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Bibliothèques publiques de Montréal developing a wiki
A recent post on the blog of the "bibliothécaire errant" alerted us to the fact that BPIM is developing a wiki, Wiki BPM . The main objective is for professional staff to share ideas.
Temporary closure of the maps and plans section of the Centre d'archives de Québec
On the news page of the BANQ site is a notice indicating the temporary closure of the maps and plans section of the Centre d'archives de Québec in Québec City, from the 24th to the 27th March inclusively. More information (in French) here.
CLA Award shortlists are out!
Don't forget to check out the shortlists for the 2009 Book of the Year Award for Children, the Young Adult Book Award, and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award!
New library for the Saint-Jacques neighbourhood
Today, on the Actualités de Canoe website, is an article about the new neighbourhood library in Saint-Jacques, being billed as the second family library in Montreal, and offering services and programs made to measure for the local clientele.
Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec releases new statistics about independent public libraries
The Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec has released 2005-2007 statistics about independent public libraries in the province, available here.
La Grande Bibliothèque: destination naturelle pour les Montréalais
A lovely article from La Presse about the Grande Bibliothèque. The observation that it is a place where Paula Abdul videos, CDs to learn Japanese and the poetic oeuvre of Paul-Marie Lapointe coexist made me smile!
Bibliothèque Côte-des-Neiges YouTube video
This is fabulous!
Faculty of Information Quarterly: Vol 1, No 2 (2009): The First Student Issue!
The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto has just released the second volume of the Faculty of Information Quarterly: Vol 1, No 2 (2009): The First Student Issue!
The aim of the journal is to promote conversation within the iSchool movement and its affiliates. This issue is the first to be composed entirely of original work by iSchool students and members of the broader Information community.
Public library in Rosemere announces mobile library outreach program
Rosemere's library recently announced a first foray into mobile library services, starting with signing up a dozen residents of the CHSLD Hubert-Maisonneuve. Library director Marc Bineault added that he would like to see hundreds of people using this new service within several months.
ABQLA & CLA 2009
Registration is now open and a preliminary program has been posted on the CLA conference site: http://www.cla.ca/conference/2009/!
Don't forget about the ABQLA full day pre-conference on May 29, 2009 in partnership with CLA! Our theme is Libraries: your ticket to culture.
