The Legislative Library invites you to attend a lunch hour of readings from the 2009 Saskatchewan Book Award Winners.
Legislative Library Room 234 - Wednesday, May 12, 2010  -  12:00-1:00

The final slate of programs for the PLA 2010 Virtual Conference is now confirmed. On March 25-26, 2010 the Public Library Association (PLA) will share a condensed live and online PLA 13th National Conference with public librarians and public library workers who can’t make the trip to Portland.

‘Honest mistake’ sparked library Internet uproar  by Jane Taber, The Globe and Mail

Webinar: Directions in Metadata with Karen Coyle, Thursday, April 1, 2010 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

"Now in its ninth year, LJ's Movers & Shakers spotlights librarians from all corners of the library world and several nations."

Checking Out the Future: Perspectives from the Library Community on Information Technology and 21st-Century Libraries by Jennifer C. Hendrix ALA Office for Information Technology Policy Policy Brief No. 2, February 2010

ALAO 36th Annual Conference: Academic Libraries: Now and Tomorrow - October 29, 2010 - Columbus, Ohio,

Today, at Regina Public Library's George Bothwell Branch, Deputy Premier and Education Minister Ken Krawetz joined members of Saskatchewan's public library community to celebrate the implementation of the new Single Integrated Library System, and to view a demonstration of the new system.

 Thursday, March 18, 2010, from 1 to 5 p.m. Grande Bibliothèque, 47 5 De Maisonneuve Blvd. East, Montreal (Quebec)
Online registration is now available on their official website: http://ebsi-sis-en.weebly.com/

Librarians Serving Diverse Populations is a qualitative and quantitative assessment and research study of the paths and experiences of librarians whose duties include serving diverse cultures.

The University of Chicago Press is offering The Nature of the Book by Adrian Johns as their free e-book download this month.

RPL is now a member of the Saskatchewan Information & Library Services Consortium (SILS Consortium).

The University of Chicago Press is offering The Nature of the Book by Adrian Johns as their free e-book download this month.

February 21 -27, is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.

Berlitz and DailyLit have teamed up to offer an innovative approach to language learning: Berlitz DailyLit Spanish Lessons are perfect for the modern student. Sign up by May 1, 2010 to receive the series for free.

Throughout February First Nations & Métis storytelling events are going to be held in schools, libraries and community organizations throughout Saskatchewan.

ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation and Honda Canada created  January 27 as Family Literacy Day in 1999 to encourage families to read and learn together.

New features have been added to Google Books

Saskatchewan Archives Week 2010 takes place February 1 - 7. Archives Week is a province-wide initiative that aims to build public awareness and use of archives in Saskatchewan.

The premier library technology conference in Canada, is being held October 13 - 16 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Google Wave for Libraries

Perceptions 2009: an international survey of library automation gives the general conclusions and presents all the statistical results derived from the survey.

WebJunction Group: Google Wave for Libraries

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced its list of Outstanding Reference Sources for 2010.

Oxford University Press Winter Book Sale is now on.

The 2010 Horizon Report which is a collaborative effort between the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and the New Media Consortium (NMC) is now available.

RUSA has announced its list of Outstanding Reference Sources for 2010.

Winter Book Sale is now on.

What It Takes To Make It Last: E-Resources Preservation - February 10, 2010.

The December issue of Governance and Recordkeeping Around The World is now available. This is a free newsletter published on a regular basis by Library Archives Canada ( LAC ) that explores and highlights issues pertaining to government and recordkeeping practices in the public and private sector.

List of 50 Cool Search Engines for Serious Readers from Online Colleges.

The CRKN has announced the conclusion of three-year license renewals with 14 scholarly publishers, valued at approximately $140 million (CAD).

Palliser Regional Library is now part of a provincial consortium that is moving towards a "one province, one library card" system.

To help poets and poetry organizers in their production of NPM events, the League is offering funding for readings and performances which explore this year’s theme:  Climate Changes!

The CLA Executive Council has approved the IELA Service Level Guidelines which was prepared by the CLA IELA Task Force.

The New Democratic Party’s critic on the copyright file, Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay), has introduced two proposals to amend the Copyright Act that would help balance the interest of both creators and consumers in the digital age. 

Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries

More courses, more colleges: YouTube EDU

Nature News content now freely available

Journal of Library Innovation - first issue

AquaBrowser offered through SaaS (Software as a Service) hosted by Serials Solutions, AquaBrowser makes cutting-edge navigation accessible for more libraries and their customers.

CLA has launched a new Toolkit to help members advocate for federal legislation in support of the Library Book Rate

French records further enrich WorldCat as global resource

Free access to SAGE Reference Online from now until May 15, 2010 - Need to register

The new version of NoveList, from EBSCO Publishing will be available this summer.

ebrary has announced a new School Collection featuring more than 6,600 e-books and other titles from publishers.

