by FOPLED | Feb 22, 2019 | FOPL News
A History of the American Public Library FEB 19, 2019 A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be. Editor’s note: This month, CityLab’s visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger shares the story of how America’s public libraries came...
by FOPLED | Feb 22, 2019 | FOPL News
On March 29, the iSchool will be organizing a Round Table at the Faculty of Information (University of Toronto) on the theme: “Toward a Vibrant and Innovative Francophone Community” (9am-2pm). We’re delighted to confirm the participation of the Commissioner of...
by FOPLED | Feb 21, 2019 | FOPL News
What are the privacy responsibilities of public libraries? http://www.ontla.on.ca/library/repository/mon/5000/10308563.pdf For a library visitor, privacy essentially means the right to be able to read any book or access any reference material without fear of having...
by FOPLED | Feb 20, 2019 | FOPL News
The importance of keeping a beat: Researchers link ability to keep a beat to reading, language skills https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-importance-link-ability-language-skills.html “A study in The Journal of Neuroscience by Dr. Nina Kraus shows a...
by FOPLED | Feb 20, 2019 | FOPL News
Three new ‘Quick Reads’ books published PLA published three new books in its Quick Reads for Busy Librarians series in 2018. The Quick Reads series features publications under 100 pages long and covering topics deemed essential to modern public library workers. Taking...
