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Elections Toolkit for Accessible Book Funding in Canada
News September 8, 2021
NNELS and CELA have released a federal elections toolkit to help supporters connect with and educate candidates about accessible reading.
Canada’s Museums and Election 2021
News September 4, 2021
Canada’s national, provincial and territorial museums associations are calling on federal political parties to commit to updating Canada’s 30-year-old national museum policy and asking party leaders to share their vision for Canada’s museums prior to election day.
Library and Archives Canada Announces Funding for 19 Projects to Digitize and Preserve Indigenous Language and Culture Recordings
News August 13, 2021
Nineteen Indigenous organizations will receive funding from LAC’s Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative to digitize and make accessible their existing audio and video heritage.
Rebecca Jones In Conversation With Salvy Trojman and Stephen Rhind-Tutt
News August 9, 2021
A discussion about what’s next for the Canadian Electronic Library and plans for Trojman Corp to distribute and develop digital content for the Canadian market.
Ādisōke: Telling Stories at the New Ottawa Public Library / Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility
News August 5, 2021
Ādisōke is an Anishinābemowin word that refers to the telling of stories.
News Release: The Trojman Corporation to Develop and Distribute Products for Canadian Libraries
News August 4, 2021 3 comments
Salvy Trojman today announced the creation of a new company to distribute and develop products for the Canadian market.
News Release: Trojman Corporation and Coherent Digital to produce new Canadian Electronic Library
News August 4, 2021
Trojman Corporation and Coherent Digital will produce a new version of the Canadian Electronic Library (CEL) in early 2022 featuring additional content, user uploads, additional indexing, and an improved user experience.
On Diversity: A Survey of Canadian Readers 2021
News August 3, 2021
86% of readers agree with the statement “Libraries should have more books by a greater variety of authors”, the same was true for a similar statement but focused on bookstores or retailers (85%), and on publishers (86%).
Call for Nominations: W. Kaye Lamb Award for Service to Seniors
News August 1, 2021
The deadline for this year’s award is September 30, 2021.
CFLA Intellectual Freedom Brief on Challenges to Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier
News July 30, 2021
The brief highlights the responsibility of libraries support intellectual freedom and safeguard free expression while acknowleding that these conversations may have negative impacts on relationships with communities served by libraries.