History of the Book in Canada Project

Credits


hrough the assistance of Randy Barkhouse, Dalhousie University Computing & Information Services has provided the server that hosts this website. Bruno Roy and Vivien Hannon, of the Dalhousie Electronic Text Centre, have provided particularly helpful technical expertise. Dr. Louise Spiteri and Dr. Haidar Moukdad of the Dalhousie School of Library and Information Studies offered advice during the early stages of the development of this website. Elizabeth Hulse kindly granted permission to use scanned images from her book, A Dictionary of Toronto Printers, Publishers, Booksellers, and the Allied Trades, 1798-1900 (Toronto: Anson-Cartwright Editions, 1982). Images from Special Collections, Killam Library, Dalhousie University, were made possible courtesy of Karen Smith. Additional images have come from Les Manuels scolaires québécois courtesy of Paul Aubin, and the Public Archives of Nova Scotia with assistance from Garry Shutlak. Permission to scan images in Pierre Ouvrard: Master Bookbinder/Maître relieur (Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press, 2000) was provided courtesy of Ernie Ingles, Associate Vice President (Learning Services), University of Alberta. Additional images and photographs were provided by the Simcoe County Archives, the Saskatchewan Archives Board, and the Rare Books and Special Collection Division of McGill University. The development of this website has been enhanced by the contributions of all of the members of the History of the Book in Canada project team. Translations are by Dominique Bouchard. Additional advice for all French translations came from the project editors, principally Gilles Gallichan, Yvan Lamonde, and Jacques Michon. Administrative support and assistance for the Dalhousie research site are provided by staff of the School of Library and Information Studies (Shanna Balogh, Linda Dehmel, and Judy Dunn), and the office of the Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University. This project is funded by a Major Collaborative Research Initiative grant #419-99-1003 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.