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Ottawa
Ottawa ŏt´ewe , city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Hull , Que., just across the Ottawa at the mouth of the Gatineau River, forms part of the metropolitan area. The Rideau Canal separates the city into upper and lower ... Read more
Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie , 1938-, Israeli-Canadian architect, b. Haifa. He grew up in Israel, moved to Canada with his family at 15, studied architecture at McGill Univ. and with Louis Kahn , and later opened an office in Montreal. Safdie attracted early acclaim as the designer of Montreal's revolutionary "H... Read more
British Library
British Library national library of Great Britain, located in London; one of the world's great libraries. Long a part of the British Museum , the library collection originated in 1753 when the government purchased the Harleian Library , which belonged to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton , and groups of m... Read more
catalog
catalog descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. BC The library at Pergamum also had a catalog. E... Read more
Library of Congress
Library of Congress national library of the United States, Washington, D.C., est. 1800. It occcupies three buildings on Capitol Hill: The Thomas Jefferson Building (1897), the John Adams Building (1938), and the James Madison Building (1981). Thomas Jefferson while vice president was a prime m... Read more
Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway c.4,800 mi (7,700 km) long, S Canada; dedicated 1962; completed 1970. The world's longest national highway, it traverses North America from St. John's, N.L., to Victoria, British Columbia. Ferry routes form vital links at the eastern and western ends of the highway. The Alaska ... Read more
Saint Elias Mountains
Saint Elias Mountains section of the Coast Ranges, SW Yukon Territory, Canada, and SE Alaska, rising to 19,551 ft (5,959 m) at Mt. Logan, Canada's highest peak. Kluane National Park is there. ... Read more
University of Alberta
University of Alberta at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1906, opened 1908. It has faculties of arts, engineering, medicine, agriculture, law, dentistry, education, pharmacy and pharmaceutical science, science, graduate studies and research, business, and... Read more
Henry Stevens
Henry Stevens 1819-86, American bookdealer and bibliographer, b. Barnet, Vt. After attending college and law school, Stevens went to Europe as agent for several important libraries of the United States and remained in England to collect Americana for the British Museum. While there he made catalogs... Read more
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park , 52,122 acres (21,109 hectares), SW Colorado; est. 1906. It includes the most notable and best-preserved cliff dwellings (see cliff dwellers ) and relics in the United States, covering four archaeological periods. There are museums and a library. Canyons of the Ancients Na... Read more

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Canada
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...Official Country Name: Canada Region: North &...Education: 6.9% Libraries: 3,672 Educational...amp; Background Canada, the world's second...48 U.S. states, Canada has 10 provinces and 2 national territories. One of...
Massey, Vincent
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...as president of the National Liberal Federation of Canada, and from 1935 until...high commissioner for Canada. England's King...support of the arts in Canada as chair of the National...establishing the National Library of Canada. In The...
Hilo: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...circulation statewide. Other libraries in the city include the Hilo Hospital Medical Library, which features consumer...Third Circuit Court Law Library; and the University of Hawaii at Hilo Libraries, whose sytem holds...include the British-Canada-Netherlands Joint...Observatory, Subaru ...
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...speaking population of Canada East. When Elgin assented...attacked, and his law library burned. Yet the ministry...appointed chief justice of Canada East, and a year later...the administration of national affairs. Further Reading...in the "Makers of Canada" series (1907; published...
museums of art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Pierpont Morgan Library , housing a vast number...art collection; the National Museum of American Art and the adjoining National Portrait Gallery...Museum of Modern Art. Canada and Mexico The National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) holds that...
Ottawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...English and French. The National Capital Commission...Defence Building, Bank of Canada Building). In part...the United Provinces of Canada, and in 1867 it became capital of the Dominion of Canada. The government buildings...Museum, the National Library and Public Archives Building...
North American Industry Classification System
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Management ...the United States and Canada and in 1998 for Mexico...industry definitions for Canada, Mexico, and the United...particular importance to their national economies, while remaining...classification. Major libraries or the U.S. Government...statistical agencies in Canada, Mexico and the ...
geological exploration of the polar regions
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...explored and developed by Canada and the USA, by the...from Baffin Island, Canada, in the 1570s, little...Geological Survey of Canada had been established...land and sea areas by national institutions and international...maintain geological libraries and data banks. A boost...
Moshe Safdie
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Haifa. He grew up in Israel, moved to Canada with his family at 15, studied architecture...of Civilization, Quebec City (1984); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1984); Vancouver Library Square (1995); Skirball Cultural Center...
Garvey, Marcus Moziah
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...used his father's extensive library to educate himself. When Garvey...of the World, as well as a national flag. The UNIA also elected...United States, but also from Canada, Caribbean countries, and...Jamaica. In 1929, Garvey toured Canada and Europe giving lectures...

