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St t t ' I 9 9 ! t I 9 9 t S 9 I t 19 9 t S 9 911SIS99 9 I t It 9 9 9 9 SIS 1 I I! 9S9S9991 ! 't 9 9 ! ! t 9 1I!III99 9 ~ • • L a • JJ., _. .._. _.. ..._u..unu.u..1,1uu..n...u._.,,._,__.. u.•.,.U--' •• "1,,,.,,y,, \I U. \IPi i'l'hl1H\Uti 1 , ,)'1 , ' "1 \ 11 \ 'tM THIRD ANNUAL REPORT, 1971 of the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board THE BOARD Chairman: T. H. GOUDGE Members: A. M. CAMPBELL, CHAIRMAN, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ALDERMAN WILLIAM L. ARCHER, Q.C. JOHN M. BENNETT, M.A., Ph.D. The Metropolitan Toronto Library Board was set up as a regional library board under the Public Libraries Act, 1966 E. J. CANNING and the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Amendment Act, 1966. It is composed of one person appointed by each GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT of the six area municipalities; the chairman of the Metro­ politan Council, or his representative; one person appointed WALTER G. CASSELS, Q.C. by the Metropolitan Toronto School Board; and one person appointed by the Metropolitan Separate School Board. C. D. CUTHBERT Members of the Board are appointed for a three-year term. ALDERMAN JOHN S. RIDOUT Gifts to the Metropolitan Toronto Central Library Director: JOHN T. PARKHILL, M.A., B.L.S. The Metropolitan Toronto Library Board is happy to accept gifts and bequests to enrich its collections. In the past, Secretary- friends of the library have presented many valuable dona­ Treasurer: ANTHONY H. WINFIELD, C.G.A. tions which have contributed greatly to the improvement of our resources and services. Full information concerning Member of the Board who resigned during the year: gifts may be obtained from the office of the Director or C. A. KELLOW from the Head of the Central Library. REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN As a preface for the 1971 report of the Metropoli­ recognition of the importance of the Central tan Toronto Library Board, the following excerpt Library's role in the community. I am convinced from Metropolitan Toronto, 1970, a brochure that the evolution in business and employment prepared for the Metropolitan Toronto Council by procedures and general social change are requiring the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, pre­ that new dimensions in service be added. Public sents a brief historical background: libraries and the Metropolitan Central Library in As part of the reorganization and consolidation particular will be regarded as an essential service to of Metropolitan Toronto, effective 1967, the the country's economic structure and the daily Ontario Government provided for a consolida­ needs of the community. An awareness of this is tion of certain library functions by a Metropoli­ contained in the Wright Commission Report which tan Toronto Library Board. makes many references to libraries and library services. In October 1968 the Metropolitan Library The report stresses the trend towards self T. H. Goudge Board assumed financial and administrative education beyond secondary school and empha­ control of the facilities and collection of the sizes that public libraries should be treated as part Central Library from the City of Toronto and of the community's educational service and that has since expanded and improved its facilities the resources of all other libraries should be and services and those of its ancillary agencies, available to the public. Recommendation 48 of the the Music Library, the Business and the Science report reads: "Counselling and guidance services and Technology Libraries and the Municipal should be made available to all adults wishing to Reference Library. The Board has also intro­ participate in continuing education. Such services duced a uniform card valid in all libraries in the should be available in all Public Libraries". Metropolitan Area. It has instituted a teletype "Interloan" service with daily delivery of Progress made towards a new books, publication of a film catalogue, expan­ Central Library sion of its audio-visual services and publication In the past year the Metropolitan Toronto Library of a comprehensive "Continuing Education" Board has made sound progress towards its accept­ directory for Metropolitan Toronto. ed goal of providing new library facilities. Through During 1971 there was a continued expansion its Site and Building Committee it has given a great and improvement of the services outlined above deal of attention to the selection of the most and the Director's report which follows records a appropriate site on which the new Central Library detailed and descriptive account of progress made will be built. To assist us in this important as well as the public's response to the increased undertaking the Board commissioned the firm of resources and service made available to them. I will Raymond Moriyama, Architects and Planners, to therefore direct most of my remarks to recent undertake a Programme and Site Selection Study; studies which relate to work that lies ahead. and in order to make this a comprehensive The Board and staff find it very gratifying that evaluation of function and service, the study team the citizens of Metropolitan Toronto are making was enlarged to include Albert Bowron, Infor­ such a great use of the materials and professional mation, Media and Library Planners, and Dr. J. B. services. We feel that this use indicates a growing Ellis, Systems Analysis Consultant. The study team spent approximately a year Considering additional persons served indirectly and the Library staff for the excellent co-oper­ researching this project and in December 1971 by telephone, teletype, telex and mail, we could ation and involvement in the preparation of their presented its report entitled The Metropolitan conservatively estimate the total number of per­ report, and we thank all of our staff who have Toronto Central Library Programme and Site sons served as at least a quarter of a million. participated in any way in this work. Selection Study. A companion report, Survey of The users express a high degree of general The Board is also mindful of the considerable Users of the Metropolitan Toronto Central satisfaction with the staff assistance they receive contribution to the study made by the Chief Library, is a fundamental part of the study. and only slightly less with library materials. librarians of the area boards and we are grateful The Board has reviewed the report and has had The present physical environment of Metro for their assistance. it distributed to the trustees of all Metro area Central Library, in particular the main building, is library boards, the chief librarians and the elected the subject of very numerous adverse comments Appreciation to the Staff representatives in Metro municipal governments. on its interior and layout. Overall, the User Study Three members of staff retired during the year, We are particularly pleased with the favourable has shown what a key role the Metro Central having given between them a total of 68 years of comments received from trustees and chief librar­ Library now provides in the information resources service to the Toronto Public Library and Metro­ ians of the area boards as well as from others who available in Metropolitan Toronto and indicates politan Toronto Library Boards.