3.1 Visiting the London Room

What gems are hidden in the vast stacks of your local public library? Today we are joined by Jeff Causier, a library staff member who has works in the London Room Archives of the London Public Library. He will tell our listeners what sort of work he does in a specialized department of a public library, the technology he uses daily to answer complicated reference questions and share a very special story about the most valuable book he found hidden within the closed stacks of the London Room

Transcript: Coming Soon

Host: Rachel Weisdorf

Guest: Jeff Causier

Show Notes
www.canadiana.ca – contains digital copies of the London Free Press
https://images.ourontario.ca/london/search?Reset=True- Ivey Family London Room Digital Collection, London Public Library
https://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/informationdatabases?action=disclaimer&eref_uid=5886 -Ancestry Library Edition database
https://londonmiddlesex.ogs.on.ca/ – The Ontario Genealogical Society, London and Middlesex Branch
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/0124-lf-wildflowers – link to article about Jeff finding the Wildflowers of Canada book within the London Room stacks (featuring London Room librarian Arthur McClelland, who Jeff refers to in the podcast)

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