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CFLA Issues Guidance on Responding to “Notices of Personal Liability”
News July 7, 2022
The CFLA Intellectual Freedom Committee this week released guidance for public libraries that receive a form letter titled Notice of Personal Liability.
LAC Vision 2030: Library and Archives Canada Releases New Strategic Plan
News July 4, 2022
Vision 2030 defines the institution’s goals until 2030 and the measures through which it is planning to accomplish them.
Shelved Announces Series Leads
News June 29, 2022 1 comment
The cast includes Lyndie Greenwood, Chris Sandiford, Dakota Ray Hebert, and Paul Braunstein
Lost & Found Index
News June 18, 2022 1 comment
In the last year, Uber Canada riders have left behind a sub, a tiramisu cake, as well as a number of phones, wallets, and keys.
What are some commonly forgotten items in your library? What are some unique or unusual items left behind?
New Issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Available
News June 18, 2022
Vol 17, No 2 (2022)
IFLA North America Copyright Survey
News June 18, 2022
The IFLA North America Regional Division Committee is conducting a survey to help understand what topics library workers and leaders are interested in updates about in relation to copyright and international activities.
Call for Participants: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Youth Advisory Council 2022-2023
News June 13, 2022
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is inviting Canadians aged aged 16 to 25 to join its 2022-2023 Youth Advisory Council on Service Transformation to help transform its services to the public.
Call for Participants: UBC Study on Intellectual Freedom and Medical Disinformation
News June 13, 2022
Researchers at the University of British Columbia, in partnership with BCLA, are conducting a study titled, “Balancing intellectual freedom and medical disinformation in Canadian libraries.”
Shelved: “Like The Office, but in a library.”
News June 11, 2022 3 comments
“Set in the Jameson Public Library in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, Shelved is a single-camera, workplace comedy that follows the employees and patrons as they go about their lives in this unassuming and extraordinary place.”
Surveys for EDI Strategies in Recruitment in Libraries
News June 8, 2022
The surveys are part of a project to develop a toolkit to help libraries achieve more racially equitable workforces; libraries can become stronger, more effective and relevant by hiring people with diverse lived experiences, talents, and abilities.