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In 1965 the University of Alberta Board of Governors decided to create a library school at its Edmonton Campus. [3] The plan for the new School of Library Science was completed in 1966, and the first students began the Bachelor of Library Science (BLS) program in 1968. [4] The first program that was offered by the School of Library Science was ...
The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, French: Université de l'Alberta) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, [8] the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, [9] the university's first president.
The University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering is one of the largest engineering schools in Canada in terms of size, international impact, and reputation. [3] The faculty is home to 1 Canada Excellence Research Chair, 16 Canada Research Chairs, 13 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council chairs, and 5 Foundation Supported Chairs.
The King's University: Edmonton: Alberta 1979 819: 40: 859: Yes Trinity Western University: Langley: British Columbia 1962 3,364: 1,402: 4,766: Yes Tyndale University: Toronto: Ontario 1894 850: 0: 850: Yes University Canada West [11] [needs update] Vancouver: British Columbia 2005 350: 0: 350: No University of Fredericton: Fredericton: New ...
The University of Alberta was founded in 1908, but a free-standing library branch, Rutherford Library, did not open until 1951. [3] The university's founder, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, and its first president, Henry Marshall Tory, worked with faculty members and the first librarian, Eugenie Archibald, to select the first purchases to start the University Library in 1908. [4]
Library science (often termed library studies or library and information science) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.
Private universities in Canada are independent postsecondary institutions that have been granted the authority to confer academic degrees from a provincial authority. The oldest private universities in Canada operated as seminaries or as religiously-affiliated institutions, although several secular for-profit and not-for-profit private universities were established in Canada during the late ...
In February 2017, University Magazine, based in Windsor and Edmonton, started publishing its list of Top 10 universities in Canada. [16] University Magazine surveyed undergraduate and graduate students at 96 Canadian universities, using this information to rank the universities