The Book and Periodical Council's annual Freedom to Read Week, raising awareness of literary censorship and banned or challenged titles, concludes on March 4. Here's a list of events to catch before the week is ... Read More »
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The country's largest library system has released the lists of its most-borrowed titles of 2016. A number of the year's biggest Canadian books proved to be just as popular with Toronto Public Library patrons as ... Read More »
For more than 100 years, the Regina Public Library has served the community with innovative programming. From J.R.C. Honeyman, its first librarian from 1908 to 1936, and his efforts to ensure immigrants had access to ... Read More »
November 24, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries
The Brampton‚ Ontario, public library has announced the shortlist for its One Book Brampton honour‚ a celebration of reading that recognizes one Canadian title, voted on by the public from a list selected by local ... Read More »
“Is this the new library?” a child asked one recent afternoon as she crossed the threshold into the Halifax Central Library. “It’s awesome!” The kid’s not wrong. The five-storey glass structure, built to resemble a ... Read More »
June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries
The Toronto Public Library has joined library systems in Winnipeg, Hamilton, Edmonton, Vancouver, and elsewhere in offering free access to online tutorials via Lynda.com to library cardholders. The California-based education tool offers thousands of video ... Read More »
November 3, 2015 | Filed under: Libraries
Toronto's Dundurn Press is harnessing the recent popularity of adult colouring books with a forthcoming title that showcases North America's busiest library system. All the Libraries Toronto, due Oct. 31., explores the city's architecture and ... Read More »
September 10, 2015 | Filed under: Libraries
Melissa McAfee, special collections librarian at the University of Guelph, delicately opens a 1684 fifth edition of The Queen-Like Closet by Hannah Woolley, a British widower believed to be the first woman to make a ... Read More »
April 15, 2014 | Filed under: Libraries
News broke this week that Library and Archives Canada intends to outsource AMICUS, Canada's free national catalogue listing library holdings across the country, to a U.S.-based firm. The agency posted a notice proposing a sole-sourced ... Read More »
April 4, 2014 | Filed under: Libraries
For many people, the first day of spring means a return to gardening. Those who want to get a head start digging in the dirt will soon be able to check out seeds from the ... Read More »
March 20, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Libraries
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