Weekly News Roundup: May 8-14, 2016
May 14, 2016
Collections
Amnesty International: Why children’s books are important
L’Université de Montréal renonce à 2116 abonnements pour ses bibliothèques
Glance at the past: 1000s of historical Winnipeg postcards donated to city
Open Government / Access to Information
BC Government to Proactively Release Travel Expenses, Status of FOI Requests
B.C. privacy commissioner mainly positive toward new FOI policies
How open data can change the way we live and learn
Outrage over government Wikipedia edits sends wrong message
Policy
Cobourg among libraries wanting fair prices for e-books
Downloading libraries to towns ‘unfair,’ says head of MNL
Forget a Netflix tax. Here’s how to shake up Canada’s culture: Geist
Peace In Our Time – how publishers, libraries and writers could work together
Privacy
B.C. privacy commissioner mainly positive toward new FOI policies
Forget about bringing the ‘right to be forgotten’ to Canada
Opposition MPs ask whether commissioner offices should be merged
Permanent information retention from CPS check up slips raises questions for privacy commissioner
The Profession
Barbara Streisand, The Beatles, and CLA: Share Your Memories
CLA, ALA Editions Distribution Arrangement To End; New Canadian Distributor To Be Announced
FEDLINK Announces Annual Awards for Federal Librarianship
Local teen librarian wins award for creative program
Update from the Canadian Federation of Library Associations
Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) Librarians Receive Two Awards from ALA
Research
Presentations and posters from the 2016 Concordia University Libraries Annual Research Forum
Services
Book Bike wins community award
Why Your Company Needs Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Learning
YALSA releases position paper, Adopting a Summer Learning Approach for Increased Impact
Spaces
$15.5-million expansion, public rooftop garden planned for Vancouver Public Library
Calgary Central Library to deter loitering by installing metal screens
Fogo Islanders pack library in protest of government cuts
OPL board approves central library public engagement strategy
Plans for $20-million extension to Pierrefonds library set to go ahead
Statistics / Measurement
The damage the Tories did with the census won’t be easily undone
PLA’s Project Outcome launches new performance measures at ALA Annual
Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2014
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