Everything tagged: Canadian Federation of Library Associations

CFLA Report of Activities – January 1, 2019 to February 28, 2019

CFLA Report of Activities – August 31, 2018 to October 31, 2018

Survey on the move of the National Union Catalogue to the OCLC-hosted platform Voila “to gather information to help inform necessary parties to work toward solutions.”

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) has declared the third Friday in October to be Canadian Library Workers Day.

“Libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education, about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information.” –Neil Gaiman …

What should be the core mission/role of CFLA? What should be its key areas of focus? What national issues should it be engaged in?

CFLA-FCAB recommends that Parliament eliminate Crown copyright on all publicly accessible government works or make those works openly licensed by default (e.g., using a Creative Commons licence).

Recommendations in similar areas of interest: Copyright override, Crown Copyright, Fair dealing, Indigenous Knowledge, Orphan works, Technological Protection Measures (TPM), and Term Extentions.

Calls on federal government to invest in library infrastructure, accessible formats for Canadians with perceptual disabilities, Library Materials Service, and indigenous education in library services.

The executive director of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) has provided an overview of activities since May 2018.