaces of the past, with particular attention to the early period of printing from the Renaisssance to the late eighteenth-century. (wikipedia.org)
consortium
- The library continues to be a member partner in the network consortium. (wikipedia.org)
- Cranston Public Library is a member of Ocean State Libraries, Rhode Island's statewide consortium. (wikipedia.org)
homebound
- The Naples Regional Library maintains a Genealogy Room, staffed by volunteers, and also houses CCPL's Mail-a-Book program to deliver books and other library materials directly to the homes of disabled or homebound patrons. (wikipedia.org)
catalog
- Alternative discovery tools are also available through links within Barton, the Libraries' online catalog, and via full-text links from Google Scholar. (mit.edu)
- The network initially ran the Integrated Library System (online library catalog) for the library, but the library later purchased its own servers, after the mainframe computer era began to wane, and the library now runs its own systems. (wikipedia.org)
1905
- Downey was elected secretary of the Iowa Library Association for the 1904 to 1905 term. (wikipedia.org)
- in 1905 this library was turned over to the Detroit Library Commission. (wikipedia.org)
1926
- In 1926, Angus received his Diploma from Library Training School from the Ontario Department of Education, Toronto. (wikipedia.org)
- In 1926 the Library had been recognized by the Master of the Rolls as a repository for manorial records. (wikipedia.org)
system
- Downey once gave a speech to the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs in Salt Lake City, stating: Downey pushed for the passage of the County Public Libraries Act which established a county library system in Utah that provided public libraries to rural areas. (wikipedia.org)
- 81.770214 The Collier County Public Library (CCPL) is the public library system that serves Collier County in the U.S. state of Florida. (wikipedia.org)
- The Advisory Board establishes library policy and recommends courses of action for the future development of the library system. (wikipedia.org)
- The library is a branch of the Oregon Trail Library District and part of Oregon's Sage Library System. (wikipedia.org)
- This issue of the Quarterly contains as its feature an article on the development of our bus system of transportation by the Traffic Manager of the Carolina Coach Company, and two articles dealing with trucking. (ncdcr.gov)
- These are the two most important branches of the transportation system which are embraced by the Unemployment Compen-sation program. (ncdcr.gov)
- The Detroit Public Library Commission, whose members are appointed by the Detroit Public Schools Board of Education, is the governing authority for the system. (wikipedia.org)
- After his second novel, he decided that writing was not his forte, and focused on his upgrading of the library system. (wikipedia.org)
- The Cranston Public Library is the public library system serving Cranston, Rhode Island. (wikipedia.org)
- The first library in Cranston was formed in 1797, while the current library system was formed in 1966 by the Cranston City Council. (wikipedia.org)
- In 1968 the first of six independent neighborhood libraries joined Cranston, forming the present single system. (wikipedia.org)
- The system currently consists of a main library and five branches. (wikipedia.org)
- The library system formed in 1968 when six independent neighborhood libraries came together as one library system. (wikipedia.org)
- There are six locations in the system, including a central library and five neighborhood branches. (wikipedia.org)
- The public library system in Cranston began as multiple independent public libraries serving local neighborhoods. (wikipedia.org)
- Today, the Cranston Public Library system still serves local communities through its central library and five neighborhood branches. (wikipedia.org)
- The Central Library of the Cranston Public Library system opened in April 1983. (wikipedia.org)
consists
- It consists of 10 locations, including a headquarters library, two regional locations, and 7 branches distributed throughout the service area. (wikipedia.org)
faculty
- Informed and driven by a deep commitment to a service model, the MIT Libraries are well positioned to anticipate the emerging information requirements of faculty, students, and researchers. (mit.edu)
- The ongoing goal is to provide immediate, quantifiable benefits to faculty and students in the Libraries' domains of responsibility. (mit.edu)
- Records show that she also worked as a faculty member of the University of Chicago Extension Division's library school around the same time and wrote a letter to the university's president in defense of the program after it was criticized by the ALA. In 1903, the decision was made to close the library school. (wikipedia.org)
