Person

Gilroy, Marion

1912-1981

Marion Gilroy was born in Nova Scotia in 1912. She received her BA from Acadia University (1932) and completed an MA at Toronto (1933). While working as a research librarian at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1933-1940), she completed a Bachelor of Library Science degree from Columbia University (1939), where she attended as a Carnegie fellow. In 1946, Gilroy moved to Saskatchewan to become supervisor of the Saskatchewan Regional Libraries (1946-1963). While promoting the development of regional libraries in the province, she also completed graduate study in librarianship at the University of Chicago (1959). In 1963, Gilroy left Saskatchewan to undertake a teaching career as an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia's School of Librarianship. She taught several courses on public libraries, special libraries, readers' services and book selection. Gilroy also published several articles, surveys and reports on regional library systems and library needs across Canada, such as Montreal Island and Northwest Territories. After she died in 1981, her papers were donated to the Archives.

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