Karen Adams, president of the executive council for
the Canadian Libraries Association, says she's pleasantly surprised her steadfastly pink - collar profession tops the list of fastest - growing earners.
Tomorrow the Education Institute, a partnership of a number of
Canadian library associations, will be conducting a teleseminar on RSS entitled «The Ins and Outs of RSS: Really Simple Solutions for Really Simple Syndication» being presented by Geoffrey Harder.
The Newmarket and Aurora libraries are standing strong with the message sent out by the Ontario and
Canadian library associations that it is the duty of public libraries to uphold Canada's Bill of Rights and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by providing access to all expressions of knowledge, creativity and intellectual activity.
Not exact matches
Current thinking about the school
library as a learning commons, exemplified by Ontario's Together for Learning (Ontario
Library Association 2010) and new national standards, Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School
Library Learning Commons in Canada (
Canadian Library Association 2014) is inspiring educators about realizing new potential for leveraging instructional leadership from the
library learning commons.
October is
Canadian Library Month, and the
Canadian Library
Association is inviting people from across the country to tell their stories about how
libraries have touched their lives and opened up new opportunities.
Canadian School
Libraries Ontario Library
Association Ontario School Library
Association The
Association of Library Consultants and Coordinators of Ontario Ontario Library Information Technology
Association Educational Computing Organization of Ontario American Library
Association American
Association of School Librarians International Society for Technology in Education
Chair,
Canadian School
Libraries (2016 — present) Chair, Ontario Library
Association Mentoring Committee (2016 — present) President, Ontario Library
Association (2014) Vice-President / President - Elect, Ontario Library
Association (2013) Ontario Library
Association Board of Directors (2013 — 2015) The Partnership Board of Directors (2013 — 2014) Co-Chair, The
Association of Library Consultants and Coordinators of Ontario (2011 — 2013) Together for Learning Project Steering Committee (2011 — present) Knowledge Ontario Board of Directors (2008 — 2010) President, Ontario School Library
Association (2005) Ontario Library
Association Board of Directors (2004 — 2005) Together for Learning Writing Team, Ontario School Library
Association (2007 — 2010) Acting Past President, Ontario School Library
Association (2010) OSLA Website Editor (2008 — 2009) Be the Change Writing Team, Ontario School Library
Association (2006 — 2008) Ontario Digital Library Business Plan Steering Committee, OLA (2003 — 2004) OSLA Councillor for Central West Region (2001 — 2004)
Carol Koechlin, a
Canadian education and
library consultant and an international leader in thinking about the school
library learning commons, has created a template in Google Sites for creating a KBC framed around the guided inquiry model from the Ontario School
Library Association's Together for Learning: School
Libraries and the Emergence of the Learning Commons.
The
Canadian Library Association released national standards for school
library learning commons in Canada at its national conference in Victoria, BC in June 2014.
Judith consults, has led
library and leadership
associations, and has published and presented extensively including acting as committee co - chair / principal writer of Achieving Information Literacy Through Quality School
Library Programs: The Vision and Standards for School
Library Programs in Canada (
Canadian Library Association 2003, 2006) and project coordinator / contributing writer for Leading Learning: Standards Of Practice For School
Library Learning Commons In Canada (
Canadian Library Association, 2014).
Carol was a contributing writer for Together for Learning: School
Libraries and the Emergence of the Learning Commons and writing coordinator for Leading Learning: Standards Of Practice For School Library Learning Commons In Canada (
Canadian Library
Association, 2014).
The Leading Learning Commons Digital Badges are designed to teach you about the
Canadian Library Association school
library standards: Leading Learning.
The
Canadian Library Association basically wants to disband themselves because of the stigma that their organization does not meet the needs of the modern
library.
If
Canadian libraries vote to disband the
Canadian Library
Association there will be a number of notable changes that have been recommended in an official document.
«On behalf of public
libraries across the country, we're speaking out on this important issue in the hope it will lead to more access to e-book content for all
Canadians,» said Pilar Martinez, Chair of the
Canadian Library
Association's Ebook Task Force and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Edmonton Public Library.
Canadians seem to agree with this sentiment, because in 2010 we asked staff at public and academic
libraries 70,000 questions each day for a yearly total of 25 million questions (
Canadian Library
Association).
(ii) «The
Canadian Library Association /
Association canadienne des bibliothèques (CLA) was a not - for - profit organization, serving as the national voice of the
Canadian library and information community.
