A link to TPL’s Vickery Bowles address to Empire Club of Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gx9FHOILHM
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CULC/CBUC Supports Freedom to Read Week
This year the Canadian Urban Libraries Council / Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC) made a special contribution “in honour of the great careers and contributions of Bill Ptacek (Calgary), Rebecca Raven (Brampton), Louise Procter Maio (Richmond Hill), Patricia Enright (Kingston) and Susannah Hubbard Krimmer (London). Great champions of intellectual freedom.” Freedom to Read […]
Happy I Read Canadian Day
Happy I Read Canadian Day: https://ireadcanadian.com/day/
Bibliocommons bought by Volaris Group
Bibliocommons bought by Volaris Group: https://www.bibliocommons.com/news/2020/2/10/bibliocommons-acquired-by-volaris-group
Thunder Bay in the Globe and Mail
Thunder Bay in the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-turning-the-page-thunder-bays-library-a-leader-among-civic-bodies-in/
Thunder Bay PL receives praise from Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Thunder Bay PL receives praise from Lieutenant Governor of Ontario: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-library-lg-praise-1.5433704
Vickery Bowles, makes Toronto Star list of Best People 2019
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
8Rs Human Resource Study – Survey to launch early January
CULC/CBUC has commissioned the 8Rs Canadian Library Human Resources Research Team to conduct a follow up study of our membership workforce. The original 8Rs Study conducted in 2004 was a comprehensive examination of the human resource situation in Canadian libraries across all sectors (public, academic, special and school) that culminated in a groundbreaking collection of […]
CULC/CBUC & ULC Statement on E-Book Equity
North American Elected Officials Send Message to E-Book Publishers: Price Gouging Public Libraries Is Unacceptable Mayors from major urban jurisdictions sign statement urging e-book publishers to institute equitable and transparent pricing for public libraries. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 6, 2019 TORONTO and WASHINGTON – Seventy-nine elected officials from North American cities and counties have […]