A Digital Reading Experience Designed with Library Collections in Mind VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouver Public Library and Edmonton Public Library have partnered with The Palace Project to bring a brand-new ebook and audiobook platform to library customers in Canada: the Palace Project App. This app provides Canadian library users with access to Audible-exclusive titles for […]
Category: Digital Content Working Group
CULC/CBUC 2024 Federal Funding Submission
CULC/CBUC has submitted five recommendations for the pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2024 budget. List of Recommendations Recommendation 1: That the Government of Canada: Recommendation 2: That the Government of Canada recognizes the role public libraries are playing in delivering on federal priorities in communities across Canada and provides funding to further support libraries […]
Un livrel Canada / One eRead Canada 2024
Registration is now open! THE PROGRAM: CULC/CBUC is offering another opportunity for all public libraries to participate in a Canada-wide digital reading program during the month of April 2024. We are excited to announce our featured title is Hotline, by Dimitri Nasarallah, published by Esplanade Books an imprint of Véhicule Press in English and translated […]
CULC/CBUC Sessions at OLA Super Conference
CULC/CBUC Sessions at OLA Super Conference: Get Loud About Access to Digital Content with the CULC/CBUC Digital Content Working GroupThursday, 2:15 pm – 3:30 pmSpeakers: Jennifer Stirling, Vicky Varga, Lisa Vohra, Sarah Macintyre CULC/CBUC CEO panelFriday, 9:15 am – 10:30 amSpeakers: Mary Chevreau, Danielle Hubbard, Chrissy Hodgins, Darren Solomon and Moderated by Åsa Kachan Safety […]
One eRead interview with Shelagh Rogers & Kim Thúy
Last night One eRead Canada hosted an interview with CBC’s Shelagh Rogers and Kim Thúy discuss her book Vi. Video of the interview is available on Ottawa Public Library’s Facebook page.
CULC/CBUC endorses the Readers First eLending Position Paper
CULC/CBUC at their Fall Meeting on October 5, voted to endorse the Readers First eLending Position Paper.
Digital Content Working Group Teleconference – September 25
On September 25, the CULC/CBUC Digital Collections Working Group hosted a teleconference about the current #eContentforAll initiatives happening in Canada and the new partnership with ULC in the US. Here are the slides from the presentation: CULC Collection Leaders Call Sept 2019 (pdf). The presentation also included a link for participants to sign up for future […]
Some recent media interviews by the Digital Content Working Group
Greater Victoria Public Library’s Rina Hadziev – https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/live-from-studio-5-on-ami-audio/id1235751531?mt=2 Okanagan Regional Library’s Don Nettleton (near the end) – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meeting-digital-book-demand-pricey-for-bc-libraries-1.5183266 Vancouver’s Kay Cahill – https://www.citynews1130.com/video/2019/06/25/new-pricing-hits-canadian-libraries/ Vancouver’s Kay Cahill – part 1 and part 2 of the CBC On the Coast interview from June 25th Mississauga’s Jennifer Stirling – https://partner.criticalmention.com/bits/wordplay/#/uuid=0dd939cf-918b-4102-a69c-0a3357a28622&channelId=90221&minTime=20190625185300&maxTime=20190625192300
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Passes Motion supporting CULC/CBUC efforts around eContent and the Big 5 Publishers + Amazon. More to come.
CULC/CBUC’s Statement on Changes to Digital Loans for Public Libraries
CULC-CBUC’s Statement on Digital Loans for Public Libraries