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The Canadian Association of Law Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2019

Diana M. Priestly
Diana M. Priestly*
Affiliation:
Research and Planning Section of the Department of Justice of the Government of Canada
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The history of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (C.A.L.L.) has many parallels with the history of the International Association as set out by Dr. Dahlmanns in No. 28 of this Bulletin. The year 1960 seems to have been a turning point in law library development in Canada and the decade following it was a period of rapid and extensive growth both in the number of law libraries and in the size and scope of their collections. Before 1960 the possibility of a law library organization had been discussed, but in 1960 it became a reality. Under the guidance of Eunice Beeson, the newly appointed law librarian at the Dalhousie University Law School in Halifax, C.A.L.L. first came into being as a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries. Eunice brought with her to Canada valuable experience in the American organization and she lost no time in getting the five or six widely scattered Canadian law librarians into touch with one another in a way in which they could work together on common projects and share similar concerns. She drafted the constitution of the organization, articulated ideas for co-operative ventures, and indicated practical ways of achieving what had to be done. Her death in the spring of 1966 was a great loss, but she had laid a firm foundation for the future development of the Association.

Type
National Group Report: Canada
Information
International Journal of Law Libraries , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 1973 , pp. 15 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © International Association of Law Libraries 1973 

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