News
Congratulations to the Canadian Recipients of 2016 ASIS&T Awards!
News October 10, 2016
Congratulations to members of the Canadian library and information management community being recognized by their peers at the 2016 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Copenhagen.
National, Provincial and Territorial Archivists’ Conference (NPTAC) Annual Report for 2015–2016
News October 10, 2016
On behalf of the National, Provincial and Territorial Archivists’ Conference (NPTAC), we are proud to share an update on our work to create an annual statistical profile of Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial archives.
Canadian Library Workers Day – October 21, 2016
News October 5, 2016
The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) has declared the third Friday in October to be Canadian Library Workers Day.
CFP: Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP) 2017-18
News October 4, 2016
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) yesterday released a call letter for the 2017–2018 funding cycle for the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).
Academic Library Resident – uAlberta Library, Bibliothèque Saint-Jean
News October 2, 2016
Le réseau des bibliothèques de l’Université de l’Alberta invite les nouveaux diplômés en bibliothéconomie intéressés par une carrière en bibliothèque académique à présenter leur candidature pour un contrat d’une année au sein d’un établissement francophone.
How and where do Canadians buy books?
News September 22, 2016
Canadian bought 52.6 million books in 2015. A new report from BookNet Canada looks at where and how they bought them.
Call for Proposals: Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2017, Edmonton
News September 16, 2016
The WILU Program Committee invites proposals for the 46th WILU, May 23 – May 25 2017, hosted at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.
Resignation of the Chief Statistician of Canada
News September 16, 2016
Wayne Smith, Chief Statistician of Canada and the deputy head of Statistics Canada, announced his resignation today, citing concerns over the independence of the agency with the transfer of its information technology infrastructure to Shared Services Canada.
Survey – Secondary Trauma and Archivists: A Study into the Need for Services in the Canadian Archival Community
News September 15, 2016
We are asking archivists and records professionals working in Canada to kindly participate in our study “Secondary Trauma and Archivists: A Study into the Need for Services in the Canadian Archival Community.”
Nova Scotia Association of Library Technicians (NSALT) to Dissolve
News September 15, 2016
The Executive of the Nova Scotia Association of Library Technicians (NSALT) voted last week on a motion to dissolve the Association.