Category: Open Letter

CULC/CBUC STUDY TOUR POST NO. 1

The Study Tour particpants are gathering in Copenhagen on a glorious Autumn Scandanavian Day. Tomorrow is the final day of the summer season at the world famous Tivoli Gardens and the first official day/evening of the Tour. Most are arriving tomorrow, but those with travel issues came a day early. Thank you Air Canada and […]

Google Books Settlement Decision

Jefferson, We’ve been waiting over a year for the court to issue a decision regarding the Google Books settlement. We finally got one today, and, unfortunately, the judge declined to approve the settlement. What does this mean? It is clearly disappointing that the settlement – which would have opened up access to millions of out-of-print […]

CULC/CBUC letter to Honourable Tony Clement on Long Form Census

July 26, 2010 The Honourable Tony Clement, P.C., M.P. Minister of Industry 5th Floor, West Tower, CD Howe Building 235 Queen Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H5 Dear Minister, The Canadian Urban Libraries Council/ Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC) would like to add a voice to the issue of discontinuing the ”long form” with […]