(BQ) Part 2 book "Free books for all - The public library movement in ontario, 1850-1930" has contents: The ontario library association, carnegie philanthropy, a province to be served. | PART THREE The Modern Public Library Emerges This page intentionally left blank Chapter 6 THE ONTARIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION I t was Easter Monday, 8 April 1901, two o'clock in the afternoon, the Examiners' Room of the Normal School, St. James Square, Toronto. A small group of about thirty men and women gathered to hear James Bain explain the steps taken the year before at the American Library Association conference in Montreal to form a national (later provincial) library association. Edwin Hardy (Illus. 23), who along with Bain and Hugh Langton had worked tirelessly to arrange the first annual meeting, read the prepared draft constitution for the Ontario Library The delegates - including the provisional officers who had encouraged the OLA's formation, William Tytler, Richard Lancefield, William J. Robertson, and Robert Blackwell signed a register, approved the draft with minor changes, then listened to two papers: "Modern Library Methods and Appliances for a Small Library" by Lancefield and "The Character of Books for a Small Library" read by . Nutting for the Uxbridge publisher, William H. The first session adjourned at five o'clock; it reconvened in the Department's theatre later the same evening. James Bain opened by reading his paper, "The Library Movement in Ontario." The deputy minister of education, John Millar, offered a warm welcome and encouragement to the delegates, who listened to three more papers before retiring for the night. It was a successful beginning. The second day commenced with the formal election of the provisional officers: James Bain president, Hugh Langton first vice-president, Archibald Macallum treasurer, and Edwin Hardy secretary. The conference highlight followed. Edwin Hardy's paper, "The Outline Program of the Work of the Ontario Library Association," stressed four endeavours vital to the work of the OLA: assistance to libraries, the public, schools, and Sunday schools. Hardy suggested that a regular
