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Osborne had been a delegate for the Library Association of Great Britain at a meeting of American Library Association and travelled on to Canada with Mabel afterwards. They were impressed by what they saw in the Toronto Public Library, and especially by the work of Lillian H. Smith, the head of the children's library services.
Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) is a national non-profit organization that dedicates its resources to promoting quality Canadian children's literature to parents, librarians, teachers, and youth across Canada. Founded in 1976, the CCBC has library collections in five cities across Canada (Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg ...
Toronto Public Library (TPL) is a public library system in Toronto, Ontario.It is the largest public library system in Canada, and in 2023 had averaged a higher circulation per capita than any other public library system internationally, making it the largest neighbourhood-based library system in the world.
The Bloor/Gladstone Library is a branch of Toronto Public Library, located at 1101 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario. ... Programs for children, youth and adults;
North York Central Library is a Toronto Public Library branch located in North York City Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the two libraries in the Toronto public library system considered to be "Research and Reference Libraries", the other being the Toronto Reference Library in the city's downtown core . [ 1 ]
At first, Cox worked as a children's librarian [15] and moved between different locations in the library system. [6] Parkdale branch of Toronto Public Library, 2010. In 1972, Cox accepted a job as a children's librarian at a branch in Parkdale and soon after became the head of the branch.
Lillian Helena Smith (17 March 1887 — 5 January 1983) was the first British Empire children's librarian. Over the course of her career, Smith established library spaces and services for children within the Toronto Public Library, Toronto schools, and at the Hospital for Sick Children.
This is a list of public libraries in Ontario.Ontario public libraries are created by municipal by-laws and governed by public library boards. The Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture [1] has responsibility for the administration of the Public Libraries Act. [2]