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Directions
Closest major intersection: College St. and Spadina Ave.
Located on the southwest corner of College St. and Huron St.
Parking
Paid - Meter parking along Huron St., more parking at Clarke Institute
of Psychiatry on north side of College - entrance on Spadina.
Public Transit
TTC Spadina streetcar south from Spadina subway station to College.
TTC College streetcar from Queen's Park subway station west to Spadina.
TTC College streetcar from College subway station west to Spadina.
TTC Spadina streetcar from Union subway station north to College.
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Collections Available
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Collections comprising Osborne Collection of Early Children's
Books
- Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books is a reference
collection of historic English-language children's books ranging
from the 14th century to the end of 1910.
- The Lillian H. Smith Collection consists of a reference collection
of notable children's books in English, primarily British and American, from
1911 to the present.
- The Canadiana Collection is a reference collection of children's
books written or illustrated by Canadians, or pertaining to Canada.
All three collections include books, periodicals, ephemera
and archival materials, and are supplemented by the Reference
Collection of background materials and the Jean
Thomson Collection of Original Book-Related Art.
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Services
Historical Background
1949
Edgar Osborne presented his collection of over 2,000 historical British children's
books to the TPL Board.
1958
First volume of the Catalogue of the Osborne Collection
of Early Children's Books published.
1962
Lillian H. Smith Collection of Children's Books established to mark the
50th anniversary of the inauguration of children's library services in
Toronto, and named in honour of Lillian H. Smith (1887-1983), the librarian
who pioneered them.
1966
Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections organized.
1978
The Canadiana Collection was inaugurated.
1995
Boys & Girls House branch closed 1 April. New Lillian H. Smith branch
opened 18 October. Phillip H. Carter, Architect.
2001
Online cataloguing of Osborne Collection begun.
More Information
Collection Size: |
87,000 |
Floor Space: |
7,110 sq.ft. (640 sq. m.) |
Updated on: January 15, 2009
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Facilities for people with disabilities
