Vickery Bowles, makes Toronto Star list of Best People 2019: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/12/23/the-best-people-of-2019.html
Category: Toronto Public Library
Toronto & Calgary Public Libraries win 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards
Toronto & Calgary Public Libraries win 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards: https://www.aia.org/resources/6129406-2019-aiaala-library-building-awards
Vickery Bowles New ULC Chair
Vickery Bowles, the city librarian at Toronto Public Library, is the 2019–2020 Urban Libraries Council Chair.
CULC/CBUC Unanimously supports motion recognizing Schrader
In a moment of appreciation the CULC/CBUC members gathered in Calgary on October 1 and passed the following motion: MOTION WHEREAS Alvin Schrader has spent a career in librarianship inspiring, educating and supporting and defending the issues surrounding Intellectual Freedom for Canadians and the role that the library plays in that ecosystem. GIVEN THAT contribution […]
CULC/CBUC Members to Receive Awards at OLA Super Conference
Ontario Library Association Les Fowlie Intellectual Freedom Award Vickery Bowles, Toronto Public Library In July 2017 Ms. Bowles defended Toronto Public Library’s stance on a library room booking for Barbara Kulaszka’s memorial service. Ms. Kulaszka was a lawyer who had represented Holocaust deniers in her practice, and the booking was seen by many as allowing […]
Librarian and Archivist of Canada announces National Heritage Digitization Strategy Collaboration
June 3, 2016 – Ottawa – Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Dr. Guy Berthiaume, the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, today announced the launch of the National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) at the Canadian Library Association Forum in Ottawa. The strategy will reposition Canada and provide a cohesive path toward the digitization of Canadian memory […]
Updated CULC/CBUC Paper on eBooks and Public Libraries
April 24 – Today CULC/CBUC released and up-to-date white paper on eBooks and Canadian public libraries. Written by Christina de Castell (Vancouver Public Library) this updates the White Paper that was originally published by CULC/CBUC in August 2011. The new paper is entitled “eBooks in 2014: Access and Licensing at Canadian Public Libraries”. CULC/CBUC has […]
Jane Pyper steps down from Toronto PL
City Librarian Jane Pyper Stepping Down Toronto ( March 19, 2014) –The Toronto Public Library Board announced today that City Librarian Jane Pyper will be stepping down from her role at the end of June 2014. “The entire Board joins me in thanking Jane for her significant contribution to the library over the years. She […]
Public libraries join forces to demand better eBook accessibility for their customers
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release June 5, 2012 Public libraries join forces to demand better eBook accessibility for their customers Toronto – The Canadian Urban Libraries Council/Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC), a coalition of Canada’s large public libraries, along with many U.S. public libraries such as the New York Public Library, are putting […]
Toronto Budget Committee Votes for $7M more from Library Board
UPDATED: The Toronto Star reported on January 12th that the Executive Committee reversed some of the decisions by the Budget Committee including lowering the cut to the Toronto Public Library by $3.1M. The Board had offered 5.9% of cuts totally $10M. The Budget Committee voted on Monday to force the Board to choose how to […]