13 Ways (and 147 Tools) to Help Your Library Save Money on Technology

 Canadian Association of Law Libraries Mentorship Program

Ann Chapman of UKOLN clip about Resource Description and Access (RDA)

"Wiley Online Library will host the world’s broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities."

This free website  enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don’t have them, simply by reading online.

A free newsletter published on a regular basis by Library Archives Canada.

Library and Archives Canada updates website

TD Summer Reading Club 2010 Booklists are now available

The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services has announced two free live webinars to be offered during Preservation Week, May 9-15.

• Archival 101: Dealing with Suppliers of Archival Products 
• Mold Prevention and Remediation

Chinook Regional Library has redesigned their website

May 2010 issue of Crossroads: the newsletter of WebJuntion.org is now available.

e BC Teacher-Librarians' Association has announce that Tu Loan Trieu  is the 2010 and inaugural recipient of the New BC Teacher-Librarian of the Year Award.

NLM Classification 2010 - This edition incorporates all 2010 additions and changes to the schedules (see Class Numbers Added and Canceled) and to the index, which has been newly edited and updated with appropriate MeSH concepts.

YUDU media launches Shakespeare's entire collection as free ebooks

Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24 which is a global event to promote free, immediate, online access to research now entering its fourth year.

Canadiana Authorities is a new service of Library and Archives Canada (LAC). This application searches over 660,000 Canadiana name, title and name/title authority records.

Canadian Library Trustees Association Stan Heath Achievement Award for Literacy. The  (CLTA) was so overwhelmed by the quality of the entries received it had no choice but to call a tie.
Both the Regina Public Library Board and the Lethbridge Public Library Board will receive this year’s Achievement Award for Literacy for two very different but equally impressive and innovative literacy programs.

2010 CASLIS Award for Special Librarianship in Canada Announced

The Canadian Library Trustees Association (CLTA) announced that Judith Umbach of Calgary Alberta is this year’s winner of the CLTA Merit Award for Distinguished Service as a Public Library Trustee.

At CLA in Edmonton on June 2 the TSIG will have a panel of experts talk about the new places where RDA is taking us.

New Grants Provide Another $1.5 Million to 20 Elementary Schools Across Canada-

Online Degrees - The Top 25 Librarian Blogs

BookLamp.org matches readers to books through an analysis of writing styles, similar to the way that Pandora.com matches music lovers to new music

Boopsie has released a web app/conference directory for those attending to the Canadian Librarian Association 2010 Annual Conference

The National Library of China will share its rich collections with libraries and researchers around the world as a new participant in the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing service.

OverDrive, a distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and digital content for libraries, schools, and retailers, announced that it will release a series of apps that will combine eBooks, audiobooks, and interactive and multimedia content into one user-friendly application

Canadian Electronic Library Newsletter - May/June 2010 is now available online.

Greening Interlibrary Loan Practices - OCLC report

BC Books Online is collaboration between publishers and libraries to purchase electronic rights to a collection of non-fiction books by BC publishers and to make them accessible through public, school, and post-secondary libraries.

Lakeland Library Region - All branches  (except Lloydminster) will be closed on Monday, June 7th and Tuesday, June 8th as they migrate to the new province wide integrated library system.

Sound Practices in Library Services to Aboriginal Peoples: Integrating Relationships, Resources and Realities
Prepared By:
Aboriginal Library Services Working Group and written by Mary Cavanagh

For: Provincial/Territorial Public Library Council (PTPLC)
August, 2009

Saskatchean native Karen Solie has been named the Canadian winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize

OCLC Canada LTS Library Technical Services to perform cataloguing for Ontario Colleges

The Summer Sale from Oxford University Press is now on

Andrew Motion attacks 'catastrophic' plan for volunteers to run libraries (UK)

Eighth International Conference on the Book 2010 will be held at the University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland from 6-8 November 2010.

Canadian Association of Research Libraries CARL E-Lert # 379, is now available

Keith Walker is the new President of the Canadian Library Association

OverCat is LibraryThing's new index of 32 million library records, assembled from libraries around the world, and the first step in a major upgrade of LibraryThing's cataloging functions.

Google's new search index: Caffeine

The Chinook Regional Library will join the rest of the province in sharing an online catalog the week of September 27th 2010

Saskatoon Public Library announces the 2010 Board

Saskatoon Public Library is celebrating National Aboriginal Day, June 21st  by having an Aboriginal Short Film Festival at J S Wood Branch

This one day virtual conference will bring together public libraries, academic libraries, and school libraries (K-12).