1960
- The Heppner Library-Museum was dedicated in 1960 and remains an active and important anchor in the community. (wikipedia.org)
- He remained head of the provincial library office - a part of the Ministry of Education - until his retirement in 1960. (wikipedia.org)
- He retired to Port Hope, Ontario in 1960 where he became very active with the Port Hope Public Library and was a trustee for several years on the local library board. (wikipedia.org)
Organizations
- Organizations and libraries. (ncdcr.gov)
- In 2014, in response to Rhode Island's having the highest statewide unemployment rate in the nation, the Cranston Public Library, Providence Public Library, and other organizations developed Rhode Island Adult Lifelong Learning (ALL) Access, a computer training and workforce development program offered through the libraries' learning lounges, dedicated drop-in computer spaces staffed by an adult educator and volunteers. (wikipedia.org)
- In June 2015, Cranston Public Library was acknowledged by the Holocaust Education and Resource Center of Rhode Island (HERCRI) with a Mitzvah (or "Good Deeds") Award in recognition of an ongoing collaboration between the two organizations. (wikipedia.org)
initially
- This branch was initially founded by Henry O. Tripp and members of the Arlington Baptist Church. (wikipedia.org)
service
- For the most part, resource development, technical services, administration and budgeting, and technology support and service are centralized. (mit.edu)
- The bookmobile service started in 1958 and ended in 1981 after the construction of local library branches. (wikipedia.org)
- He was a dynamic and positive force for library progress in Ontario, especially his advocacy for county and regional library service in rural and northern parts of the province. (wikipedia.org)
- He believed strongly that the 'personal touch' was essential for library service and that local effort, supplemented by provincial assistance, was the key ingredient in advancing local library development. (wikipedia.org)
- His personal efforts to establish a public library at Moose Factory stimulated improvements for aboriginal library service on reservations throughout Canada. (wikipedia.org)
- In 1937 he took the position of the first Inspector of Public Libraries for the Province of Ontario which he held until 1948 - interrupted by his service in the second war - when he was promoted to Director of Public Libraries for Ontario. (wikipedia.org)
- He held that position until 1959 when his title was changed to Director of the Provincial Library Service. (wikipedia.org)
- 1959-60 Director of the Provincial Library Service, ON. (wikipedia.org)
- Sheffield Archives is a joint service with Sheffield Local Studies Library. (wikipedia.org)
- They are part of the Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information Service delivered by Sheffield City Council Sheffield's Central Library was officially opened in 1934. (wikipedia.org)
- In the Spring of 2015, Cranston Public Library was named Library of the Year by the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Library and Information Studies for its contributions to public library service. (wikipedia.org)
operates
- A literacy tutoring program operates out of the South Regional Library. (wikipedia.org)
neighborhood
- Located on the first floor of the Cranston Senior Center, the Arlington Branch, formerly named the Arlington Library and the Arlington Reading Room, is a popular stop for pedestrians in the Arlington neighborhood and those visiting the Senior Center. (wikipedia.org)
- The Auburn Branch of the Cranston Public Library serves the Auburn neighborhood of Cranston. (wikipedia.org)
technological
- Additional funding support comes from the Collier County Friends of the Library, a nonprofit charitable organization whose mission is "to enhance and expand the educational, recreational and technological needs of the Collier County Public Library. (wikipedia.org)
- The museum possesses hundreds of photographs in the collection which document the social, economic and technological development of Morrow County. (wikipedia.org)
community
- The MIT Libraries are realigning to better enable the design and delivery of information services based on the needs of a broadly networked interdisciplinary community. (mit.edu)
- In 2007, the Libraries assumed responsibility for managing Academic Media Production Services, providing the MIT community with support for video production and postproduction, online video, technology support for distance education, multimedia, and video conferencing. (mit.edu)
