The volunteer non-profit Canadian Comics Open Library proposes a new way to catalogue graphica.
Heather Jessup on literary fakes, forgeries, and the Secret Library of Mr. Prud’homme
This is the story behind The Secret Library of Mr. Prud’homme, a touring exhibition with stops in Halifax, Toronto, Saskatoon, and Vancouver, which examines artistic ownership and institutional authority.
Ontario Library Service CEOs: what you might not know about Ontario’s library cuts
After their budgets were cut by 50%, OLSN CEO Mellissa D’Onofrio-Jones and SOLS CEO Barbara Franchetto explain some of the services that their organizations offer and the trickle-down impact of the cuts.
Inside the war between Canadian libraries and multinational publishers
An online campaign reveals the tensions between Canadian libraries and multinational publishers over digital pricing and audiobook availability.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming April titles
Vivek Shraya’s graphic novel Death Threat tops the librarians’ most-anticipated list.
Launching Loan Stars Jr.: librarians pick their top kidlit for April
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming March titles
Kyo Maclear’s Spork chosen for Peel Region’s first Three Communities One Story initiative
The Libraries of Peel Region have named Spork, a picture book written by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, as its first Three Communities One Story community-read title.
Prairie Indigenous ebook collection launches with 200 titles
Two-hundred Indigenous books have been added to the Alberta eBooks Collection as part of Alberta’s new Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection.
Libraries launch public campaign over publisher ebook, audiobook pricing
The Canadian Urban Libraries Council has turned to the public in a campaign urging the big five multinational publishers to renegotiate the price they charge libraries for ebooks and audiobooks.