Newsplayer is a web and mobile based service providing newsreel footage spanning the last 100 years.

CARL E-Lert # 382, July 2 2010 from Canadian Association of Research Libraries

WebJunction,  has a newly designed website.

The eleventh Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute will be held in Emerald Lake, British Columbia from December 2 to 7, 2010.

Credo Reference’s Topic Pages now include ebrary content

Free Open Access to the RDA Toolkit through August 31, 2010

ACRL has released a new report, Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025

The Power of the Communities is an online directory of over 125 memory and knowledge institutions across Canada.

Above the Fold is a Web-based newsletter published by OCLC Research. The July 16, 2010 - Vol. 3, No. 24 now available

The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced the finalists for the 2010 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

MedlinePlus from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, has a new look and new features

VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries.

The Handheld Librarian 3,  a 2-day online conference scheduled for July 28 and 29, 2010 and is now accepting registrations. Conference is  organized by TAP Information Services and LearningTimes.

WebJunction calendar updates July, August &September

Wiley Online Library launching August 7- 8, 2010

BookLiberator Project

Going Green in North American Public Libraries: A Critical Snapshot of Policy and Practice

PNLA/WLA Conference, Victoria August 11-14

Video Interview: Brian Lavoie on the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access

Saskatchewan Digital Alliance (SDA) Directed Digitization Project - Call for Participation

2011 Computers in Libraries 26th annual conference & exhibition

Wiley Online Library is now available, this site replaces Wiley InterScience

NEXT: A Library Futures Symposium

Researcha provides immediate, pay-as-you-go access to information on companies from across the globe.

Saskatchewan Teachers Federation is sponsoring two summer workshops designed to enhance the professional development of teacher-librarians.

Literacy: An Aboriginal Cultural Tradition Final Report from the Aboriginal Literacy Gathering 2010 is available on the SALN site.

InfoCamp is an conference for the information community. October 2-3, 2010 - Seattle, Washington.

Karen Adams elected as CLA Vice-President/President-Elect

IFLA World Report 2010

Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies
Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works by Patricia Harpring Online Edition

Preparing Your Library for RDA September 14-15, 2010 - Presented by Mary Beth Weber and Christopher Cronin

 Google Realtime Search: a new home with new tools

Elsevier is launching SciVerse

ALA Online Learning Fundamentals of Acquisitions
Four-week online course that focuses on the basics of library acquisitions

Deputy Premier and Education Minister Ken Krawetz has proclaimed September 8 as Literacy Day in Saskatchewan.

Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.

University of Lethbridge Library Mobile Website App allows you to view the library's hours, book a group work room, find available computers in the library, do a quick catalogue search, look at your library record, view library news and notices, find contact information, and text a librarian

Eight in Ten (84%) Canadian Parents Believe Companies Should Donate To and Sponsor Public School Libraries

D-Lib Magazine - September/October 2010 is now available. D-Lib Magazine is produced by Corporation for National Research Initiatives

WorldCat Local users now have access to more content from H.W. Wilson

The Canadian Library Association / Association canadienne des bibliotheques (CLA/ACB) has announced that October has been designated as Canadian Library Month

NISO webinar - It's Only as Good as the Metadata: Improving OpenURL and Knowledgebase Quality  October 13, 2010 - 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

The International Law Library on WorldLII is the most comprehensive free access international law research infrastructure on the Internet.

ARL Annual Salary Survey 2010-2011

Sask Library Week Guerilla Advertising -  The Saskatchewan Library Week Committee needs your help! In an effort to raise awareness about Saskatchewan Library Week before it happens.

The premier issue of Booklist Online Video Review is now available.  This is a bimonthly e-newsletter featuring new reviews of videos for adults and youth.

Ontario Library Association - Super Conference 2011, February 2-5, 2011 Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

The Canadian Library Association's Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom has released the results of its annual survey of challenges to library resources and policies in Canada for 2009.

Marion Sherman Bursary Fund for Children's Librarians application deadline is November 1, 2010

Brewster Kahle has announced that the University of Toronto Library has 250,000+ books digitised on the Internet Archive

October 28th 2010 has been declared Canadian Special Libraries Day in recognition of the value of special libraries

Introducation to 2011 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus

New OCLC Research Podcast Available: "How Libraries License e-Content" with Dorothea Salo

ALA Online Learning presents Fundamentals of Preservation a four-week online course that introduces participants to the principles, policies and practices of preservation in libraries and archives.

