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Nigel Tappin, Regional OPLA Councillor Central East and Information Service Coordinator at Huntsville Public Library, takes up a new position as Head of Reference at the Manitoba Legislative Library in late November. After almost ten years at Huntsville and over 20 as an Ontario public librarian with Huntsville, North York, and elsewhere, Nigel ...

Of interest to the library sector, the following ministers have the following cabinets:

Marzio Appolloni, Chief Librarian, Bruce County Public Library system announces retirement in March 2012.

The Ontario Library Association’s Human Library Committee has created a Human Library Toolkit for all Ontario Libraries to use when planning an event. If your library is hosting a Human Library event – please let us know so we can promote it for you!

TORONTO, ON --(October 11, 2011) – With just one week left to go, the Ontario Library Association and S&B Books are excited to reveal the short-listed nominated titles for the 2012 Forest of Reading®. All nominated titles will be posted on the Forest® page of the OLA website on October 17th, 2011, which you can visit at...

A Chapter Closes

In Partnership with Library Journal/School Library Journal magazines Librareo is launched. This free web-based community is intended to support the future of libraries and librarianship by providing students enrolled in Library and Information Studies (LIS) programs with free access to the professional resources they'll rely upon following...

Jane Beaumont has been appointed as the new chair to the CNIB National Board of Directors.

Libraries across the country will be holding events to highlight the impact of libraries in their communities. This year's theme is "Your Library: A Place Unbound", recognizing that Canada's libraries are evolving to meet the needs of an increasingly information-driven society. From coast to coast to coast, libraries are without...

Canada's Copyright Modernization Act is Re-introduced. Here is an excerpt regarding education and libraries: