At our FOPL Board meeting the Board received a visit from Kevin Brennan, senior project executive with the new Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) / Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (FCAB). Subsequently they passed a motion to have the executive director to join CFLA for 2017. This has been accomplished and FOPL is proud to be a member of this new national initiative.
As a result all FOPL members and their staff are members of CFLA as well. FOPL has two votes, on its members behalf, on all motions and will participate to represent the interests of the Ontario (and Canadian) public library sector.
We are particularly interested in how the national government advocacy agenda puzzles nicely with the FOPL government relations activities.
Here is more detail for your information (with links):
Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA)
This page [https://librarianship.ca/features/cfla/] brings together information published about the new Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) / Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (FCAB).
Website:
Facebook:
Twitter: @CFLAFCAB
Governance
On May 16, 2016 the Canadian Federation of Library Associations / Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques was officially incorporated as a federal not-for-profit corporation.
Executive
(From now until the first Annual General Meeting at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in 2017)
- Chair – Donna Bourne-Tyson
- Vice Chair – Peter Bailey
- Secretary – Alix-Rae Stefanko
- Treasurer – Shelagh Paterson
Board Members
(From now until the first Annual General Meeting at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in 2017)
- Annette Defaveri, British Columbia (British Columbia Library Association)
- Peter Bailey, Alberta (Library Association of Alberta)
- Alix-Rae Stefanko, Prairie Provinces: Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Manitoba Library Association)
- Shelagh Paterson, Central Canada (Ontario Library Association)
- Sonia Smith, Quebec (L’Association des bibliothècaires du Quebec Library Association)
- Carole Laguë, francophone library association (Association des bibliothèques publiques du Quebec)
- Trecia Schell, Atlantic Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador (Nova Scotia Library Association)
- Paul Takala, Canadian Urban Libraries Council (Canadian Urban Libraries Council/Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada)
- Donna Bourne-Tyson, Canadian Association of Research Libraries (Canadian Association of Research Libraries / Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada)
- Camille Callison, member at large, Indigenous Representation.
Senior Project Executive
Kevin Brennan
CFLA-FCAB Board: (L-R): Donna Bourne-Tyson, Peter Bailey, Shelagh Paterson, Alix-Rae Stefanko, Paul Takala, Carole Laguë, Sonia Smith, Camille Callison Missing from Photo: Annette Defaveri, Trecia Schell
Updates
CFLA Updates: AGM, Truth and Reconciliation, Guidelines/Position Papers, CLA Book Awards Collection
2 December 2016
Message from the CFLA-FCAB Interim Chair, Donna Bourne-Tyson
14 July 2016
CFLA Update: Kevin Brennan Joins As Senior Project Executive
24 Jun 2016
Update on the Dissolution of the Canadian Library Association
24 Jun 2016
Update from the Canadian Federation of Library Associations
9 June 2016
Update on the Dissolution of the Canadian Library Association
27 May 2016
Message from the CFLA-FCAB Chair Paul Takala
May 24, 2016
CFLA Wordmark/Graphic Identity Challenge
May 17, 2016
Update from the Canadian Federation of Library Associations
May 13, 2016
CFLA Replaces CLA as Canadian Co-Publisher of RDA
May 13, 2016
Update on the Dissolution of the Canadian Library Association
April 29, 2016
Update on Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA)
March 25, 2016
Events
February 1, 2017 – 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (Part of the OLA Superconference)
CFLA-FCAB Annual General Meeting
June 2, 2016 – 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Part of the CLA Forum)
CFLA-FCAB Town Hall
Join members of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations / Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA/FCAB) board of directors for a town hall meeting.
Background Documents
Final Proposal for the Creation of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA)
December 2015
Consultation: Toward a Federation of Library Associations in Canada
October 2015