- After two years, Downey had visited every library in Utah multiple times, calling for tax-funded libraries, assisting with Carnegie grant applications, evaluating the libraries, recommending materials, and speaking before community groups. (wikipedia.org)
- To provide and promote Library information and sustain services that enlighten the minds and enrich the lives of community residents and visitors of all ages. (wikipedia.org)
- Community members spent the next few years reorganizing and reestablishing the library on Main Street. (wikipedia.org)
- Cranston Public Library was also named a recipient of the 2016 LibraryAware Community Award for its efforts to bring library services to new immigrants moving into Cranston. (wikipedia.org)
- The Central Library offers the community an inviting children's room, a teen space, public computers for all ages, and a range of programs and instructional technology classes. (wikipedia.org)
Approximately
- Approximately 40 percent of the Libraries' collections are housed in two off-site storage facilities. (mit.edu)
member
- In 1932, the MIT Libraries joined the Association of Research Libraries, becoming the first technically oriented member. (mit.edu)
- The City of Heppner formed a seven-member commission in 1958 to accept Duvall's gift and begin plans for the then-new library. (wikipedia.org)
- The Detroit Public Library is also a founding member of the Detroit area library network. (wikipedia.org)
several
- Around this time, she and several other female librarians accused Melvil Dewey of sexual harassment, which ultimately led to him being expelled from both the ALA and the New York Library Association. (wikipedia.org)
- Several additional branches opened shortly afterwards, including one in the Old Main building of Wayne State University. (wikipedia.org)
- Finally in 1933, in anticipation of the opening of the new building, the Fairbank collection of several thousand draft maps and plans, accumulated by a local family of surveyors between c. 1740 and 1840, was given to the Library. (wikipedia.org)
- After moving to several temporary locations, the current Auburn Branch was built on Pontiac Avenue in 1991. (wikipedia.org)
books
- At a time when no commercial services were available, the Libraries developed a tool known as Vera to provide a network-accessible, customized gateway to the licensed electronic databases, books, and full-text journals provided by the Libraries. (mit.edu)
- Dr. Suzanne M. Stauffer writes in her article, "'She Speaks as One Having Authority': Mary E. Downey's Use of Libraries as a Means to Public Power": "During her time in Ottumwa Downey began a story hour in the library, invited Friends of the Library to give presentations on books, and gave talks on the history of the book and the library at the high school. (wikipedia.org)
- She also established the Children's Library League, which met weekly to read and discuss books, with the motto 'Clean hearts, clean hands, and clean books. (wikipedia.org)
- In her addresses to the teachers' institutes, she called for teachers to utilize public libraries in education, promote the reading of "good books" (i.e. books that encouraged good morals), and provide education for librarians. (wikipedia.org)
- H. E. Riner and O. K. Fitzsimmons reportedly canvassed the town for books and even persuaded the State Library of Oregon in Salem to donate at least a thousand books. (wikipedia.org)
- The library was restocked with at least three hundred books donated by the State Library of Oregon and gifts from local citizens. (wikipedia.org)
- After World War II, Detroit Public Library obtained "projected books" on microfilm and loaned these with portable projectors to disabled veterans (and other patrons with disabilities) who could press a switch under their chin more easily than turning a page. (wikipedia.org)
materials
- At one point in time, the branch had a collection of Swedish materials for the Swedish immigrants who worked in the local mills. (wikipedia.org)
volunteers
- Up until this time, the library had chiefly been held together by volunteers and donations. (wikipedia.org)
county
- CCPL is governed by the Collier County Public Library Advisory Board, whose five members are appointed to four-year terms by the Board of County Commissioners. (wikipedia.org)
- All Collier County residents and property owners may receive a free library card providing access to all library services and resources. (wikipedia.org)
- County visitors and non-residents must pay $10 per month, or $100 per year, for library membership. (wikipedia.org)
- In 1957, the Friends of the Library launched the Collier County Free Public Library in a room of the Women's Club. (wikipedia.org)
- Built on land leased to the county by the Friends, the county's first public library building was dedicated in 1964 and is located in downtown Naples. (wikipedia.org)
