Ontario’s plan to amalgamate the local governments in the Toronto area may bring substantial changes to the bureaucratic structure of the city’s public library system, notably a wholesale merger of the six boards and the ... Read More »

The library action committee of the Book and Periodical Council is now finalizing a paper showing that public libraries make significant contributions to cultural, financial, and political life in Canada, and underscores the constraints they ... Read More »

Thirty-seven people have been laid off from their jobs at Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library. A one-week closure has also been announced as a further cost-cutting measure. The library will close from Aug. 25 to Sept. ... Read More »

The Gates Library Foundation has launched a Canadian grant program to provide public libraries in low-income communities with computer hardware, software, Internet hook-ups, and staff training.The Foundation – established in 1997 by Microsoft founder Bill ... Read More »

Librarians past and present will receive tribute at the third annual Festival of Words in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.The six-day celebration of writing and film, which takes place from July 20 to 25, aims to give ... Read More »

Sometime within the next year, computer users will be able to tap into the resources of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre via a comprehensive online database now under development. Staff at the centre are currently ... Read More »

A new library card in Alberta will allow users to borrow books from not just a single institution, but from all around the province. The Alberta Library Card is expected to be introduced early this ... Read More »

The University of Western Ontario’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) will be merged into a faculty of communication if an idea now being explored becomes reality. Bernd Frohmann, acting dean of SLIS, ... Read More »