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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 […]
Penguin and Library eBooks
**UPDATED** ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the country’s largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries’ ability to loan their e-books for Amazon.com’s Kindle — but only through the end of the year. The publisher backtracked Wednesday after saying it was informed by Amazon.com Inc. that the online retailer wasn’t aware […]
Brampton PL opens first new branch in 25 years
Brampton Library set to Open New Branch at Mount Pleasant Village The first new library branch in Brampton in 25 years will open its doors to the public on November 21, 2011. The Mount Pleasant Village Branch Library, located at 100 Commuter Drive, across from the Mount Pleasant GO Station, is a partnership between the […]
Second Round of Lest We Forget Pilots to Begin Across Canada
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) […]
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. […]
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 […]
CULC/CBUC to help Slave Lake Library Rebuild
The wild fire in May destroyed more than 40% of the town of Slave Lake, including the public library. At the CULC/CBUC meetings in Dartmouth (Halifax) it was decided that CULC/CBUC would make a cash donation and encourage all members to consider a cash or in-kind donation to assist this facility and these people in […]