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NNELS Receives Federal Funding to Improve Equity in Access and Services for Canadian Readers With Disabilities

News December 10, 2020

The National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) last week announced the receipt of funding of $1 million from the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability Component …

IFLA Launches Survey on Intellectual Freedom

News December 10, 2020

To mark Human Rights Day 2020, IFLA has opened a survey seeking views on intellectual freedom developments in recent years, their impact on libraries, and potential revisions to IFLA’s Statement on the subject.

CFLA Launches 2020 Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey

Canadian Federation of Library Associations / Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques

News December 7, 2020

The purpose of the survey is to gather data about the nature and outcomes of challenges to intellectual freedom initiated in publicly funded Canadian libraries (e.g., public, school, post-secondary, and government).

Call for Proposals: Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) 2021 Virtual Conference

News December 7, 2020

The deadline for proposal submissions is Monday, January 4, 2021.

CFLA, Libraries, and A National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

News December 6, 2020

“It’s my hope that with a national day of truth and reconciliation, learning and discussion will be amplified across Canada. In this, libraries are able to act as a key component to help ensure that we will not have another generation that will not know the truth and that we will acknowledge and honour the survivors and remember those who have died.”