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Calgary Library Foundation hosts book drive this weekend

This Saturday, the Calgary Public Library Foundation and the City of Calgary are hosting a city-wide book drive to raise funds to replace thousands of books destroyed in last month's flood and the extensive damage ... Read More »

July 25, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Storify: should libraries sell books?

By Sue Carter

Last week, Q&Q ran a guest opinion piece by Vancouver librarians Shirley Lew and Baharak Yousefi, who argued that libraries should get into the business of selling books. The reaction to the story came in ... Read More »

July 15, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Toronto Public Library adds Kobo to retail partners

By Sue Carter

The Toronto Public Library has expanded its retail affiliate program to include digital titles from Kobo. Patrons can now purchase ebooks directly from Kobo through linked pages on torontopubliclibrary.ca. For each ebook purchased, TPL receives ... Read More »

July 9, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Guest opinion: why libraries should get into the book-selling business

By Q&Q Staff

In the June 2013 issue of Q&Q, Vancouver librarians Shirley Lew and Baharak Yousefi argue that libraries should get into the business of selling books. It may be sacrilegious and antithetical to everything libraries stand ... Read More »

July 9, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

U of T library exhibition celebrates Canadian small presses

By Emma Renda

Rare-books libraries and special collections aren't just about old books, says John Shoesmith, outreach librarian at University of Toronto's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, the oldest repository of its kind in Canada. They are about ... Read More »

June 27, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Simon & Schuster to begin library lending in New York

By Julie Baldassi

Simon & Schuster, the last of the Big Six multinational publishers to venture into ebook library distribution, will make its entire ebook catalogue available to libraries in New York City. A one-year trial will begin at ... Read More »

April 15, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

Controversial Library and Archives Canada code of conduct names teaching as “high-risk” activity

By Sue Carter

A controversial new Library and Archives Canada code of conduct warns its employees that teaching, speaking at conferences, and other personal engagements is considered "high risk to LAC and to the employee with regard to ... Read More »

March 18, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Toronto Public Library initiates date-due slip advertising

By Natalie Sequeira

By next month, Toronto Public Library users will begin noticing advertisements on the backs of their date-due slips. The announcement comes a little more than a year after the TPL started looking into selling ads ... Read More »

March 11, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Toronto Public Library launches Retail Affiliate Program

By Natalie Sequeira

The Toronto Public Library announced on Wednesday that library users now have the option of purchasing books via its website. Through the new Retail Affiliate Program, customers will see a "buy now" option when they ... Read More »

March 7, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Toronto Public Library picks Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for 2013 One Book event

By Natalie Sequeira

The Toronto Public Library is hoping to get readers fired up this spring with Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Books), which has been chosen for the 2013 One Book community reading event. "We decided to ... Read More »

February 27, 2013 | Filed under: Events, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: Libraries

Calgary Library Foundation hosts book drive this weekend

Storify: should libraries sell books?

Toronto Public Library adds Kobo to retail partners

Guest opinion: why libraries should get into the book-selling business

U of T library exhibition celebrates Canadian small presses

Simon & Schuster to begin library lending in New York

Controversial Library and Archives Canada code of conduct names teaching as “high-risk” activity

Toronto Public Library initiates date-due slip advertising

Toronto Public Library launches Retail Affiliate Program

Toronto Public Library picks Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for 2013 One Book event

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