He is a former President of both the
Canadian Library
Association and the Ontario Library
Association and is a popular speaker on the topics of positive organizational culture, leadership, technology and trends affecting the future of
libraries.
Below is the letter from Annette Demers on behalf of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL / ACBD) and John Papadopoulos and Jeanne Maddix on behalf of the
Canadian Council of Academic Law Library Directors which was also endorsed by Robert Thomas on behalf of the Saskatchewan Library
Association.
The
Canadian Association of Research
Libraries produced a report on eBooks in academic libraries in 2008 that identified a range of issue that should be considered by libraries when signing up fo
Libraries produced a report on eBooks in academic
libraries in 2008 that identified a range of issue that should be considered by libraries when signing up fo
libraries in 2008 that identified a range of issue that should be considered by
libraries when signing up fo
libraries when signing up for eBooks.
The
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL) is beginning its 2014 annual conference this weekend in Winnipeg...
Today, I was excited to be in a room of passionate people attending the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries Conference where the session title was «Should We Still Be called Librarians?»
Given that the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL) has around 500 members, which isn't the website's entire audience (but what I've always suspected to be the vast majority), the numbers aren't all that bad.
While there are exceptions in the legislation for
associations sending messages to members, CALL - L is not an official communication vehicle for the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries and membership is broader than just CALL / ACBD members.
This is a follow - up to yesterday's post called
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries 2014 Conference Annual Reports.
on
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries Letter on Eliminating Print Version of Statutes of Canada
This question came to mind when I asked a law librarian attending the annual meeting of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries if she had added Halsburys Laws of Canada to her law
library collection.
Connie Crosby, President of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL), has written a letter to The Honourable Judy M. Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, explaining the many concerns law librarians have about the idea of discontinuing the paper publication of the annual Statutes of Canada.
I'm writing this post from (at the moment) sunny Winnipeg where I am attending the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries annual conference.
Recent announcements timed for the annual meeting of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries included the usual update from the major publishers on recently rebranded businesses and products.
In a recent request to the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries listserv I asked colleagues the current state of online access to
Canadian court dockets.
Many members of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries will be familiar with Wendy Newman, lecturer and fellow at the University of Toronto's iSchool.
One of the cool things I learned last week at the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries annual conference was that there are ebooks and also EBOOKS.
(This article is based on a talk that I gave at this year's
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries conference.)
So I'll start by reporting on one of the sessions I attended at the recent
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries conference held in Vancouver, from May 15 to 18.
My sense is the the inaugural New Law Librarians» Institute last week in London, Ontario, sponsored by the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries / L»
Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit (CALL / ACBD), was very successful.
The
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries /
Association Canadienne des bibliotheques de droit is hosting our annual conference May 6 to 9th at the wonderful Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa.
Apparently, CLB announced this at this year's annual conference of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (which I did not attend).
Unless we take something like the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries» New Law Librarians Institute and turn it into a certification program.
It is a collaborative effort of the Legal Division of the Special
Libraries Association, the Private Law
Libraries Special Interest Section of the American
Association of Law
Libraries, the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries / L»
Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit and the British and Irish
Association of Law Librarians.
The
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL) is accepting nominations for the 2014 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing.
That is a story for another post, and also for a lightening talk at next weeks
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries Conference in Moncton.
As for a sense of how customers feel about the corporate brands of multinational legal publishers, one need only attend the annual meetings of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries to get a sense of the disconnect that exists in the market between the providers and consumers of legal information on issues relating to updating and pricing in particular.
The
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries conference program will include a panel session on writing and publishing.
Hat tip to John Sadler, Chair of the Copyright Committee of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries /
Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit who shared the link via the CALL listserv.
One of the high points of the history of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries — L'
Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit (CALL - ACBD) was the «Quebec Riot» of 1989.
Over the past week, the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries has collaborated with other national and provincial
associations to consider the qualities we believe are necessary for a successful candidate to the position of Librarian and Archivist of Canada.
Fortunately the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL) has taken an active role with regards to copyright in law l
Libraries (CALL) has taken an active role with regards to copyright in law
librarieslibraries.
At the awards luncheon at the recent CALL conference (
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries) in Windsor, ON, the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing was presented to the Nova Scotia Barristers» Society Library & Information Services for their Nova Scotia Annotated Civil Procedure Rules service.
I had the pleasure last week of presenting at the annual meeting of the
Canadian Association of Law
Libraries / / L'
Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit on the topic «Legal Project Management: Is There a Role for Law Librarians?»