Library Extension in Ontario (Classic Reprint): Travelling Libraries and Reading Camps: Travelling Libraries and Reading Camps (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A gripping look at a historic effort to bring books to workers in Ontario’s lumber and mining camps.

This nonfiction work chronicles the traveling library idea and its growing network of reading camps across the province.

Based on letters and reports from early 1900s volunteers and business leaders, the book shows how libraries in camps aimed to educate, elevate morale, and connect isolated workers with literature. It highlights the practical steps, the support from lumber companies and local communities, and the push to extend public library principles to new, distant workplaces.

• How traveling libraries were proposed, funded, and expanded across camps.
• Examples of reading camps and the roles of camp managers and workers.
• The range of voices—from educators to businesspeople—that supported the movement.
• The hoped-for social and educational impact on lumber and mining communities.

Ideal for readers of Canadian social history and the development of public libraries in remote regions.

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