by Mark Pagliaroli | Mar 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Library Impact Ontario is excited to announce the launch of its 2025 service plan, offering enhanced services at no cost to all Ontario public libraries. With valuable feedback from libraries across the province, significant improvements have been made to ensure that...
by Mark Pagliaroli | Mar 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
CRKN has been expanding access to Canadian documentary heritage since 2018. In collaboration with their members and partners, they make over 60 million pages of digitized heritage content available free of charge in the Canadiana collections. To preserve these...
by Mark Pagliaroli | Mar 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
As book bans continue to surge in the U.S., Ontario librarians are preparing for similar challenges at home. A recent study by the Canadian Federation of Library Associations found that nearly half of book challenges in Canadian libraries last year targeted 2SLGBTQ+...
by FOPLED | Feb 18, 2025 | Advocacy Updates
We have received our first response back from the NDP Party to our survey, asking parties and candidates if they support public library priorities and budget requests. We will be publishing the surveys as they are received from the parties. Election Survey –...
by FOPLED | Feb 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
MEDIA RELEASE Election 2025: Ontario’s Public Libraries Urge All Parties to Support Public Libraries and Empower Local Communities ______________________________________________________________________ MEAFORD, ON – As the Ontario provincial election campaign enters...
by FOPLED | Feb 11, 2025 | Advocacy Updates
Ontario’s snap election has us all reeling so FOPL and OLA have partnered to help take the stress off, at least when it comes to libraries. The Elections Toolkit has been revised so that IF you have the opportunity to engage with your local candidates, you have some...
by FOPLED | Feb 10, 2025 | Advocacy Updates
Hope you’re all keeping warm during this cold snap! We’ve been busy over at FOPL and I have a few updates to share. This week we submitted our Pre-Budget Submission for the 2025-26 budget cycle to the Ministry of Finance (attached). The document highlights the need...
by Mark Pagliaroli | Feb 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
A shadow war is unfolding in Canadian communities, targeting libraries and 2SLGBTQ+ books. In Valleyview, Alberta, local youth and advocates, like Theo Robertson, are fighting to protect safe spaces in their library amidst political opposition. As book challenges and...
by Mark Pagliaroli | Jan 14, 2025 | Member Projects and Reports, Projects and Reports, Uncategorized
This new study explores the advocacy efforts of three key national library associations: the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC), and the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA). From copyright...
