Regional, integrated, and federated library system case files
- GR-3467
- Series
- 1978-2003
The series consists of correspondence, draft agreements, meeting minutes, financial statements, surveys, reports, manuals, and petitions related to library systems across the province. The records were created by the Library Services branch and its predecessors, the Public Libraries commission and the Library Development commission. While early records date to 1930, the series predominantly consists of records dating from 1956 to 2003.
The series consists of records documenting the Cariboo-Nicola-Thompson system, which was the province’s first integrated library system, as well as the Fraser Valley, Peace River-Liard, Kootenay, Greater Vancouver, and Okanagan systems. The series also consists of records relating to the founding of the InterLINK system in the early 1990s. The series documents both the formation and dissolution of regional systems, including a petition from the Surrey library to leave the regional system and establish its own municipal branch. Many files include financial statements and statistical reports from libraries, and some files include interfiled architectural plans. Correspondence covers a variety of topics, including the formation of regional systems, applications for grants, library programing, the migration of union catalogues, the delivery of library service to First Nations reserves, and patron concerns. The series includes information on meetings and workshops, as well as copies of annual surveys and reports. The series is covered by ORCS 21900-50.
British Columbia. Library Services Branch