With Bookplace you have access to more than million e-books and a broad selection of best-sellers, Book Place, from Toshiba

ARL 2008-09 have been published by the Association of Research Libraries

Library cuts threaten research

Saskatchewan Literacy Network Levels 1 & 2 Adult Literacy Benchmarks Workshops

2010 Spirit of Community Literacy Knowledge Exchange event is an excellent networking opportunity, as well as an opportunity for professional development for practitioners, tutors, volunteers and learners.

Library Journal Movers and Shakers 2011 Nomination deadline is November 1, 2010

PubIt! by Barnes & Noble is an online, self-service Web portal where independent publishers and authors can upload their eBooks and make them available for sale through the Barnes & Noble eBookstore.

ARL-ACRL ISC Webinar Series, Broader Library Involvement in Building Programs

ACRL and the TLT Group are co-sponsoring three online information literacy workshops this fall.

Expert can help revitalize libraries

WikiBhasha is a multilingual content creation tool for Wikipedia.

Library and Archives Canada has announced the release of a new version of the online database Canadian Naturalization 1915-1951.

Library Anywhere from LibraryThing is a mobile version of your public or academic library.

The finalists for the 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards have been announced

The Association of Research Libraries has announced the recipients of the 2010 Library Assessment Career Achievement Award.

Did you know? is a new marketing video from the University of Alberta Libraries

Podcast/Press release: New thinking on academic publishing and communication

Dead Sea Scrolls to be made available online

JK Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, has won the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize.

CLA Copyright Grassroots Advocacy Kit now available

Japanese Library Consortia Join CLOCKSS

blekko - new search tool

Arthur Slade wins 2010 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for The Hunchback Assignments

Virtual memorial honours Saskatchewan war dead

Google Unveils Instant Previews: Visual Search Results

Johanna Skibsrud has been named the 2010 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize

Project Information Literacy

Library Journal announces inaugural top ten best books list

Government and Libraries Forum: One Year Later Report Available

Call for Proposals - Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2011 – ‘Learning Under Living Skies’

2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards will be announced and presented at the 2010 Awards Gala, which will take place on Nov. 27, 2010

Governor's General Literary Awards Winners

SAGE has announced the launch of SAGE Open a new publication to support open access publishing in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.

OCLC has announced that the British Library has added 12 million bibliographic records to WorldCat

SirsiDynix BookMyne™ iPhone application, bringing convenient, social-savvy library functionality into patrons everyday activities

WebJunction’s second free online conference, Serving the 21st Century Patron, will be on December 1–2

Canadian Library Association - Maintaining Canada’s Library Book Rate received Honorable Mentions at the 2010 NonProfit PR Awards: Advocacy Campaign & Lobbying

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce that it is modernizing its textual reprography services in order to meet growing client demand for digital copies.

Library and Archives Canada announced the release of a new guide to its collection of documents on internment camps in Canada during both world wars (1914–1918 and 1939–1945

NLM® Catalog and Journals Databases Merge

OCLC Annual Report 2009/2010 now available online

Complete World Development Report Online

Canada Post maintains current Library Book Rates for a sixth year

Hunter's Confession wins Saskatchewan Book Awards book of year

OCLC publishes 43rd annual report to the membership

The Three Year Strategic Plan, 2010-2013 of the Saskatchewan Multitype Library Board is now available on the site

International ISBN Agency has issued guidelines for the assignment of ISBNs to e-books

Emerald celebrates advent of Christmas with free articles

Google eBooks are stored in the cloud, so there is no file to download if you want to read on your computer, phone or tablet.

OCLC adds more content accessible through WorldCat Local

Don Kerr: new Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan

SLA is seeking a representative to serve on the review committee for the Dean, University Library at the University of Saskatchewan

Library and Archives Canada has announced the launch of a new online database, Canadian Families

Library and Archives Canada has announced the launch of a new online database, "Upper Canada Land Board (1765–1804)."

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released 2010: E-Book Buyer's Guide to E-Book Privacy

EBSCO Publishing is proud to provide the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management

Teacher Reference Center (TRC) index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now  offered free via the EBSCOhost platform

Springer Partners with the LOCKSS Program

Library and Archives Canada announces suite of digital services for Canadians by 2017

The CERN Library publishes its book catalog as Open Data

Apple's iBookstore Canada approved

Semantic Web is a new journal from IOS Press, the first issue of which is available to read free of charge

Library and Archives Canada has made the 1916 census of the Prairie provinces available online

The Canadian Library Association Executive Council has released the second draft of the CLA Future Plan

The Association of Research Libraries has announced the release of the report Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries

Association of Research Libraries has announced the website Liv Value - Value, Outcomes, and Return on Investment of Academic Libraries is available which is funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Poet Laureate Reflects On Terms

ScienceEducation.gov connects teachers and students to free, federally-funded Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education resources.

The Plant List is a working list of all known plant species. Version 1, aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).