by FOPLED | Sep 20, 2016 | FOPL News
#FollowALibrary was started Oct 1, 2009. It was started by this guy, (also @dpgreen) an Australian librarian. It was promoted by David Lee King in 2010. It’s run each year since then. It has an account linked to it: @followalibrary, which references Mr Green...
by FOPLED | Sep 19, 2016 | FOPL News
A Spring Session and Throne Speech Update A lot has been going on in our provincial parliament! To keep you up to date, here’s a review of Ontario legislative highlights relevant to nonprofits (via ONN) from the 2016 spring session and the September 12 Speech from the...
by FOPLED | Sep 9, 2016 | FOPL News
FOPL Members: After a few years of research and strategic thinking we are finally ready to launch some of the components of our province-wide marketing plan as our library community has wanted and voted on in our Libraries 2020 and Libraries 2025 Summits. Please find...
by FOPLED | Sep 9, 2016 | FOPL News
Here are copies of two letters from FOPL to Eleanor McMahon, The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The first one is our welcome to her new role as Minister after the Culture Strategy Launch at AGO where we met her. mcmahonltr-on-congratulations-and-culture The...
by FOPLED | Sep 9, 2016 | FOPL News
Here are specific recommendations in Ontario’s Culture Strategy that are relevant to FOPL and our library community. I have highlighted sections of particular interest to public libraries in red and yellow but there are links to library and municipal strategy...