The Federal Government has not yet made changes to the CERB (Canadian Emergency Response Benefit) Program to allow for more than a $1,000 per month when there is a registered SUB (Supplemental Employment Benefit) plan in place. Take a moment to write to the Minister of Finance and your local MP to increase the pressure […]
Category: Call to Action
#eContentforLibrariescampaign – Launched January 14th
Launched Thanks for joining us and participating in the upcoming #eContentForLibraries campaign. A reminder that the campaign is starting today – Monday January 14th – and will run until January 25th. A press release will be issued the morning of. Please review the campaign toolkit (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19_kXAo8M383Tp2U4NX6zv3bARAgvY2hi?usp=sharing) and help spread the word about on social media, […]
Governor General Awards
CULC/CBUC is once again partnering with Canada Council for the Arts in the promotion of the 2018 Governor General’s Literary Awards. Canada Council for the Arts have provided CULC/CBUC with ads and logos for creating publicity materials for your library, these materials are located in the membership area under “Governor General’s Literary Awards”. Finalists are […]
UPDATE: Digital Literacy Exchange Program
A small working group is working on the very complex application of 24 questions. There is quite limited space in the initial application (sometimes only 250 words) making it a challenge.That said we have had a very productive call with the people at ISED about the National Approach and MAJOR request we are suggesting for […]
CULC/CBUC to lead a National Application to Digital Literacy Exchange
The Canadian Urban Libraries Council / Conseil des bibliothèques urbaines du Canada is submitting a national strategy for public library digital literacy training as an application for the recently announced Digital Literacy Exchange program. It will be a partner-based application that will engage library organizations to ensure all libraries, regardless of whether they are CULC/CBUC […]
Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship is seeking Nominations
The Steering Committee of the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship is seeking Nominations to consider for the award. Please consider nominating somebody and feel free to share with other networks of like-minded colleagues. Please submit a letter explaining why the nominee meets the criteria below. Please provide specific examples. A nominators name and contact […]
Member Update Briefing
The Steering Committee and Governing Board would like CULC/CBUC member libraries to participate in a Briefing Update on the new Not-for-Profit to serve Canadians with print disabilities through Canada’s public libraries. The briefing will focus on the following: Partnerships with CNIB and others Funding Models and timing Service Levels and timelines Government Relations and jurisdictions […]
Senior Project Executive
Contract – estimated 6 months, full-time. The Project Do you want to be part of Canadian history? The Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC/CBUC) has developed a plan for providing equitable and accessible public library service for Canadians with print disabilities. CULC/CBUC’s plan will transition the alternate format collections and library services currently offered by the […]