Apologies for cross-posting.

Toronto! Archives! Tours! And in less than two weeks!

Our fourth offering of Toronto area archives that have made themselves  
available to delegates for visits/tours is the Osborne Collection of  
Early Children’s Books.

If interested in visiting these facilities, conference delegates are  
asked to contact the archives directly at the information listed below.

Stay tuned tomorrow for another post!



Date:        Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Time:         4:00 - 5:00pm
Maximum number:   20 people

Members of the Association of Canadian Archivists are invited to visit  
Toronto Public Library's Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books  
at any time during their visit to Toronto. The Collection is open  
Monday to Friday, 10-6, and Saturday 9-5. A special tour featuring  
treasures from the collection will be given on Thursday, June 2nd.

The collection, established in 1949, has grown from an initial 2,000  
items to over 80,000, and includes books, book-related art and  
archives. Holdings range from ancient cuneiform tablets to modern  
notable children's books, with many novelty items that require special  
archival care.

Delegates interested in attending the tour of the Osborne Collection  
are asked to contact Leslie McGrath, whose contact information is  
listed below.

Contact information:
Leslie McGrath
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Phone: (416) 393-7753
Location: 239 College Street, 4th Floor (Lillian H. Smith Branch,  
Toronto Public Library)


For more information:

Osborne Collection of Early Children’s’ Books
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/osborne/

ACA Annual Conference website:
http://archivists.ca/content/annual-conference

ACA Annual Conference 2011 online program:
http://www.archivists.ca/confprog


Also, check out these sites for information on other things going on  
in Toronto:

Toronto Tourism:
http://www.mytorontomeeting.com/

Torontoist:
http://www.torontoist.com