Search Results by tag: Libraries

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher and the U.S. digital content distributor, public libraries are effectively cut off ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

Repurposing old books (or just reading them)

By Steven W. Beattie

It's not an easy time to be a book. Prey to the depredations of digital books that offer convenience and (theoretical) low cost, the traditional paper-and-ink book is beleaguered and battling cultural irrelevance. So what ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

Toronto Public Library lists 2011’s most popular books, announces special guest for 2012

By Natalie Samson

The Grid has published a list of the most popular books at the Toronto Public Library in 2011. The number of holds placed by TPL patrons indicate that Toronto likes contemporary CanLit -- sorta. Canadian ... Read More »

December 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Academic librarians experience small salary bump in 2010-2011

By Natalie Samson

Academic librarians in Canada enjoyed a small salary increase from 2010“2011, according to a recent industry study. The Association of Research Libraries released its annual salary review on Tuesday. The report finds the median salary ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Toronto Public Library Board balks at 10 per cent budget cut

By Natalie Samson

Last night, in its final meeting of the year, the Toronto Public Library Board approved a cut of 5.9 per cent to its 2012 operating budget. The 2012 budget now stands at just over $164 ... Read More »

December 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Show Rob Ford and TPL some love this holiday season

By Steven W. Beattie

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has not been terribly successful on the literary front. From his under-the-breath insult to author Vikki VanSickle during this summer's marathon executive committee hearing to his brother Doug's very public spat ... Read More »

December 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Windsor Library settles in wrongful dismissal suit

By Natalie Samson

A controversial lawsuit brought against the Windsor Public Library Board by its former CEO, Brian Bell, has been settled out of court. Windsor Star columnist Anne Jarvis criticized the settlement with Bell, which she pegs ... Read More »

December 6, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

By Stuart Woods

Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries

Vancouver Public Library opens new branch in Winter Games venue

By Natalie Samson

The first full-service library branch in Vancouver's Riley Park and Little Mountain neighbourhoods opened last week, thanks to the city's Olympic legacy planning. Vancouver Public Library's new Terry Salman Branch is located in the Hillcrest ... Read More »

October 20, 2011 | Filed under: Libraries

Ontario Library Association announces Forest of Reading award shortlists

By Sue Carter

The Ontario Library Association has announced its shortlists for its 2012 Forest of Reading program. The winners, as chosen by Ontario school children, will be announced during the Forest of Reading Festival, May 15“16, 2012. ... Read More »

October 17, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: Libraries

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

Repurposing old books (or just reading them)

Toronto Public Library lists 2011’s most popular books, announces special guest for 2012

Academic librarians experience small salary bump in 2010-2011

Toronto Public Library Board balks at 10 per cent budget cut

Show Rob Ford and TPL some love this holiday season

Windsor Library settles in wrongful dismissal suit

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

Vancouver Public Library opens new branch in Winter Games venue

Ontario Library Association announces Forest of Reading award shortlists

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