Libraries

A library is a curated collection of sources of information and similar resources, selected by experts and made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing, often in a quiet environment conducive to study. It provides physical or digital access to material, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both. A library's collection can include books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microform, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, e-books, audiobooks, databases, table games, video games and other formats. Libraries range widely in size up to millions of items. The word for "library" in …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1829) both introduced and epitomized the great philosophical controversies of his age. His influential text Von den göttlichen Dingen und Ihrer Offenbarung aroused the final debate about …

Religious Studies funded several travels to European libraries and centres, frqsc (Fonds de Recherche du Québec


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 5 November 2024 English

Uncut explores the significance of the foreskin in contemporary culture The “uncut” penis is viewed by some as attractive or erotic, and by others as ugly or undesirable. Secular parents …

were odd!). I wish I had kept track of all the libraries that contributed to this research project, for support of the library at Brandon University and libraries worldwide. At Brandon University I am thankful and debated in pornographic magazines, but few libraries collect this material because the material is exclusion of erotic or pornographic material from libraries may be the visual nature of the material, but world, bringing me sources from local public libraries as well as from the Library of Congress. Information


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 25 October 2024 English

Between Composers unveils the previously unpublished correspondence between Canadian composers Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers from 1959 to 1960. The letters detail the downfall of their romance, trace their artistic …

She has offered to give me some information on libraries in Rome containing old manuscripts ~ Being only


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 October 2024 English

Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage …

to have loads of scientific publications in libraries. The Spanish word ‘patrimonio’ can be translated


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 20 October 2024 English

Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.

of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University


NSP: New Society Publishers · 8 October 2024 English

Everyone's guide to using the power of science to produce healthier and tastier fruits and vegetables From garden to fork, Food Science for Gardeners is everyone's guide to optimizing the …

yet accessible, addition to gardeners’ home libraries. Be sure to give Plant Science for Gardeners


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English

Oil workers are often typecast as rough: embodying the toxic masculinity, racism, consumerist excess, and wilful ignorance of the extractive industries and petrostates they work for. But their poetry troubles …

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ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 24 September 2024 English

Other major supporters through the of community, pulsing transition of the Institute from Nonprofit to with original thinkers Community Prosperity included the McConnell and life-changing teach- Foundation, The Calgary Foundation, …

sanitation, universal health care, and even public libraries are all examples of essential social innovations


Office of the Ombudsperson, Province of British Columbia · 19 September 2024 English

Authority Statistics- FY24.xlsx Office of the Ombudsperson 2023/24 Authority Statistics Open Files as Files Received Files Closed Open Files as of 1-April- of 31-March- 2023 Enquiries Complaints Total Enquiries Complaints …

Estates Improvement Districts 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Libraries 0 1 4 5 1 3 4 1 Creston Public Library 0 0 1 1


SPCW: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg · 19 September 2024 English

A Brief History Social Planning Council of Winnipeg 1919 to 2024 The origin of the Social Planning Council (SPCW) For example, a spirit of cooperation among reflects the diverse and …

Will?. Work done to support 2SLGBTQIA+ people in libraries, schools and at public events and demonstrations


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