Slow burn

Believe Carol, a Toronto library assistant, when she tells you libraries are not quiet. Given the stresses she’s faced on the job, it’s surprising she still works in one at all.Patrons with a me-first attitude ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

Ontario libraries fight to save boards

By Q&Q Staff

Is a public library at risk if it’s run directly by city hall rather than a library board? That’s a question that surfaces periodically – and it’s come up again in Ontario, where the provincial ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

Victoria Public Library rights historic wrong

By Q&Q Staff

Libraries are in the business of supplying information, not apologies. But at an emotional public ceremony in November, Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) owned up to a dark period in its past. Tears misted the ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

UWO library school in merger

By Q&Q Staff

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at the University of Western Ontario has become part of a new Faculty of Communication and Open Learning this fall, says Bernd Frohmann, acting dean of ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

U of T buys Caribbean author’s manuscripts

By Q&Q Staff

Sixty-eight boxes of manuscripts from the Nobel Prize-winning author Derek Walcott are settling into their new home at the University of Toronto. Under an agreement with the Caribbean writer, the university will house Walcott’s manuscripts ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

U of C library offers electronic reserve

By Q&Q Staff

A digital licensing agreement developed by CanCopy and the University of Calgary is now allowing the university library to offer some of its students a new service: access to certain copyright-protected works on electronic reserve. ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

CNIB partners with U.K. library to trade in Braille

By Q&Q Staff

Blind and visually impaired readers who can’t find what they want through CNIB’s Library for the Blind in Toronto can now call for material across the pond. The CNIB has formed a partnership with the ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

TPL to get major funding boost

By Q&Q Staff

City politicians have approved a substantial increase in the Toronto Public Library’s capital budget, earmarking more money for renovations and branch reconstruction across the amalgamated system. The Toronto system will spend almost $7-million on capital ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

TPL partners with local hospital

By Q&Q Staff

The Toronto Public Library has formed a partnership with the Scarborough Hospital to provide public access to the library’s consumer health information service database through computer terminals at the hospital. Patients, their families, and the ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

TPL appoints advocate for youth services

By Q&Q Staff

Ken Setterington doesn’t promise that more children’s librarians will be hired because of his new job, but as Toronto Public Library’s first advocate for children and youth services, he pledges to do his best to ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

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