On May 22, the Executive Director will attend, at LAC’s invitation, a day-long program on how they are planning on fulfilling their mandate in these ever changing times. Documentary heritage institutions face key challenges in the 21st Century. Traditional assumptions and practices that held fast for many years no longer hold true, as the ways […]
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CNIB distributes business plan for National Digital HUB
Following up on the presentation to CULC/CBUC last November in Surrey the National Board of CNIB has supported the National Digital HUB business plan. It appears all members of CULC/CBUC have received a copy. Follow-up from CNIB is planned this Spring. The CULC/CBUC Executive will look at it and notify members what is needed from […]
eBooks @ OLA; and ACP Winter Meetings
More than 170 people came to hear what CULC/CBUC has been doing on the eBook file since the last public meeting in June at CLA-Halifax. The task force members gave some updates and talked about the challenges that the sector is seeing in Canada and abroad. CULC/CBUC was fortunate enough to have been debriefed by […]
eBook Pricing Models
As part of CULC’s ongoing work around the topic of portable and downloadable eBook content, a working draft of some pricing models has been developed and shared with the CULC/CBUC members for input at the recent meetings in Surrey, BC. Still a member-only document, it will be accepting inputs soon and shared for further discussion. […]
European Study Tour – Post No. 5
Well Hello! and Goodbye! to Helsinki. The weather is staying with us and the group continues to get along famously. We arrived in Helsinki and we immediately knew we were not in Kobenhavn anymore. We felt special as our coach driver was standing at the gate with a CULC\CBUC sign. We were downtown in 30 […]
CULC/CBUC STUDY TOUR POST NO. 3
Well it began and it has been awesome. If this makes one person jealous then great, all 19 of us will be pleased. As ED I hoped for one “big win” per day. When on Day One somebody says it was already worth every nickel you know things can only get worse. But so far […]
Dispatch from Denmark #2 – Tour Start Date
After months of planning and replanning and correspondence from our global colleagues at the institutions we are visiting the tour is finally about to begin. I think only two people have not yet checked in. We know one is already here, but just can’t find him. He will show. The weather continues to be great […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]