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Celebrate Culture and Art with Culture Days at the Library RHPL continues to offer a variety of virtual programs during COVID-19 pandemic
Sept 21, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Celebrate Culture and Art with Culture Days at the Library RHPL continues to offer a variety of virtual programs during COVID-19 pandemic Richmond Hill Public Library (RHPL) invites you to get inspired through a variety of online and in person programs in celebration of local art and culture. RHPL, a provincially-recognized Culture Days Hub, has partnered with the City of Richmond Hill to offer a many free, cultural experiences for the community in a...
Official Release of the Goverment of Canada Survey of Heritage Institutions 2019 Report Data capture the 2017 reporting year
Official Release of the Goverment of Canada Survey of Heritage Institutions 2019 Report Data capture the 2017 reporting year The Department of Canadian Heritage is pleased to announce the release of the 2019 report on the Government of Canada Survey of Heritage Institutions (GCSHI), which collected financial and operating information for the 2017 data year on not-for-profit heritage institutions, including museums, art galleries, archives, historic sites, zoos and botanical gardens. 2017...
Canadian broadcasters say 40 TV stations and more than 100 radio stations will shut down over the next few years without government aid
Canadian broadcasters say 40 TV stations and more than 100 radio stations will shut down over the next few years without government aid https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/09/19/canadian-broadcasters-say-40-tv-stations-and-more-than-100-radio-stations-will-shut-down-over-the-next-few-years-without-government-aid.html
RIP Ernie Ingles
RIP Ernie Ingles September 18, 2020 "The Bibliographical Society of Canada shared this obituary (written by Merrill Distad) today: Ernest Boyce (“Ernie”) Ingles, BA, MA, MLS, FRSC departed this life in Edmonton on Thursday, September 17, 2020, in his 71st year. A graduate of the Universities of Calgary and British Columbia, Ernie Ingles was one of Canada’s preeminent academic librarians and library innovators. During a professional career spanning more than four decades, he served successively...
New Data From BookNet Canada: “2020 Library Use And Book Buying in Canada Half-Year Review”
New Data From BookNet Canada: “2020 Library Use And Book Buying in Canada Half-Year Review” Via Gary Price at LJ InfoDocket https://www.infodocket.com/2020/09/18/booknet-canada-2020-library-use-and-book-buying-in-canada-half-year-review/ "From BookNet Canada: At a glance, we found that from 2018 through mid-2020, the percentage of borrowers has lowered 1% each year; going from 28% in 2018 to 26% in the first half of 2020. In comparison, the percentage of buyers has slightly increased from 21%...
Ford limits indoor and outdoor gatherings across the province
Ford limits indoor and outdoor gatherings across the province https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/09/19/coronavirus-updates-covid-19-canada-ontario-toronto-gta-sept-19-2020.html "Premier Doug Ford has announced that social gatherings will be limited to 10 people indoors and 25 outdoors, everywhere across the province. Those limits were previously imposed in just three hot-spot regions, Toronto, Peel and Ottawa. “Over the past several days, we have seen an alarming growth in the number of...
(Emotional) PPEs that aren’t supplied…
Brilliant post: (Emotional) PPEs that aren’t supplied… https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2020/09/emotional-ppes-that-arent-supplied/ "Instead, I wanted to talk about the PPE that lives in each and every one of us and is currently required for doing library work in a pandemic. It’s our emotional self and reserve that we need to use daily, sometimes hourly, to protect ourselves from the wear and tear of this job. P- People skills: Knowing how and when to defuse escalating situations. Giving service...
A Pandemic Side Effect: Low Morale in Public Libraries
A Pandemic Side Effect: Low Morale in Public Libraries http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2020/09/a-pandemic-side-effect-low-morale-in-public-libraries/
Electronic Press Kit Now Available: Health Preparedness and Rebuilding the Economy Top Priorities in Ontario’s Fall Legislative Agenda
MEDIA ADVISORY Electronic Press Kit Now Available: Health Preparedness and Rebuilding the Economy Top Priorities in Ontario's Fall Legislative Agenda https://news.ontario.ca/en/advisory/58375/electronic-press-kit-now-available-health-preparedness-and-rebuilding-the-economy-top-priorities-in September 14, 2020 Office of the Premier Table of Contents Content Related Topics Download an electronic press kit, including video and photo files. Read the news...
Ancestry Library Edition Free Access Extended
Ancestry Library Edition Free Access Extended "Word from the Ottawa Public Library is that free online access to Ancestry Library Edition through your library membership will continue through the end of the year. I'd imagine this applies to all Canadian libraries that have offered the service online this year.In case you don't know, Ancestry Library is a collection of thousands of individual genealogy databases from many different institutions. It includes American, Canadian and U.K. sources...