Libraries and publishers play an important role in the information continuum. Through our individual and collective efforts, we add significant value to the process of information exchange. We have very real mutual interests in the ... Read More »

In an information society, you’d think that governments would pay serious attention to information policy. You’d think that they would develop an overarching information policy to reflect a cohesive philosophy, apply thoughtful guiding principles, balance ... Read More »

Living abroad can help put one’s own country and culture in perspective and, for me, Miami has been a good vantage point from which to think about Canadian children’s books. What’s a nice children’s librarian ... Read More »

We’ve all seen them: the authors sitting bolt upright behind the little table, a neat stack of books piled alongside them waiting to be signed. Sometimes there’s a line of eager readers stretching out in ... Read More »

A recent article in a business magazine complained that it is harder and harder to find anything on the Internet. One solution that holds great promise, they said, is using artificial intelligence to catalogue the ... Read More »

I have glimpsed the maelstrom that is electronic publishing, and confusion reigns. For two days in early October I attended the fourth conference of the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) in Denver, Colorado. ICOLC ... Read More »

Our high school library has had its share of recent ups and downs. The whole town was excited when the previous NDP government approved the funds to build a library for our school in Port ... Read More »

Public libraries are under siege, attacked by deficit-slashing politicians from both the left – as in (traditionally) Quebec – and the right – as in Alberta and Ontario. Whether or not these politicians realize it, ... Read More »