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Save the Date: Government Information Day (East) 2019

News July 18, 2019

Government Information Day brings together librarians, experts, and practitioners to discuss innovations, ideas, and plans for the access and delivery of government information in all of its formats.

IFLA Survey of LGBTIQ+ Library Resources and Services

News July 8, 2019

The purpose of this survey is to determine how libraries around the world recognize and meet the needs of LGBTIQ+ populations, as well as the need for cisgender and/or heterosexual populations to have access to information and resources about LGBTIQ+ people and issues.

Bestselling Indigenous Books in Canada

News July 2, 2019

What were the bestselling Indigenous books in Canada over the past 52 weeks?

CFLA and NIKLA Release First Nations, Métis, and Inuit – Indigenous Ontology (FNMIIO)

Screenshot of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit – Indigenous Ontology (FNMIIO)

News July 1, 2019

The Indigenous Ontology is a working list of Indigenous Names to better reflect how Indigenous people currently prefer to refer to themselves.

Government of Canada Launches Connectivity Strategy

Cover of High-Speed Access for All: Canada's Connectivity Strategy

News June 27, 2019

The Strategy is the Government’s plan to ensure that all Canadians have access to affordable, reliable, high-speed Internet, no matter where they live.

Survey on Empathy in Libraries

News June 24, 2019

The purpose of the research is to gather perspective on what libraries can do, or already do, regarding fostering the development of empathy in libraries for library staff and for patrons.