January 6, 2009 - Future4catalogers' Blog: This new blog is to try to bring clarity to our view of the future for cataloging and catalogers.
January 7, 2009 - Canadian Library Association information on the 2009 Federal Budget Consultations Online - Opportunity to Comment. News release
January 7, 2009 - WebJunction is pleased to host the third cookbook from TechSoup's MaintainIT Project: Planning for Success. This free online resource brings together the most current ideas and best practices for planning, building, and managing your library's computer technology.
January 10, 2009 - Family Literacy Day® (FLD) was created by ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation and Honda Canada in 1999 to promote the importance of reading and learning together as a family all year round. On January 27, families and communities across Canada celebrate this special day at literacy-themed events coordinated by literacy organizations, schools, public libraries and families.
January 13, 2009 - Google Earth and Map team has announced the launch of the Transit Layer on Google Maps in more than 50 cities around the world making it easier for citizens and tourists around the globe to access public transportation line information in their cities.
January 14, 2009 - The December issue of TechKNOW - the quarterly review of bright ideas published by the Technical Services Division of the Ohio Library Council is now available.
January 15, 2009 - Library and Archives Canada has announced a new, improved version of its primary institutional search page, Search All.
January 16, 2009 - The Early Chinese Canadians 1858-1947 - The Library and Archives Canada collection includes extensive records of Canada's Chinese population in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
January 19, 2009 - WorldCat Mobile - Now you can use your mobile phone to find materials in libraries near you and help WorldCat test this new six-month pilot service. Available to people in the United States and Canada.
January 19, 2009 - The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials, is expanding access to its digital collection by offering free online access to over 20,000 images from the library's holdings.
January 21, 2009 - OCLC has released the new NetLibrary Media Center, which is a full-featured desktop application that allows library patrons to easily search, manage, transfer and listen to downloadable eAudiobooks.
January 22, 2009 - Add It Up: Libraries Make the Difference is a new Web-based resource that will help library advocates make the case for libraries in the lives of children and teens.
January 23, 2009 - Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month 2009 - Storytelling events are held in schools, libraries and community organizations throughout Saskatchewan in February.
January 23, 2009 - AboriginalCulture@thelibrary a new blog.
January 26, 2009 - CLA Announces Slate of Candidates for 2009 Elections
January 27, 2009 - The American Library Association has announced the top books, videos and audiobooks for children and young adults.
January 28, 2009 - The American Library Association Video Round Table Notable Videos Committee has compiled its 2009 list of Notable Videos for Adults, a list of fifteen outstanding programs released on video within the past two years and suitable for all libraries serving adults.
January 29, 2009 -Library and Archives Canada has updated the Aboriginal Resources and Services
January 29, 2009 - Saskatoon Public Library is one of seven Saskatoon and district organizations hosting events in February as part of Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month. Press release
February 2, 2009 - Wheatland Regional Library Aboriginal Storytelling Month activities. Press release
February 2, 2009 - February is Black History Month. To commemorate this occasion, Library and Archives Canada is offering a Web portal of the online resources available on its website relating to Black History in Canada.
February 3, 2009 - ALA News, the weekly electronic newsletter of the American Library Association, can now be followed via Twitter.
February 3, 2009 - Google Earth 5.0 (beta) feataures, historical imagery from around the globe, ocean floor and surface data from marine experts and simplified touring with audio and voice recording.
February 4, 2009 - Understanding PREMIS: an overview of the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation by Priscilla Caplan for the Library of Congress has just been released.
February 9, 2009 - The Regina Public library board is asking for expressions of interest from local firms about how to revamp the central branch.
February 10, 2009 - The Oxford University Press Book Sale is underway until March 3, 2009, with 50-75% savings on selected titles.
February 10, 2009 - Library 2.0 Gang Podcast: February 2009: Google, Books, Libraries and an Open Catalogue Crawling Protocol.
February 11, 2009 - Update Canada Reads is a week-long show hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. Day by day, books are voted off the list, until one panelist triumphs with the book for Canada to read this year.
Canada Reads 2009 has a Facebook Fan Page and an account on Twitter.
February 11, 2009 - JISC Podcast: Information literacy the 'democratic right' of every learner, say Scottish experts.
February 11, 2009 - GPeerReview from Google is a command line tool that enables peers to review and sign each others' works.
February 13, 2009 - Saskatoon Public Library Announces 2009 Board. Media release
February 18, 2007 - Regina Public Library Round Dance, Friday, February 27, 2009
5:00 pm – midnight at the Regina Performing Arts Centre, 1077 Angus Street, Regina. Regina Leader Post article
February 19, 2009 - The new website 1911census.co.uk is a record of everyone who lived in England and Wales in 1911.
