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Award-winning Canadian picture book a gift for every Syrian refugee family

News December 15, 2015

IBBY Canada plans to provide Syrian families arriving here with a copy of Sidewalk Flowers, a wordless picture book with no language barriers to understanding, a visual story that can be enjoyed by children and parents.

Toronto and Ottawa Public Libraries welcome Penguin Random House’s reduced ebook prices

News December 15, 2015

This new pricing model will help public libraries achieve their goal of providing universal access to ebooks, which is a high priority given booming borrowing rates and high demand for this content.

NISO Releases a Set of Principles to Address Privacy of User Data in Library, Content-Provider, and Software-Supplier Systems

News December 14, 2015

NISO has published a set of consensus principles for the library, content-provider and software-provider communities to address privacy issues related to the use of library and library-related systems.

Call for Partners: Wikipedia Library #1Lib1Ref Campaign

News December 14, 2015

For every librarian in the world to add one reference to any Wikipedia article

Participate in the 2015 International Library Automation Perceptions Survey

News December 13, 2015

The survey measures the levels of satisfaction that libraries have in their strategic technology products and their perceptions of the quality of service and support that they receive.

Call for Participation: Economic Models in Cloud Records Storage Decision-Making Survey

News December 11, 2015

We are asking for your help in completing a short survey exploring the use, or not, of economic models in making decisions about storing records in the cloud, and identifying case examples that illustrate the role of such models in the decision-making process.

Call for online Newsletter articles: Libraries supporting mental, social and physical wellbeing

News December 10, 2015

What kind of work your library does to promote young patrons’ wellbeing?

Call for Proposals: 84th ABQLA Annual Conference

News December 10, 2015

ABQLA is pleased to invite members of the library and information professional community to submit conference proposals for their 84th annual conference to be held in Montreal on Wednesday, May 4th, 2016.

Federal government needs to do more to guard against breaches and privacy violations: Privacy Commissioner

News December 10, 2015

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is urging federal departments and agencies to develop and implement more rigorous procedures and safeguards to protect Canadians’ personal information.

Media Advisory: The Honourable Melanie Joly to Announce Recipients of $1.5 Million in Funding From LAC’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program

News December 10, 2015

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, and Dr. Guy Berthiaume, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, will announce the recipients from the first funding cycle of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP).