Assignment 1- Library Comparison Summary In a nutshell libraries exist to connect people with information. The purpose of this is to discuss similarities and differences between following libraries in terms of who they serve, collections held and what services are provided. All the information below are from their perspective websites. Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is a Government library which combines the holdings, services and staff of both the former National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada. Virtual Reference Library (VRL) belongs to the Canada’s largest library, The Toronto Public Library and funded by both the library and the Province of Ontario to explore Ontario’s present, past and future. McGill University library is an academic library in the Quebec City, helping to inspire and stimulate the great minds of today and tomorrow. The Frank J. D’Agostino MD, Medical library is a special library that belongs to the Easton hospital which offers high quality information resources and services for evidence based decision-making at the hospital. Ajax public library (APL) local library and is the gateway to information and resources that improve the quality of life, foster …show more content…
For collection, LAC carries thesis, heritage documents to name some while the medical library carries contents ranging from books, journals, some computers with some databases on, slide presentations to audio and video that are related to medical and health subjects. Services are borrowing/reproduction of material, inter library loan services are present with other health libraries and training on various computer programs are available. In addition literature search services are also provided and the website houses some consumer medical websites such as PubMed, Medline plus, MD consult
Bélanger, Claude. "The Official Languages Act of Canada - Studies on the Canadian Constitution and Canadian Federalism - Quebec History." .Marianopolis College, Nov. 2005. Web. 02 Apr. 2014.
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...s that I will be looking into, and also what I will use to look at the French language and its change in Quebec.
Jethani,J. (2004). Medical records – its importance and the relevant law. Vision 2020, IV(1), Retrieved from http://laico.org/v2020resource/files/medical_records_Jan>mar04.pdf
Quebec, “La Belle Province”, is a unique province within the Canadian federation. This uniqueness doesn’t come as a result of the beautiful landscapes or the widespread corruption in the province. Rather, Quebec’s distinctiveness stems from the complexities surrounding its national identity. These nuances intertwine with the already complicated political, economic, and social layers constitute the Quebecois intricate fabric.
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This study will define the importance of the cultural institution of Canadian federalism and the political leadership of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau during the late 1960s. Under PM Trudeau’s leadership, the Quiet Revolution failed to break apart Canadian federalism due to the unifying cultural aspects of language that he promoted through the Official Languages Act of 1969. Trudeau was a loyal Quebecker in terms of political power, yet he chose to unite Quebec and Ottawa in unity through a mutual respect for Anglophile and Francophile interests. Language was the primary barrier to national identity in Canada, which provide a political platform for PM Trudeau to implement a multicultural political solution to declare English and French
Thompson, John Herd, and Mark Paul Richard. "Canadian History in North American Context." In Canadian studies in the new millennium. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. 37-64.
Arist (2007) chose three outstanding examples of libraries—academic, special, and public---that demonstrate how to provide information, technology, programming, and services to their communities. Her purpose is to encourage every library to do the same.
In this essay, I explored how a building has a direct correlation between the geometry and the activities contains. After looking at many libraries I chose to analyze the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, University of Chicago Illinois. In order to understand a library, you first need to know a brief history. In 1731, the first Library was opened by Benjamin Franklin and his Junti Society. More than a century and a half passed by and in 1887, Melvin Dewey founded a school for librarians to get their knowledge. Now they’re about a library in every city across the United States. This shows how a library has become useful to people because of how far it 's gone along since the first library was built. I analyzed how this building does have a direct relationship between the volume and geometry of the library and the activities within it. I saw how the different parts of the library are separate from one another. The private and public areas
Library and Archives Canada (2012, March 28) Our Mandate. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved from http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/Pages/our-mandate.aspx
... Ed. W. Gordon West and Ruth Morris. Toronto, Canada: A Canadian Scholar? Press, 2000.
A library or information unit must have a dedicated plan on having an organized Collection Development Policy, represents the guideposts of all types of library institutions. Collection development is the process of planning, selecting, acquiring and evaluating the library collections’ convenience to print and electronic collection developments. Thus, it is essential to have a written collection development policy, a statement of general collection building principles with desalinating the purpose and content of a collection in terms of relevance and internal audiences (Clayton and Gorman 2007). Broadly, the international and local libraries have sketched written collection development policies which they are aware of its uses. Recently, the written policies consistently renewed with the rise of digital collections. However, the value of the written collection development plan shakes with the complexity of managing electronic resources, funding and time considerations, criticism on how it written and also its inflexibility. This essay will examine the arguments for having the advantages of the written collection development policy (CDP) and the issues evolve which against the latter.
With the website of National Library of medicine has article on bibliographic data for journal writing, book, the library has audio visuals aid. Then the library has computer software, electronic resources and other valuable information on any medical field the students needs. (National Library of Medicine [NLM], 2010)
has evolved into what it is today. It is a library that contains mail, stories,