CULC/CBUC is again pleased to be a program delivery partner with Library Archives Canada (LAC) in delivering series of workshops in CULC/CBUC member communities using the war records from the Library and Archives Canada. The first set of pilots took place in 2010 with the public libraries in Burlington (ON); Winnipeg (MB); Fraser Valley/Abbotsford (BC) […]
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Maclean’s Magazine writes a positive feature on Canadian Public Libraries
Many CULC/CBUC member libraries received profile in this article including: Calgary, Surrey, Halifax, Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa. The CULC/CBUC Lumos Research study on Trends was cited. Quotes came from CLA’s Karen Adams, Bibliocommon’s Beth Jefferson, Jennifer Stirling from Ottawa PL, and Ken Haycock. The article is here: MacLean’s Magazine Article
CULC/CBUC White Paper on eBooks in Canadian Public Libraries
Christina de Castell (Vancouver Public Library) has developed this overview piece of the eBook issues that face Canadian Public Libraries. It is an educational/awareness piece and not policy per se. The document is broken into the following categories. Publishers and libraries need eBook models that make sense and maintain a strong book industry in Canada. […]
CULC/CBUC Blog on eBooks and public libraries
CULC/CBUC in partnership with Vancouver Public Library are pleased to launch a blog developed by Christina de Castelli (VPL’s Manager of Online Information & News) and a contributor to the eContent Task Force of CULC. The blog is for both sharing CULC/CBUC development and information, and keeping up to date on the most relevant eBook […]
Catherine Biss Receives FIAA Outstanding Alumni Award
Markham Public Library CEO and iSchool Alumna, Catherine Biss (MLS 1975) is the recipient of this year’s FIAA Outstanding Alumni Award as announced at the 2011 Faculty of Information Spring Reunion for “her outstanding leadership, mentorship, and exceptional capacity for innovation in librarianship.” Part of her nomination letter states: “Catherine has dedicated her entire professional […]
BPL wins Marketing Award for their Mobile App
Marketing excellence award for Burlington Public Library: Marketing Magazine recognizes BPLMobile marketing campaign Burlington, ON – This month in Ottawa the professional marketing community recognized Burlington Public Library with an award of excellence for their marketing campaign of the BPLMobile library app, launched to the public in December 2010. This industry award is part of […]
Call for Pilot Libraries
LAC-BAC has again, as announced at the meeting in Halifax, agreed to fund up to 4 more pilot libraries to offer Lest We Forget. The hope building on the success of the first four (thank you Fraser Valley, Winnipeg, Burlington and Toronto) is that LAC-BAC can then develop some simple operational plan for all libraries […]
Spring Meeting Information
Attention CULC/CBUC Members – The CULC/CBUC Executive is meeting and working to set an agenda and plan for the meeting net month is Halifax. The dates of the meeting are Sunday, May 29th and Monday, May 30th, 2011. This is immediately following the CLA/ACB Annual Conference. The meeting will begin at 8:30 am on the […]
PLR Commission doing eBook Study
Former Vancouver City Librarian Paul Whitney has been engaged by the Canada Council on behalf of the Public Lending Right Commission to carry out a study on eBooks and their potential impacts on PLR in Canada. Paul will be assisted by Olivier Charbonneau of Concordia University Library who will be liasing with Quebec publishers and […]
Lest We Forget Pilots Wrap-Up
The three pilot library systems (Fraser Valley, Burlington and Winnipeg) are finishing their final reports on their experiences with the Lest We Forget program. These libraries offered Lest We Forget workshops in their communities to local high school students as a partnership with CULC/CBUC and Library and Archives Canada. Toronto Public Library was also a […]