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Christine Ivory Nominated as New Parliamentary Librarian
News June 7, 2024
Christine Ivory has served in increasingly senior roles within the Library of Parliament for over 15 years. She is currently the Assistant Deputy Minister, Collections Sector, at Library and Archives Canada, a position she has held since 2023.
New IRPP Paper: Reinstating Canada’s Adult Literacy Knowledge Infrastructure Requires Federal Leadership
News June 2, 2024
A new paper from the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) argues that, to provide literacy practitioners with the tools to do their work effectively, the federal government should play a leading role in reinstating that knowledge infrastructure, and makes several recommendations for how to achieve this.
Star Trek: Discovery Visits the Library
News May 15, 2024
In the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, the crew boldly go to the University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
Congratulations to the 2024 BCLA Award Winners!
News May 13, 2024
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) awards!
BookNet Canada Podcast: Taylor Swift’s Impact on the Book Industry
News May 12, 2024
BookNet Canada interviewed Jarin Pintanas about Swiftposium, a first-ever academic conference on Taylor Swift’s global impact, and about Taylor Swift’s impact on the book industry.
CFLA Releases Position Statement on the Status of School Libraries in Canada
News May 9, 2024
The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) believes that every child in Canada deserves access to an excellent, professionally staffed, and fully-funded school library.
La FCAB publie un énoncé de position sur la situation des bibliothèques scolaires au Canada
News May 9, 2024
La Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (FCAB) croit que chaque enfant au Canada mérite d’avoir accès à une excellente bibliothèque scolaire, entièrement financée et dotée d’un personnel professionnel.
CFLA Releases Intellectual Freedom Statement on Labeling
News May 9, 2024
The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) this week released a statement endorsing the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2015 statement Labeling Systems: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights.
FCAB publie une déclaration sur la liberté intellectuelle concernant l’étiquetage
News May 9, 2024
La Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (FCAB) a publié cette semaine une déclaration approuvant la déclaration de 2015 de l’American Library Association (ALA) Systèmes d’étiquetage : une interprétation de la Déclaration des droits des bibliothèques.
Survey: Climate Action and Canadian Libraries
News May 6, 2024
The Canadian Federation of Library Associations’ (CFLA) Climate Action Committee is surveying the library community to better understand how CFLA can support climate action work in Canadian libraries.