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Video: 150 attend "funeral" for archival funding cuts ottawacitizen.com/Video+attend+f… via @ottawacitizen 9:34 AM May 29th via Tweet Button
The Hemingway Papers: Ernest Hemingway's collected works from The Toronto Star. ehto.thestar.com #Hemingway via @TorontoStar 1:23 PM May 21st via Tweet Button
theatlantic.com/technology/arc… A nice story about the positive side in leveraging the awareness, understanding and interest in rare books. 6:23 PM May 17th via web
An interesting read about book collecting written by Dr Mark Griffiths, Professor of Gambling Studies UK. His... fb.me/1qGweg1af 5:59 PM May 14th via Facebook
Sitting inn Hotel ready to start a course this week looking at Ryerson where I attended in 1971 Strange feeling! twitter.com/duncanmclaren/… 3:34 PM May 13th via Camera on iOS
Make it Better - Write a Letter. Help save Canada's National Archival Development Program. change.org/petitions/make… via @change 6:12 PM May 11th via Tweet Button
Digital records alone are an extremely poor subsitute for original historical material exposure. If not, why does... fb.me/1dv9SJYcJ 6:38 AM May 11th via Facebook
Hollywood continues to create interest via "show and tell" about historical events, people and places. In this... fb.me/1aM8Ag686 6:25 AM Apr 27th via Facebook
How do you think burning of rare books would go over to protest under-funding for supporting books as cultural and... fb.me/XnWjPg3D 8:22 AM Apr 18th via Facebook
Just Read cge.itincanada.ca/tweetme.php?ct… Daniel Caron, deputy minister of LAC (Library and... fb.me/18C08PBVu 4:45 PM Apr 16th via Facebook
Just Read cge.itincanada.ca/tweetme.php?ct… Daniel Caron, deputy minister of LAC (Library and Archives Canada) Daniel Caron explains why, sort of... 4:44 PM Apr 16th via Tweet Button
Canada's National Librarian: literarytourist.com/2012/04/canada… 5:18 PM Apr 11th via Tweet Button
This is quite the wake-up call for any one concerned about who is in the looking after our national culture... fb.me/1wnlFtWiR 5:14 PM Apr 11th via Facebook
New International Olive Council Report Underscores Health Benefits of Table Olives, Olive Oil financialpost.com/markets/news/I… via @financialpost 2:44 PM Apr 9th via Tweet Button
Canada’s Dominion Archivist issues warning: Whither Canadian Civilization? literarytourist.com/2012/04/canada… via @nigelbeale 6:27 PM Apr 8th via Tweet Button
Nell is "helping" with some book cataloguing today. fb.me/1wcviyTFM 12:24 PM Apr 6th via Facebook
Rare 17th-century book on Canada by French priest headed for auction vancouversun.com/life/Rare+17th… 6:50 AM Apr 5th via Tweet Button
Literary Tourist | » Blog Archive » Moore delivers less for Canadian book Culture » literarytourist.com/2012/03/moore-… via @nigel beale 3:25 AM Mar 31st via Tweet Button
"Is There a Future (Or Even a Present) for Bookselling?" Ben McNally, Proprietor of Ben McNally Books, Toronto media.library.utoronto.ca/public/serve/V… 6:01 PM Mar 30th via web
As a follow-up to Nigel's first article to LAC poor practical performance is physically supporting the public's... fb.me/1BS4inDpO 6:21 AM Mar 24th via Facebook

Name Duncan McLaren
Location St. Catharines, ON Canada
Web http://LDRB.ca
Bio Love to learn and my new business teaches me ALL DAY. Finding out I love historical items. Love to share, hence Twitter. Love my family and doing what I do.