- Over the years, the Collier County Public Libraries has grown to add two large regional libraries and seven local branches. (wikipedia.org)
- Friends of the Library of Collier County, Inc. Retrieved 2014-04-16. (wikipedia.org)
- The Heppner Library-Museum is a joint public library and county museum located in Heppner, Oregon. (wikipedia.org)
- The Morrow County Museum is colocated with the Heppner Library in the Heppner Library-Museum building. (wikipedia.org)
rural
- The museum's collections include artifacts related to the region's pioneer, homesteading, agricultural and rural histories. (wikipedia.org)
- Staff shortages soon meant that only routine attention could be given them, and in December 1941 they were removed for safety to a comparatively rural branch library where premises had been specially strengthened to protect them. (wikipedia.org)
resources
- MIT's library and information resources are integral to our teaching, learning, and research. (mit.edu)
- This chapter explores our work within the MIT Libraries and our IT infrastructure to ensure that our information resources meet the demands of MIT's educational mission. (mit.edu)
- Developing genomic tools and resources including genomic libraries and a genetic map of the California condor is a prerequisite for identification of candidate loci for a heritable embryonic lethal condition. (biomedcentral.com)
five
- In 1925, the library was again destroyed after fire erupted in a neighboring butcher's shop and newspaper reports indicate it was at least five more years before the town had a functioning library. (wikipedia.org)
time
- In the late 1940s, City of Heppner included $300 for the library in its budget for the first time. (wikipedia.org)
- About the same time the executors of Edward Carpenter, the socialist writer who had lived at Holmesfield near Sheffield, presented the Carpenter collection comprising Carpenter's library, editions of his works, and manuscript material. (wikipedia.org)
- The nearest institutions collecting documents and archives at this time were at Leeds (the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Leeds Public Libraries), Manchester (John Rylands Library) and Derby (Derby Public Library). (wikipedia.org)
regional
- Cranston Public Library has received regional and national coverage and recognition. (wikipedia.org)
Friends of the Library
- The Library, the Friends of the Library, and how it all began, Florida Libraries, 50(1) 18-19. (wikipedia.org)
program
- A book- and- image scanning initiative is the latest addition to the Libraries digital library program. (mit.edu)
- Downey, acting as President of the University of Chicago Library Students Club, wrote another letter to the dean of the university, requesting that the school show loyalty to its students by keeping the program open and continuing its work. (wikipedia.org)
American Library Ass
- She also represented the state of Ohio in the meetings of the Ohio Library Association, the American Library Association, the League of Library Commissions, the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs, and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. (wikipedia.org)
- Downey went on to serve two terms as the president of the Ohio Library Association before being offered the position of Utah state library organizer in 1914 with a recommendation from American Library Association secretary George Utley. (wikipedia.org)
large
- Through his good offices the Library in 1912 acquired the Jackson collection, consisting of many original documents and a large amount of genealogical material. (wikipedia.org)
held
- There is an annual general meeting where the president, vice president, and secretary of the commission are elected, and monthly meetings held at the Main Library which are open to the public. (wikipedia.org)
year
- Queens Library is preparing its operating budget for Fiscal Year 2019. (queenslibrary.org)
- Library Commissioners are appointed to 6 year staggered terms. (wikipedia.org)
university
- Through the development of new tools such as DSpace, an online repository, they have set a new global standard for how digital preservation can work in the life of a university. (mit.edu)
- She then studied library science from 1899 to 1901 through the University of Chicago Extension Division and was one of only seventeen students to graduate. (wikipedia.org)
- The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts. (wikipedia.org)
main
- Stauffer writes that Downey's main duties were to "encourage tax support for libraries, assist with the organization and cataloging of collections and the standardization of library procedures, increase the use of libraries, develop library extension, and encourage formal library training. (wikipedia.org)