February 20, 2009 - March is Women's History Month, and Gale has a free Web site, Women's History Month, packed with history, biographies, literature and free activities.
February 20, 2009 - LibCasts from Dalhouse University Libraries are instructional videos that you can access from a browser or in some cases download to your ipod or handheld device.
February 20, 2009 - The Association of Research Libraries has released a statement on the current global economic crisis and its effect on publishing and library subscriptions.
February 23, 2009 - Library Journal's new national rating of public libraries, the L J Index of Public Library Service, identifies 256 "star" libraries. Created by Ray Lyons and Keith Curry Lance, it rates 7,115 public libraries.
February 25, 2009 - Merv Tweed, Member of Parliament for Brandon Souris is pleased to reintroduce his Private Members' Bill to protect the Library Book Rate available through Canada Post. Press release
February 25, 2009 - Intute have introduced a new comments and ratings facility to its Internet Resources Catalogue to encourage our users to share and comment on their favourite sites and sources for use in education.
Februray 26, 2009 - The Canadian Library Association (CLA) called on the Government of Canada to pay attention to public concern over copyright rules in a digital world.
February 27, 2009 - Amicus will not be available due to a Major System Operation on Saturday March 14, 2009 between 00:00 am and 11:59 pm, a major interruption of Library and Archives Canada computing services will affect clients of LAC.
February 27, 2009 - Mendeley is free social software for managing and sharing research papers. It is also a Web 2.0 site for discovering research trends and connecting to like-minded academics.
March 4, 2009 - Saskatoon Public Library is having a Teen Poetry Celebration during April which is National Poetry Month in Canada. Teens can submit an original poem to the Library by March 6, 2009. Additional information
March 5, 2009 - The Librarian's Guide to Gaming: An Online Toolkit for Building Gaming @your library has been released by the American Library Association.
March 11, 2009 - Meadow Lake Library presents the 2008 Golden Sheaf Awards - a selection of films from the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival on Thursday March, 12 and Saturday, March 14. Contact the Meadow Lake Library for additional information
March 11, 2009 - Spring Free From Racism, 10 Year Anniversary, March 15, 2009, 12:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m., Italian Club 2148 Connaught Street, Regina. Free Admission.
This is a Family Day Celebration in recognition of March 21st International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 12, 2009 - Ogema Southeast Regional Library Offers a Newcomer Service. More information
March 13, 2009 - No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century by the Council on Library and Information Resources. (pdf)
March 13, 2009 - Harlequin - To celebrate their 60 years of pure reading pleasure, you can download, read and share 16 full books.
March 16, 2009 - Regina Public Library hopes to build new Prince of Wales branch. Regina Leader-Post article
March 16, 2009 - World Book and Copyright Day April 23, 2009
March 19, 2009 - Project Information Literacy is a large scale study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age.
March 20, 2009 - On March 25, Sun Microsystems and the Internet Archive will unveil the Wayback Machine Sun Modular Datacenter (MD) - one of the world's largest digital libraries.
March 20, 2009 - Google and Sony brings you access to over 500,000 public domain books for free. Now you can search, browse, and read over half a million public domain books preserved by the world's great libraries on your Sony Reader.
March 23, 2009 - Regina Public Library is hosting Duncan Smith, creator of NoveList, on April 21, 2009 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM at their Film Theatre. Succeeding with Readers: Strategies for Successful Readers' Advisory Services. Contact Jessica Cammer at jcammer@reginalibrary.ca or at 306-777-6041 if you plan on attending.
March 23, 2009 - Regina author Edward Willet is among the finalists for the 2009 Prix Aurora Awards.
March 24, 2009 - "The International Children's Digital Library was designed by a team that included kids; it provides search filters for things like color of covers, types of stories, happy or sad books, length of books, and more.”
March 24, 2009 - The Multitype Library Board Minutes from the September 25th meeting are now available on the site at http://www.lib.sk.ca/staff/multitype/Minutes08/Sept08.html
March 25, 2009 - Overview of the 2009 Association of College and Research Librarians National Conference
March 25, 2009 - The Librarian is IN is BCR's blog for public librarians and includes news, tips, trends, updates from conferences and in-depth discussions about issues from the world of public libraries.
March 26, 2009 - Approximately $650,000 will be made available to fund projects through the Archival Community Digitization Program (ACDP) for the fiscal year 2009–2010. Deadline for applications is April 30, 2009.
March 26, 2009 - Video presentations from 2009 WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World - February 26-27, 2009 - Washington, D.C., are now available.
