Visionary Montreal librarian Eleanor London dies

There was no library, no books, and no staff when Eleanor London was first interviewed for the position of chief librarian for Côte-St-Luc.
“When I got the job in 1965, I asked ‘where’s the library?’ And they said ‘there is no library — yet.’ I started with some pencils, a telephone and a desk,” London told the Montreal Gazette in 1994.
Côte-St-Luc’s founding librarian died Thursday at age 79. A very private person,