Assignment 1- Library Comparison Summary In a nutshell libraries exist to connect people with information. The purpose of this is to discuss similarities and differences between following libraries in terms of who they serve, collections held and what services are provided. All the information below are from their perspective websites. Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is a Government library which combines the holdings, services and staff of both the former National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada. Virtual Reference Library (VRL) belongs to the Canada’s largest library, The Toronto Public Library and funded by both the library and the Province of Ontario to explore Ontario’s present, past and future. McGill University library is an academic library in the Quebec City, helping to inspire and stimulate the great minds of today and tomorrow. The Frank J. D’Agostino MD, Medical library is a special library that belongs to the Easton hospital which offers high quality information resources and services for evidence based decision-making at the hospital. Ajax public library (APL) local library and is the gateway to information and resources that improve the quality of life, foster …show more content…
For collection, LAC carries thesis, heritage documents to name some while the medical library carries contents ranging from books, journals, some computers with some databases on, slide presentations to audio and video that are related to medical and health subjects. Services are borrowing/reproduction of material, inter library loan services are present with other health libraries and training on various computer programs are available. In addition literature search services are also provided and the website houses some consumer medical websites such as PubMed, Medline plus, MD consult
Library and Archives Canada. "ARCHIVED - Leading Canada-First Among Equals."ARCHIVED - Leading Canada-First Among Equals. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2014.
Canadian history consists of many memorable moments, including many great leaders that helped Canada become what it is today, like the well-known Louis St. Laurent. He was born on Feb. 1st, 1882 in Compton, Quebec, and died on July 25, 1973 in Quebec City (Coucil, 13). Louis St. Laurent was raised in a mixed family, with a French - speaking father, and English - speaking Irish mother, and was fluently bilingual. He studied many years in law, where he graduated from law school, at Laval University in 1914, and had been a successful corporation lawyer (“St-Stephen, St. Laurent”). Laurent entered politics a lot later in his years, as he became older; however he still managed to have a large impact on Canada, and achieved many accomplishments. Louis St. Laurent was an extremely important, and well-respected politician, because he helped resolve the conscription crisis from 1940-1944 (,Pickersgill,14), and prevented the government and cabinet from collapsing, which would have caused the society to fall apart at the time, he was involved in the establishment of the Canada Council, which introduced support for Canadian arts, to help Canada separate from the influence of American culture (Jocelyn), and lastly he welcomed Newfoundland into confederation in 1949 (“Newfoundland History”), which was a large accomplishment because of the failures Many other politicians experienced in trying to do so before.
Bélanger, Claude. "The Official Languages Act of Canada - Studies on the Canadian Constitution and Canadian Federalism - Quebec History." .Marianopolis College, Nov. 2005. Web. 02 Apr. 2014.
Vacante, Jeffery. 2011. "The Posthumous Lives of René Lévesque." Journal Of Canadian Studies 45, no. 2: 5-30. Accessed February 25, 2014. EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier.
...s that I will be looking into, and also what I will use to look at the French language and its change in Quebec.
Thompson, John Herd, and Mark Paul Richard. "Canadian History in North American Context." In Canadian studies in the new millennium. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. 37-64.
..., & News, C. (n.d.). CBC News Indepth: The 39th Parliament - Harper at the helm. CBC.ca - Canadian News Sports Entertainment Kids Docs Radio TV. Retrieved June 8, 2012, from http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/parliament39/quebecnation-history.html
Quebec, “La Belle Province”, is a unique province within the Canadian federation. This uniqueness doesn’t come as a result of the beautiful landscapes or the widespread corruption in the province. Rather, Quebec’s distinctiveness stems from the complexities surrounding its national identity. These nuances intertwine with the already complicated political, economic, and social layers constitute the Quebecois intricate fabric.
This study will define the importance of the cultural institution of Canadian federalism and the political leadership of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau during the late 1960s. Under PM Trudeau’s leadership, the Quiet Revolution failed to break apart Canadian federalism due to the unifying cultural aspects of language that he promoted through the Official Languages Act of 1969. Trudeau was a loyal Quebecker in terms of political power, yet he chose to unite Quebec and Ottawa in unity through a mutual respect for Anglophile and Francophile interests. Language was the primary barrier to national identity in Canada, which provide a political platform for PM Trudeau to implement a multicultural political solution to declare English and French
In this essay, I explored how a building has a direct correlation between the geometry and the activities contains. After looking at many libraries I chose to analyze the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, University of Chicago Illinois. In order to understand a library, you first need to know a brief history. In 1731, the first Library was opened by Benjamin Franklin and his Junti Society. More than a century and a half passed by and in 1887, Melvin Dewey founded a school for librarians to get their knowledge. Now they’re about a library in every city across the United States. This shows how a library has become useful to people because of how far it 's gone along since the first library was built. I analyzed how this building does have a direct relationship between the volume and geometry of the library and the activities within it. I saw how the different parts of the library are separate from one another. The private and public areas
... Ed. W. Gordon West and Ruth Morris. Toronto, Canada: A Canadian Scholar? Press, 2000.
A library or information unit must have a dedicated plan on having an organized Collection Development Policy, represents the guideposts of all types of library institutions. Collection development is the process of planning, selecting, acquiring and evaluating the library collections’ convenience to print and electronic collection developments. Thus, it is essential to have a written collection development policy, a statement of general collection building principles with desalinating the purpose and content of a collection in terms of relevance and internal audiences (Clayton and Gorman 2007). Broadly, the international and local libraries have sketched written collection development policies which they are aware of its uses. Recently, the written policies consistently renewed with the rise of digital collections. However, the value of the written collection development plan shakes with the complexity of managing electronic resources, funding and time considerations, criticism on how it written and also its inflexibility. This essay will examine the arguments for having the advantages of the written collection development policy (CDP) and the issues evolve which against the latter.
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This website of Medical Library Association it is a nonprofit, educational organization with more than 4,000 health service information. Medical Library Associat...
has evolved into what it is today. It is a library that contains mail, stories,