- Her main duty as Utah library organizer was to spend ten to fourteen days at each library in the state training the staff and library boards in procedures and policies. (wikipedia.org)
- This first library was located in a small, nondescript wooden building on the main street. (wikipedia.org)
- Due to delays and World War I, the Main Library did not open until March 21, 1921. (wikipedia.org)
services
- The Libraries' Technology Operations Group provides technical support to these digital library services as well as to DSpace@MIT. (mit.edu)
- Florida Department of State, Division of Library & Information Services. (wikipedia.org)
- In addition to traditional library services, the Cranston Public Library provides services such as tax preparation, 3D printing, analog-to-digital audio transferring, and educational programs among others. (wikipedia.org)
correspondence
- The war years were not, however, entirely devoid of interest, for 1942 saw the purchase of part of the antiquarian collection of Bacon-Frank of Campsall (Talbot correspondence), the gift of family records from Beauchief Hall and silver-plating records and catalogues of the firm of Thomas Bradbury & Sons. (wikipedia.org)
good
- Despite tensions within the company, particularly between the historically minded faction of Morison and Warde and Pierpont in Salfords, notable typefaces commissioned included Gill Sans, Times New Roman and Perpetua, and the company maintained high standards of development allowing it to produce designs with good spacing, careful adaptation of the same basic design to different sizes and even colour on the page, essential qualities for balanced body text. (wikipedia.org)
district
- and presided over district library meetings in six cities. (wikipedia.org)
city
- Eventually, the library moved into a refurbished garage at the corners of Gale and West Willow streets bought by the City of Heppner in 1932. (wikipedia.org)
- In the late 1950s, Mrs. Amanda Duvall approached the City of Heppner with a gift to build a new joint library-museum building as a memorial to her husband, Harry Duvall, and her daughter, Erma Duvall Wickersham. (wikipedia.org)
- The Cranston Public Library serves Cranston, the third largest city in Rhode Island. (wikipedia.org)
- In an agreement with the city of Cranston, the Arlington Library building on Cranston Street was turned over to the city and demolished to build a new Cranston Senior Center in 1987. (wikipedia.org)
policy
- Queens Library Public Internet Use Policy. (queenslibrary.org)
active
- Bush continued to be active in M.I.T.'s administration and from 1932 to 1938 he served as vice-president and the first dean of the School of Engineering. (mit.edu)
state
- In 1908, Downey became Ohio's state library organizer. (wikipedia.org)
- In 1916, she took on the position of state library secretary while continuing to work as organizer. (wikipedia.org)
- An 1842 state law requiring the Detroit Board of Education to open a library resulted in a public reading room opening on March 25, 1865 in the old Capitol High School at State and Griswold Street. (wikipedia.org)
Board
- There are 7 Library Commissioners, with the seventh commissioner being the current president of the Board of Education, who is an ex-offico commissioner. (wikipedia.org)
Street
- In 1872, the Centre Park Library opened across the street from the current location of the Skillman Branch in downtown Detroit at Gratiot and Library Street. (wikipedia.org)
- In 1907, the Arlington Library moved to a new building on Cranston Street. (wikipedia.org)
early
- The Heppner Library has its origins as early as 1893 when two Heppner citizens campaigned to create the burgeoning town's first library. (wikipedia.org)
- called the Product Integraph, it was an early development in the field of computation. (mit.edu)
better
- Throughout his career he encouraged better quality collections for adults and children, professional staffing and library training, the necessity for improved finances, more efficient management by trustees and librarians, and upgraded or new buildings. (wikipedia.org)
central
- After the war the collections were brought back to the Central Library and the reading room, which had been closed for the duration, was re-opened in November 1947. (wikipedia.org)
back
- A stand-alone public library in Detroit dates back to 1865. (wikipedia.org)
responsible
- Monotype Imaging Holdings and its predecessors and subsidiaries have been responsible for many developments in printing technology-in particular the Monotype machine, which was the first fully mechanical typesetter, and the Linotype machine[citation needed]-and the design and production of typefaces in the 19th and 20th centuries. (wikipedia.org)