Thirty-seven people have been laid off from their jobs at Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library. A one-week closure has also been… Read More »
Gates to offer grants
The Gates Library Foundation has launched a Canadian grant program to provide public libraries in low-income communities with computer hardware,… Read More »
Gates Fdn awards $20-million so far
More Canadian grants still to come
Festival thanks librarians
Librarians past and present will receive tribute at the third annual Festival of Words in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.The six-day celebration… Read More »
Children’s book database going online
Sometime within the next year, computer users will be able to tap into the resources of the Canadian Children’s Book… Read More »
Alberta plans province-wide library card
A new library card in Alberta will allow users to borrow books from not just a single institution, but from… Read More »
Rethinking Western’s civilization
The University of Western Ontario’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) will be merged into a faculty of… Read More »
Public lending right faces challenging future
International conference raises questions about who should benefit in digital age
Information’s new age
Can libraries reinvent themselves for the future?
Libraries face “skills gap”
48% of librarians could retire by 2005