An examination of public library finance in Canada in relation to minimum standards of the Canadian Library Association.

• Main Author: Adamson, Edith.
• Other Authors: Vainstein, R. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1963
• Subjects: Library Science.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115032

A statistician responsible for the library surveys of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics soon becomes aware of the problems of public library finance. In addition to the financial data contained in published reports, more detailed information on public library finance is frequently requested, and put to many uses by librarians, trustees, and government officials. Individual libraries use financial data from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in their annual reports, for comparative purposes, to measure the growth of their respective libraries in relation to public library growth in Canada as a whole. Provincial public library agencies use the information for comparisons with developments in other provinces.