The University of Alberta Library: The First Hundred Years, 1908-2008

by N. Merrill Distad and Merrill Distad

Although its mission and centrality to teaching and research remain fundamentally unchanged, the University of Alberta Library of today bears scant resemblance to its earliest incarnations. During its first century, it weathered frequent moves and much adversity, and witnessed many changes within the University and the world at large, as it gradually evolved into one of North America's largest academic research libraries. But throughout those 100...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551952459
• ISBN13: 9781551952451
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up