Ontario. Learning Materials Service Unit

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Learning Materials Service Unit

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Learning Materials Service Unit

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1968-1973

      History

      In 1968, the broadcast production and teacher training functions of the Audio-Visual Unit of the Curriculum Section were reassigned within the Department of Education. As a result, the Audio-Visual Unit was dissolved and the Learning Materials Service Unit was established. The Learning Materials Service Unit remained as a component of the Curriculum Section (renamed Curriculum Branch in 1971).

      When the Department of Education was reorganized as the Ministry of Education in 1972, the Learning Materials Service Unit became part of the new Curriculum Service Branch. The Curriculum Service Branch was responsible for overseeing the decentralization of the Learning Material Service Unit's audio-visual library to local school boards and Ministry Regional Offices. When this was completed, the Learning Materials Service Unit ceased to exist effective May 1, 1973.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Learning Materials Service Unit was responsible for assisting school boards in establishing film libraries, and for lending films to school boards for use as learning materials while the Department of Education phased out its centralized film library service to schools. The Unit was also responsible for providing tapes of Ontario School Radio Broadcasts to classrooms on request.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Education (1876-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA3

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Education controls Ontario. Learning Materials Service Unit

      Dates of relationship

      1968-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA78

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Learning Materials Service Unit

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1973

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Audio-Visual Education Branch (1945-1968)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1524

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Audio-Visual Education Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Learning Materials Service Unit

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1828

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Inventory 2, Records of the Ministry of Education

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Chang