ABSTRACT

Volumes: 7.3 million. Current serials: 37,000; films and videos: 9,000; graphic materials: 90,000; manuscripts: 7,000 linear feet; microforms: 6.6 million; sound recordings: 212,000.

Areas of Concentration: Canadiana materials, especially Canadian history, library science, literature, and music; Canadian university theses; children’s literature; government documents; literary manuscripts; newspapers; rare books. Individual Collections: Jacob M. Lowy collection of Hebraica and Judaica. Papers: Randy Bachman; Marie-Claire Blais; Claude Champagne; Glenn Gould; Ernest MacMillan; Moodie, Strickland, Vickers, and Ewing families; Michael Ondaatje; Oscar Peterson; Gabrielle Roy; R. Murray Schafer; Carol Shields; Michel Tremblay.