Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Goodminds offers one-stop shop

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For librarians looking for books and other materials about First Nations peoples, some hunting and gathering skills may be required. A number of publishers – including Douglas & McIntyre, Theytus Books, and Pemmican Publications – ... Read More »

May 6, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

Go ask for Alice

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The University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library has received the largest private collection of the works of Lewis Carroll in the world – and the largest and most valuable single-author collection in its ... Read More »

May 6, 2004

Don’t shush them in

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Picture a rainy Saturday afternoon at a public library in 2025. This particular location, the Bloor-Gladstone branch of the Ontario Integrated Library (formerly the Toronto Public Library), is a busy place. In the basement, a ... Read More »

May 6, 2004

CLA ’98

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The information age presents exciting possibilities for libraries and librarians, but many will have to struggle to survive long enough to reap the benefits of a promising future, says Canadian Library Association (CLA) president Paul ... Read More »

May 6, 2004

A place for our stuff

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Douglas Brymner started the National Archives 131 years ago with three rooms in the West Block on Parliament Hill. Today a large portion of the collection is contained in a 180,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, preservation facility in ... Read More »

May 6, 2004

A banner year

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To celebrate the 50th year of the world-renowned Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books, children’s author Linda Granfield is creating a quilt incorporating images from favourite books. Granfield is inviting kids from kindergarten to Grade ... Read More »

May 6, 2004