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- 1971–1983 (Creation)
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1.5 m of textual records (3 boxes)
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According to its first newsletter (no date P1979-0016(01)), the Centre for Research in Librarianship (CLR), Faculty of Library Science, University of Toronto, was established November 1975, under the directorship of J. P. Wilkinson who was responsible to the Dean of the Faculty of Information Science. The purpose of the centre was “to facilitate research in librarianship by acting as a liaison between funded research and appropriate research expertise.” The CLR was apparently the first of its kind in Canada. The Centre had at least three major projects: with the Canadian Library Association for a research design for a Canadian Association of Public Libraries inquiry into public library needs; with the Regina Public Library Board for a study of children’s services; and with the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board for the development of a standard catalogue of Canadian materials. The CLR was located at the Faculty of Library Science Building at 140 St. George Street. The Centre appears to have been dissolved around 1983-1984.
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