| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 359 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Edmonton Public Library -- History.
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Edmonton Public Library. |
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History. |
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Edmonton Public Library -- Histoire. |
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Edmonton Public Library -- Anecdotes. |
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Libraries -- Alberta -- Edmonton -- History.
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Libraries. |
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Alberta -- Edmonton. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Babiak, Todd, 1972- Just getting started 9780888647283 (DLC) 2013414632 (OCoLC)855199873 |
| ISBN |
9780888648150 (electronic book) |
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0888648154 (electronic book) |
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9780888647474 |
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0888647476 |
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9780888647467 |
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0888647468 |
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9780888647290 |
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9780888647283 |
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