The Morton Years: The Canadian Library Association, 1946-1971

Publisher: Ex Libris
Product Code: YB01334
ISBN: 0969964501
Author: Elizabeth Hulse
Condition: Used Very Good

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Elizabeth Homer Morton is truly a national figure in the history of Canadian librarianship. She was born in Tunapuna, Trinidad, to Canadian missionary parents and received her early education there. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University and a teacher's licence from the Normal School in Truro, Nova Scotia. In this same year, she graduated from the Ontario Library School in Toronto and was employed in the Cataloguing Department of Toronto Public Library. In 1944, Elizabeth Morton was appointed executive secretary of the newly incorporated Canadian Library Council, and was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the establishment of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), serving as its executive director from its inception in 1946 until 1968. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 1968, an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Alberta in 1969 and an honorary Doctor of Letters from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia) in 1970. This book details her work and her philosophy and the impact of both on Canada's library system.
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Paperback
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Used Very Good
Language
English