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IBBY CANADA cordially invites you to attend the awards ceremony for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver award, an award to be given annually in recognition of outstanding artistic talent in a Canadian picture book.

When: Thursday, September 17th, 2009, 5pm

Where: Grande Bibliothèque, 475, boul. De Maisonneuve Est, rm.515

Who: Christine Delezenne, for her illustrations of Angèle Delaunois' text, La Clé

How:  RSVP linagordaneer@gmail.com  by September 14th, 2009.

On Tuesday, November 3rd, the Dewey Divas are coming to town to share their picks.  Five of the Divas will be presenting a mix of adult, YA and kids suggestions.

They will be appearing at the Westmount Library from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Admission is $5

RSVP details will be sent out closer to the date.

ABQLA Public Library Section
Francine Golding & Melissa Tomecz

To learn more, please see the complete press release on the attached document.

The Quebec Chapter of CAML is pleased to announce its second annual meeting, which will take place on Friday, October 23, 2009, at the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique de Montréal. Full information, including the programme and registration form, are available at the QCCAML website.  

The CLA student chapter at McGill University is pleased to invite librarians and information professionals to participate in the 2009/2010 Professional Partnering Program.

Started in 2008, the Professional Partnering Program is a flexible mentoring program that connects students in McGill's School of Information Studies to information professionals working in an area of interest to the student. The program is aimed at developing relationships between students and professionals at a personal level and supporting students' career exploration.

Read the story at Access Online.

The Library Association of Alberta (LAA) has shared a recent presentation on marketing library services that may be of interest to Quebec librarians as well.  Here is the email we received from Renée Reaume, LAA President, and the link to the presentation.

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LAA is pleased to be able to share with the library community Marigold Library System’s publication Marketing 101: expanding the library’s customer base .

The Goethe-Instituts (German Cultural Centres) of North America invite North American librarians and information professionals to submit proposals for the 4th Leipziger Kongress für Information und Bibliothek to be held in Germany March 15-18, 2010.

Proposals may be submitted in English and presentations can be made in English. In the selection process however, preference will be given to those who have at least a basic working knowledge of German.

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) offers two research grant opportunities available to librarians working in a research setting and to students of Library and Information Studies. The grants are the CARL Research in Librarianship Grant and the CARL E-Learning Research and Development Grant.