Many librarians tend to think of the Internet as a quick reference source for phone books or news headlines, rather than as a source that enhances our traditional expertise in the field of literature. Of ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
Two divisions of CLA – the Canadian Library Trustees Association and the Canadian Association of Public Libraries – are co-sponsoring a day devoted exclusively to Friends of Libraries at this year’s annual conference. The event ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
When metro Toronto library systems went public with news of a “$1-million robbery” taking place annually in their buildings, they deliberately exposed what one librarian refers to as the library sector’s “dirty secret”: the staggering ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
CanCopy and Canada’s public libraries have tentatively agreed on a model licencing agreement that will eventually generate royalty revenue from the huge volume of photocopying done by public library users across the country. The agreement ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
Selected public libraries across Canada could receive either free high-speed Internet access or cash payments for allowing cellular antennas to be installed on their rooftops through an agreement reached at the end of April between ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
The Glenn Gould estate has filed an appeal in its legal fight against Stoddart Publishing over the late Jock Carroll’s Glenn Gould: Some Portraits of the Artist as a Young Man. When Stoddart published the book ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
Barnes & Noble has exercised its option to re-establish its 20% ownership stake in Chapters, buying up 736,795 new treasury shares issued at $15.11 per share. The U.S. retailing giant purchased a 20% interest in ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
Publishing associations are applauding the creation of a refundable tax credit for book publishers announced in the 1997-98 Ontario budget. Effective immediately, Ontario companies will be eligible for a 30% credit for preproduction and promotional ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
The editors of the second edition of the Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature say they expect their publisher may be a little surprised when they submit a manuscript that runs close to one million words ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
If they win the next election, the federal Liberals are promising to gather all of Ottawa’s publishing programs into one streamlined agency – using the movie industry’s Telefilm agency as a model – to be ... Read More »
March 3, 2004
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