Cross Border Influences for Librarianship:The Toronto Experience
Early education for librarianship in Canada was heavily influenced by personalities and relationships. There was a strong American influence on both form and content. This is particularly evident in the Toronto experience. Education in the city followed several distinct phases: in house or apprentic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tamkang University Press
2003-12-01
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| Series: | Jiàoyù zīliào yǔ túshūguǎn xué |
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| Online Access: | http://joemls.dils.tku.edu.tw/fulltext/41/41-2/163-170.pdf |
| Summary: | Early education for librarianship in Canada was heavily influenced by personalities and relationships. There was a strong American influence on both form and content. This is particularly evident in the Toronto experience. Education in the city followed several distinct phases: in house or apprenticeship training, short courses offered by the provincial Department of Education, library institutes run by the Ontario Library Association, and finally a school operating within the University of Toronto. The University of Toronto granted a degree in Library Science for the first time in 1928. |
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| ISSN: | 1013-090X |