page_title: Carleton University
section_title: Library and collections
hierarchical_section_title: Carleton University / Library and collections
caption_attribution_description: English: MacOdrum Library, Carleton University
context_page_description: Carleton University is a public comprehensive university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, a private, non-denominational evening college to serve veterans returning from World War II, it was chartered as a university by the provincial government in 1952 through The Carleton University Act. The legislation was amended in 1957 to give the institution its current name. The university moved to its current campus in 1959, expanding rapidly throughout the 1960s as the Ontario government expanded support for post-secondary institutions and sought to increase access to higher education.
  The university is named for the now-dissolved Carleton County, which included the city of Ottawa at the time the university was founded. Carleton County, in turn, was named in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, who served as Governor General of The Canadas from 1786 to 1796.
  Carleton has more than 159,000 alumni worldwide and is known for its strength in several disciplines including the humanities, international business, aerospace engineering, international affairs, journalism, political science, and public policy.
caption: Main facade of MacOdrum Library, renovated in 2013
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