Content tagged Canada

Our latest profile of a library offering dedicated services around indigenous languages and the communities that speak them comes from Patricia Knockwood, Indigenous Services Librarian at New...

News - 1 October 2019

Tags: Canada, Indigenous Matters, International Year of Indigenous Languages, IYIL 2019, Indigenous Matters

Profiles in the National Bibliographic Register have recently been added for: Canadiana : the National Bibliography of Canada The Greek National Bibliography The...

News - 5 August 2019

Tags: Bibliography, Canada, Greece, national bibliographies, Turkey, Bibliography

ELending is becoming increasingly important and is already well-established in many countries. While jurisdictions approach the lending of eBooks and other digital material in many different ways...

News - 12 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Australia, Canada, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Intellectual property, Licensing, New Zealand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Preserving and celebrating culture can be key to efforts to promote cohesion and cooperation in diverse societies. This is no truer than in the case of indigenous communities, who have...

News - 28 January 2019

Tags: Canada, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Indigenous peoples, International Year of Indigenous Languages, IYIL 2019, Indigenous Matters

IFLA has interviewed Sharon Day, speaking on behalf of a campaign in Canada to boost the availability - and affordability - of eBooks for libraries. The goal - to ensure that Canada's...

News - 15 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Canada, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

With the right copyright laws key to library activities, IFLA actively advocates for positive reforms at the international, regional and national levels. In light of the current review of Canada...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Canada, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries were front and centre at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2018, sharing both their commitment to openness and their skills in making this a reality. IFLA was there, engaging in...

News - 23 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Canada, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​​ Hot on the heels of our fantastic Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) regional workshop last week, it was North America’s turn to shine as the IFLA Global Vision world tour...

News - 19 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Announcement, Canada, IFLA, IFLA Global Vision

The Creative Commons Global Summit brings together people from around the world interested in making it easier to create and share knowledge freely. IFLA will be there, talking in particular about...

Event - 14 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Canada, Conference, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA is creating the biggest idea store for actions, a source of inspiration for all librarians and for IFLA in planning for the future. Through a series of workshops and an online...

Event - 19 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Canada, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting

Dear colleagues and friends, We want to thank you for coming to the MetLib conference held in Montreal in early May. We hope that you found the workshops, the library tours, and...

News - 31 May 2017

Tags: Canada, Conferences, Metropolitan Libraries

The contest A Corto di Libri received 31 submissions from Europe, North / South America and Australia. Among those, 17 films were selected because of their focus on a public library in the context...

News - 22 May 2017

Tags: award, Awards, Canada, Metropolitan Libraries

Human progress, innovation and creativity depends on being able to access, share and build on existing knowledge and ideas. Libraries have long been at the heart of delivering this. Yet...

News - 2 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Canada, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

We are pleased to share with you the preliminary version of the IFLA MetLib conference programme! The co-hosts of this event, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Qu...

News - 13 March 2017

Tags: Canada, conference programme, Conferences, Metropolitan Libraries

If you are planning to travel to Montréal for the IFLA MetLib Conference, consider that on Friday May 5, in the afternoon, there will be a free optional tour, outside of Montréal...

News - 19 January 2017

Tags: Canada, Conferences, library visits, Metropolitan Libraries

Registration for the 2017 MetLib Conference is now open!  The event will be held from April 30, 5 pm, to May 5, noon, in Montréal, at the Grande Bibliothèque (475 De...

News - 2 December 2016

Tags: Canada, Conference registration, Conferences, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Libraries

The co-hosts are Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and the City of Montréal. Participate in the programme! The programme will delve...

Event - 18 November 2016

Tags: Canada, Conference, Conferences, Partnerships, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Libraries

IFLA President Donna Scheeeder invites you to the IFLA President's Meeting 2016. Keynotes talks, presentations and discussion will focus on the four central themes of the change agenda...

News - 1 December 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Canada, IFLA Trend Report, Lyon Declaration, Policy agenda, SDGs, UN post-2015 Development Agenda

ACD Section Successful Int’l Workshop In Mexico! Dear Colleagues, The ACD Section organized a successful International Workshop on Acquisition & Collection Development...

News - 19 July 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Canada, Collection development, France, Germany, Mexico, United States of America

You'll find below the presentations that have been done during ACD's 2013 International Workshop in Tijuana & Ensenada, Mecixo : Presentation 1: Helen Ladron de Guevara (in...

Publication - 19 July 2013

Tags: Canada, Collection development, France, Germany, Mexico, United States of America, Acquisition and Collection Development, Publications

Segenat Children and Youth Library, Mekelle, Ethiopia This online book was developed with the following goals: To provide librarians around the world with a reference...

Publication - 31 May 2013

Tags: Africa, Australia, Canada, Case studies, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indigenous peoples, Information professionals, Librarianship, Mexico, Multicultural populations, Pakistan, South Africa, Uganda, United States of America, Publications, Indigenous Matters

photo courtesy of Martin Dee, University of British Columbia—Vancouver  Mark your calendars! Announcing the 2012 IFLA Presidential Programme IFLA Presidential...

News - 3 February 2012

Tags: Announcement, Canada, Cultural heritage, Multicultural populations, Multilingualism

26 to 28 September 2012 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, in cooperation with the School of Library, Archival and Information...

News - 13 January 2012

Tags: Announcement, Canada, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation

BSLA Case Study - 29 July 2011

Tags: Associations, Building Strong Library Associations, Canada

The TD National Reading Summit is the first step towards developing a Canadian national reading strategy, which will foster a reading culture in communities across the country. Three successive...

Event - 5 August 2009

Tags: Advocacy, Canada, Conference, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

From 11 till 13 November 2009 a reading Summit will take place in Toronto, Canada. One of the speakers will be Ingrid Bon, Chair of IFLA section Libraries for Children and Young Adults. More...

News - 5 August 2009

Tags: Canada, Reading, Libraries for Children and Young Adults