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Turning the Pages: 100 Years at the Saskatoon Public Library

Ruth Millar

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Description:Floods, fires, boardroom battles, clashes with City Hall, strikes, bold art robberies, outraged and belligerent patrons- Saskatoon Public Library's history is suffused with drama. Pilfering and mutilation of materials, stalkers and flashers, animals at large on the premises, theft of computer equipment, and a covered-up dispute that sent its chief librarian fleeing into obscurity – all appear in these pages. Set these stormy incidents against a historical matrix of two world wars, a major Depression, world-wide epidemics, and a revolution in technology, and the colourful pageantry of our library history emerges.But mostly the Library quietly hummed along – efficient, orderly and welcoming. It has been a symbol of public service, a haven for troubled souls, an escape for the bored, as well as a treasure house for information seekers. As an institution, SPL has had a remarkably progressive history of service and compassion – even missionary zeal – reaching out to the blind and the deaf, the disabled, the illiterate, the poor, "New Canadians" and Aboriginal folk.A sweeping social history of the challenges and victories, the quiet efficiencies, and most of all the amazing people – its staff, board and users –who have given the Saskatoon Public Library the remarkable century it has had. Profusely illustrated and laced with comic anecdotes and short biographies, it breaks the mould of the library history genre and enriches the community's social recordWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Turning the Pages: 100 Years at the Saskatoon Public Library. To get started finding Turning the Pages: 100 Years at the Saskatoon Public Library, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 192

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Coteau Books

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1550505696

Description: Floods, fires, boardroom battles, clashes with City Hall, strikes, bold art robberies, outraged and belligerent patrons- Saskatoon Public Library's history is suffused with drama. Pilfering and mutilation of materials, stalkers and flashers, animals at large on the premises, theft of computer equipment, and a covered-up dispute that sent its chief librarian fleeing into obscurity – all appear in these pages. Set these stormy incidents against a historical matrix of two world wars, a major Depression, world-wide epidemics, and a revolution in technology, and the colourful pageantry of our library history emerges.But mostly the Library quietly hummed along – efficient, orderly and welcoming. It has been a symbol of public service, a haven for troubled souls, an escape for the bored, as well as a treasure house for information seekers. As an institution, SPL has had a remarkably progressive history of service and compassion – even missionary zeal – reaching out to the blind and the deaf, the disabled, the illiterate, the poor, "New Canadians" and Aboriginal folk.A sweeping social history of the challenges and victories, the quiet efficiencies, and most of all the amazing people – its staff, board and users –who have given the Saskatoon Public Library the remarkable century it has had. Profusely illustrated and laced with comic anecdotes and short biographies, it breaks the mould of the library history genre and enriches the community's social recordWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Turning the Pages: 100 Years at the Saskatoon Public Library. To get started finding Turning the Pages: 100 Years at the Saskatoon Public Library, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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