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Buller, Arthur Henry Reginald
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...to whose library he bequeathed...part by the National Research Council of Canada. The Royal Society of Canada sponsored the...relatively few libraries. This unfortunate...scientific library of over 2,000 volumes to the Canada Department...
Safdie, Moshe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Parkin Associates ) the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1993–...Civilization, Québec, Canada (1981–6...x2013;4); the Library Square and Federal Tower, Vancouver, Canada (1992–5...
McLaren, Norman
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...x2014; hired by Grierson at Canada's National Film Board to set up animation...Stripes *; Boogie Doodle * (For National Film Board of Canada) 1941 Mail Early ; V for Victory...x2013; 49, 1970. Film Library Quarterly (New York), Spring...
Bell, Alexander Graham
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the family moved to Canada. Bell did his early...organize and finance the National Geographic Society...the Bell family at the National Geographic Society...are available at the Library of Congress and the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Montreal. Bell...
Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...greenhouses, laboratories, library, and herbarium that make it...the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions...of the Northern States and Canada (New York, 1901; 2nd ed...Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences of the...
Pei, Ieoh Ming
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...sophistication to the building type in Canada. He opened his own office ( I. M. Pei...the 1970s, notably the extension to the National Gallery, Washington, DC (1971–...x2013;95), the J. F. Kennedy Library and extension, Boston, MA (1979...
Smirke, Sir Robert
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...the Royal College of Physicians (now Canada House), Trafalgar Square (1822...Dionysus, Teos ( c. 130 BC), and King's Library (arguably the finest Neo-Classical...and Port (1973); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); Placzek (ed...

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Computers in Libraries Canada '90. (Focus on Canada, part 1)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 11/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...of automation in Canadian libraries, and offered conference...of automation in Canadian libraries. Computing in Canada; How Is It Different...session included Leslie Weir (National Library of Canada), Bill Manson (Dynix...
Technology and libraries; Canada CIL: Call IT Canada. (Computers in Libraries, Information Technology Canada)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 11/1/1993; 700+ words ; ...Carrol Lunau of the National Library of Canada who serves as chair of Canada's National Library's Resource Sharing...Association of Research Libraries special consultant for...1986. Hot Topics in Canada? Well, to the programming
National Library of Canada signs with Dynix. (Library Systems) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 11/1/1991; 597 words ; ...Services Branch. A National Library of Canada implementation...the system on National Library of Canada LANs, downloading...barcoding of the National Library collection. The Library...including the National Libraries of Australia and New...over 52 ...
Glenn Gould exhibition opens at National Library of Canada.
PR Newswire; 4/7/1988; 700+ words ; ...GOULD EXHIBITION OPENS AT NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA OTTAWA, April 7 /PRNewswire...to the National Library of Canada will be able to view the personal...CONTACT: Richard Carver of the National Library of Canada, 613-996-3945/ bc
UMI and National Library of Canada sign agreement. (rights to electronically published doctoral dissertations and master's theses)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 2/1/1998; 700+ words ; UMI and the National Library of Canada have announced that...universities throughout Canada. The agreement also...National Library of Canada (NLC), which publishes...s online electronic library of doctoral dissertations...Dissertations offers libraries and their ...
Contentville Suspends Sales of All Canadian Dissertations Offered by Library of Canada.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 11/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...of all Canadian dissertations filed with the National Library of Canada until the library gives the authors the option...site learned that authors were unaware that the National Library of Canada was marketing their papers without their knowledge...
Library Computing in Canada: Bilingualism. Multiculturalism, and Transborder Connections.
Magazine article from: Online; 3/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...bilingualism in their library systems (most notably...Merilees in her "Canadian Library Automation Marketplace...federal public sector libraries, must) be bilingual...Richardson's "Bilingual Library Automation: a Vendor...Internet" suggests, Canada's lack of a suitable...identified and ...
Library Computing in Canada: Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, and Transborder Connections.
Magazine article from: Information Today; 2/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...paradox of a strong national definition of Canada within a system in...different. Within Canada's borders, diverse...complexities of filling Canada's national needs...national and special libraries, library schools, consultants...
DIVIDENDS: THE VALUE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN CANADA.
Magazine article from: Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...and to the national economy by the...continuation of strong library services, including library managers and...which public libraries play a vital role in Canada, and also notes...economy, the national cultural industry...Canadian public libraries. In order to...required. ...
Good news for school libraries in Canada.(state aid to education)
Magazine article from: Teacher Librarian; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Student Succeeds @ Your Library, conference will be...conferencesandevents/national/ 2005pittsburgh.htm...COULD AFFECT SCHOOL LIBRARY PURCHASES Republican...purchased by school libraries. The bill, H.R...speakers are Roch Carrier, Canada's National Librarian...Centennial. CANADIAN ...