Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body (Dalhousie University)
Authorized form of name
Dalhousie University. University Libraries. MacRae Library
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
CAN-NSHD/1617-05
Description area
Dates of existence
2012-
History
MacRae Library became a unit of the University Libraries in 2012 after the university's merger with Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The original library collections, dating from the creation of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1912, found a new home in 1980, when the MacRae Library was built as part of the celebrations surrounding NSAC's seventy-fifth anniversary.
Places
MacRae Library is located on Dalhousie's Agricultural Campus at 135 College Road, in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
MacRae Library has the largest collection of agricultural resources in the Atlantic region and primarily serves the professors and students in Dalhousie's Faculty of Agriculture. The library features a circulating collection of hybrid, non-genetically modified plant seeds, as well as the Agricola Collection, an archive and museum of print records and artifacts documenting the history of the former Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture, and agricultural activity more generally in the Atlantic Provinces.
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
MacRae Library is managed by a head librarian who reports to the Dean of Libraries. The current head of MacRae Library is Elaine MacInnis.
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Dalhousie University. University Libraries (1867 -)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Dates of relationship
2012-
Description of relationship
MacRae Library is a unit within Dalhousie University Libraries.
Related entity
Nova Scotia Agricultural College. MacRae Library (1912-2012)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
temporal
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
MacRae Library was formerly the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Library.
Related entity
Dalhousie University. University Libraries. W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library (1967-)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
2012-
Description of relationship
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library and MacRae Library are both units within the University Libraries.
Related entity
Dalhousie University. University Libraries. Sir James Dunn Law Library (1967-)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
2012-
Description of relationship
The Sir James Dunn Law Library and the MacRae Library are both units within the University Libraries.
Related entity
Dalhousie University. University Libraries. Sexton Design and Technology Library (1997-)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
2012-
Description of relationship
Sexton Design & Technology Library and MacRae Library are units within the University Libraries.
Related entity
Dalhousie University. University Libraries. Killam Memorial Library (1971-)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
2012-
Description of relationship
MacRae Library and Killam Memorial Library are both units within the University Libraries.
Related entity
MacRae, Herbert Farquhar (1926-2002)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Herbert Farquhar MacRae was a former Principal of Nova Scotia Agricultural College and the namesake of the MacRae Library.