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A summary of last weekend’s meeting of national and provincial/territorial associations to discuss the future of the Canadian Library Association.

The full report [PDF] is available from the Royal Society of Canada website. Executive Summary Purpose In Spring 2013 the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) struck this Expert Panel on …

On Monday, September 29, 2014 CLA Executive Council met with the new Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Dr. Guy Berthiaume, and several of Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) senior staff.

Presentations and discussions revolved around shared challenges and finding shared solutions amongst forum participants. Copyright, digital preservation and access, discoverability, changing user expectations and behaviours, innovative approaches, the end of LAC inter-library loan service were all part of the discussions.

The purpose of the Guidelines for the Education of Library Technicians is to promote excellence in the training and education of library technicians and to serve as a national standard for both educational institutions in Canada and employers who need to determine the capabilities of program graduates.

Investments in libraries pay long-term dividends in having an economically stronger, more socially inclusive community