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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Academic libraries in Canada, Canadian librarians, Canadian library associations, Libraries in British Columbia, Libraries in Manitoba, Libraries in Nova Scotia, Libraries in Ontario, Libraries in Quebec, Public libraries in Canada, Roch Carrier, Carnegie library, Library and Archives Canada, Library of Parliament, Nunavut Public Library Services, Fraser Valley Regional Library, Bytown Mechanics' Institute, John Davis Barnett, University of British Columbia Library, Pride Library, Sydney B. Mitchell, Margaret Ridley Charlton, CISTI, NEOS Library Consortium, Guy Sylvestre, University of Toronto Libraries, Haskell Free Library and Opera House, Canadian Health Libraries Association, Ask Ontario, McGill University Library, Alpheus Todd, John Hall Archer, Ken Roberts, James Bain, Bibliotheque Saint-Jean, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee, D. B. Weldon Library, Ian E. Wilson, Fort Frontenac Library, R. D. Hilton Smith, Kenneth MacLean Glazier, Sr., Robert Oldham, Gilles Poitras, William Kaye Lamb, Rutherford Library, Bracken Health Sciences Library, McLennan Library Building, Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre, Oshawa Public Library, Canadian Subject Headings, Daniel J. Caron, Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Allyn and Betty Taylor Library, Parliamentary Librarian of Canada, Mary Swan, Fred Landon, Killam Library, Conrad Laforte, Marianne Scott, LISAA, Ontario Library Association, Ingrid Parent, George Locke, Charles Sanderson, Gerard Desrosiers, Centre de documentation collegiale. Excerpt: A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems. 1,689 were built in the United States, 660 in Britain and Ireland, 125 in C...