Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 359 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Contents |
Without a library, is a city a city? -- Permanence and maturity and pride -- The richest man in the world -- A repository for Edmonton-ness? -- A big city negotiation -- Above the liquor store and meat shop -- Edmonton's acropolis -- "We're bigger than our buildings" -- Tough times in the "Rome of the West" -- From the library to the street -- and the legislature -- A firecracker of a man -- The violinist with a broom -- A centre of culture -- Gourlay's error -- Call me Bill -- The first branch -- That tiny Carnegie library on the hill -- The fight against the fleshpots -- Mid-century modern -- Sex -- The Carnegie of Edmonton -- The dominion of the mall -- You're our expert. Build the library. -- Big Brother in Edmonton -- That brilliant, sunny Saturday afternoon -- Then the Sixties happened -- Phantom Edmonton -- All it needed was a lava lamp -- Something called "Alberta culture" -- An off-season Santa Claus -- Freedom of expression -- Lougheed, Trudeau and the busiest library on the continent -- Public libraries are going to die -- Someone fabulous -- Free to all -- The girl from Bonnie Doon -- What is the opposite of threadbare? -- The mayor who changed everything -- How to be an Edmontonian -- A terrible shame to lose a reader -- To launch a new generation of readers -- A Timeline of the Edmonton Public Library |
Summary |
Tells the story of the birth and coming of age of the Edmonton Public Library through anecdotes, historical photos, records of personal conversations, and tales of visits to branch libraries |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Edmonton Public Library -- History
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SUBJECT |
Edmonton Public Library fast |
Subject |
Libraries -- Alberta -- Edmonton -- History
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Public libraries -- Alberta -- Edmonton -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
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Public libraries
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Libraries
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Alberta -- Edmonton
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780888648150 |
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0888648154 |
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9780888647474 |
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0888647476 |
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9780888647467 |
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0888647468 |
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