Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Ontario Library Service
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Ontario Library Service was established in 1985 as part of the Libraries and Community Information Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. In 1987, the service became part of the new Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications.
From 1985 until the 1991, there was a main office called Ontario Library Service, serving as a contact for the eight area offices (James Bay, Escarpment, Nipigon, Rideau, Saugeen, Thames, Trent, and Voyageur) which delivered ministry programs and services to public libraries. The main office was closed in 1991.
The area offices, however, continued to exist as part of the Libraries and Community Information Branch after the main office was abolished.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Ontario Library Service provided libraries with logistical and support services.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1985-1991
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
G. Brown, R. Anger