News
Library E-Book Campaign Finalist for Nonprofit PR Award
News February 9, 2016
The Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing has been selected as a finalist for the PR News Nonprofit PR Award in the “PR on a shoestring budget” category.
Enquête 2015 sur les défis et les politiques de défenses de la liberté intellectuelle dans les bibliothèques au Canada
News February 8, 2016
Cette 10e enquête annuelle sur les défis aux matériels de bibliothèques et aux politiques est dirigée par le Comité consultatif sur la liberté intellectuelle de l’Association canadienne des bibliothèques.
Did your library deal with a book or policy challenge in 2015?
News February 8, 2016
This is the 10th annual survey of challenges to library materials, Internet access, meeting rooms, displays, other resources, and intellectual freedom-related policies that is being conducted by the CLA Intellectual Freedom Advisory Committee.
Librarians Without Borders (LWB) Volunteer Opportunity: Director of Operations
News February 7, 2016
Librarians Without Borders (LWB) is recruiting for a Director of Operations with a project management focus to join our team of Directors.
Librarians Without Borders – Guatemala Trip Information Meeting
News February 5, 2016
Join Librarians Without Borders on Tuesday, February 9 at 9 pm EST / 6 pm PST for an online information meeting about our upcoming service trip to Guatemala.
Falling Canadian dollar raises longstanding issue of journal costs
News February 4, 2016
From the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL): Research libraries in universities across the country are experiencing severe budget pressures owing to the weakening Canadian dollar combined with the extraordinarily high costs of international scholarly journals.
The First-ever Community Librarian Camp!
News February 3, 2016
Community Librarian Camp is an Un-Conference and this year’s theme is Community Stories.
Call for Volunteers: Guatemala 2016 Service Trip
News February 3, 2016
Librarians Without Borders (LWB) invites you to join the annual service trip to the Miguel Angel Asturias Academy in Guatemala.
New Issue of the YA Hotline Published
News February 2, 2016
This issue of Hotline is centered around the DIY (Do it Yourself) ethos. It includes articles on DIY programming ideas for teens, feature pieces on special kinds of DIY libraries, book lists, and craft ideas.
Call for Survey Participants: Young Adult Use of E-Books – An Analysis of Public Library Information and Resource Offerings
News January 31, 2016
Public librarians working in Youth Services or Young Adult Librarianship are invited to take part in a research project called “Young Adult Use of E-Books: An Analysis of Public Library Information and Resource Offerings”.