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National Library of Canada. 1883 – John Macdonald in the House of Commons 1911 – Lawrence Burpee, “Plea for a National Library”. 1933 – Ridington Report. 1946 – Canadian Library Association. Elizabeth Dafoe. Freda F. Waldon. Elizabeth Homer Martin. 1948 – W. Kaye Lamb.
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1883 – John Macdonald in the House of Commons • 1911 – Lawrence Burpee, “Plea for a National Library”
1946 – Canadian Library Association Elizabeth Dafoe Freda F. Waldon Elizabeth Homer Martin
1950-1952: Canadian Bibliographic Centre Public Archives Union Catalogue
1952 – Fire at the Library of Parliament hastens the creation of a national library
1953 – Establishment of the National Library; W. Kaye Lamb became the National Librarian; National Library Act became effective; legal deposit began
1956 – National Library moved to the Public Archives Records Centre Building
1956 - 1966: Staff organizes and catalogs material transferred from the Library of Parliament
1967 – Official opening of the new National Library and Archives building • 1968 – W. Kay Lamb retires; separate directors for National Library and Public Archives
1968 – Guy Sylvestre, National Librarian Canadian MARC AACR ISBN UNESCO
1973-Multilingual Biblioservice • 1974 - Service for the Handicapped • 1975-Children’s Literature Service • 1975 – MARC Records Distribution Service
1984 - 1999: Marianne Scott, National Librarian • AMICUS • Canadiana distributed on CD-ROM
1999 Roch Carrier, National Librarian • Digital Library of Canada • Removed user fees from AMICUS