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Welcome to the new ABQLA website

In addition to the new, Drupal-driven site, the ABQLA now has a Del.icio.us account, which replaces our links page, and our LibraryThing account for books available for review in the e-Bulletin!

Latest posts:

Literacy Volunteers of Quebec Announces Fund to Help Adult Literacy Learners

Lac Brome, Quebec: Literacy Volunteers of Quebec launches the LVQ Student Solidarity Fund, a new initiative designed to facilitate participation in adult literacy programs offered by LVQ’s member organizations.

1st Canadian ETD & open repositories workshop

May 10-11, 2010
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
http://tinyurl.com/etd2010

Join us this spring for the first ever Canadian workshop on electronic theses and dissertations, and on open repositories.

A wide range of topics will be covered including the state of institutional repositories in Canada, national and international initiatives, copyright and open access, software options and more.

ABQLA Annual Reports

The 2008 annual report of the ABQLA is now available, in English and French.

Registration and housing for the WILU 2010 conference

Registration and housing for the WILU 2010 conference, to be held May 12-14, 2010 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, will open on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 10 a.m. EDT. WILU is Canada's annual information literacy conference. This year’s theme, Design Play Learn, explores best practices in instructional design, games and 21st century fluencies, and features keynote speakers Dr. James Paul Gee (Arizona State University) and Dr. Steven J. Bell (Temple University).

Innovation and Libraries: What’s at the Heart of Libraries?

Date: 
04/06/2010 - 17:30 - 20:00
Location: 
McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Heritage Room

Speaker: Stephen Abram

Register at http://tinyurl.com/abram-mtl

Can our libraries be more open and innovative? Can we be more open to our users, our communities, to core research processes, to new technologies? Can we be more open to change? How?