March 30, 2009 - Literacy for All: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy, a Webcast Summit. The Summit will showcase innovative literacy-library partnerships, promote community solutions, issue a call to action, and more - April 7, 2009 - 1 to 2:30 P.M.
March 30, 2009 - The Battlefords Allied Arts Council, North Battleford Library and the Chapel Gallery are calling for submissions for Flick Fest 8.
March 30, 2009 -The CBC reports that "Canadian publishers and authors have been gathering at workshops to explore the legal ramifications of internet giant Google's massive book-digitization initiative. The sessions are being held in advance of the May 5 deadline for authors and publishers to opt out of Google's plan to digitize 20 million books and distribute them online and to new devices."
March 31, 2009 - University of Arizona Digital Information Management (DigIn) Certificate program admission is open for 2009-10. Scholarships are available. Review of applications for admissions and financial aid for Summer 2009 has been extended to April 15. The program is jointly administered by the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science and the University of Arizona Outreach College.
April 1, 2009 - As of April 1, 2009, the Regina Public Library will be adjusting its hours to be more convenient for their patrons. New hours of service!
April 1, 2009 - The new Research Information Network (RIN) report E-journals: their use, value and impact looks into how researchers use e-journals and the impact this has on provision of library and information services.
April 1, 2009 - UNESCO, Library of Congress and partners launch World Digital Library. On April 21 UNESCO and 32 partner institutions will launch World Digital Library web site that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world.
April 2, 2009 - International Children's Book Day - "Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, 2 April, International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books."
April 2, 2009 - LIFE and Getty Images, have joined forces to provide free instant access to millions of breathtaking photographs at http://www.life.com/
April 2, 2009 - April is National Poetry Month - Established in Canada in April 1999 by the League of Canadian Poets, National Poetry Month brings together schools, publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, and poets across the country to celebrate poetry.
April 3, 2009 - The Internet Archive has released a new book reader in beta. The new version of our book reader provides support for several critical new features.
April 6, 2009 - WorldCat partners with popular social book community, weRead. More information
April 7, 2009 - Videos of the presentations at the recent Libraries of the Future debate held in Oxford last week are now live on the JISC libraries of the future web site.
April 8, 2009 - OCLC and EBSCO have signed an agreement that makes it possible for libraries that subscribe to both WorldCat Local and EBSCOhost services to provide their users with easy online access to the full text of a wide range of authoritative electronic content through the Web. More information
April 8, 2009 - The Library of Congress has announced the launch of its own YouTube channel.
April 8, 2009 - Polls are now open for the Canadian Library Association elections. More information April 13, 2009 - Canadian Library Association announces 2009 Young Adult Book Award winner and Honour Books .
April 13, 2009 - Canadian Library Association's Children's Book of the Year Award 2009 winner is The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter, published by Groundwood Books.
April 13, 2009 - Margaret Atwood, Peter C. Newman and Kenneth Whyte are among finalists for this year's National Business Book Award. More information
April 15, 2009 - Your History, Your Heritage - Online Exhibition Themes. Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has created more than 100 virtual exhibitions over an eight-year span through the Canadian Culture Online Program.
April 15, 2009 - Gates Foundationand OCLC will develop community-based awareness campaign to increase support for libraries.
April 16, 2009 - Bloomsbury is to make selected titles available to library users via the digital platform Exact Editions. Bloomsbury said the "unique, affordable and user-friendly online initiative" would appeal to libraries "under pressure to reach larger audiences with tighter budgets". The Bloomsbury Libary Online will launch on May 4th.
April 16, 2009 - The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre has announced that everyone in Canada with access to the Internet will be able to view the full content of The Cochrane Library, an on-line resource that provides evaluations on health treatments.
April 16, 2009 - The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2009 Edition is now available for purchase.
April 17, 2009 - Ian Wilson, the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, will be retiring effective April 24th 2009.
April 17, 2009 - The State of America's Libraries Report 2009, released as part of National Library Week, April 12-18, 2009.
April 20, 2009 - North Battleford Library is having a book sale from April 30 to May 2.
April 20, 2009 - Report and outcomes from the OCLC hosted Symposium for Publishers and Librarians that explored metadata needs and practices. View the report and outcomes
April 21, 2009 - The Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques is pleased to announce that the 2009 Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award is being presented to Barbara Clubb. More information
April 21, 2009 - The World Digital Library is now available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format.
April 22, 2009 - Google Librarian Central - April 2009 issue now available.
April 22, 2009 - The Collection Development and Management Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association is pleased to announce that Carol Stephenson (Wilfrid Laurier University Library) is the 2009 winner of the CLA/YBP Award for Outstanding Contribution to Collection Development and Management.
April 23, 2009 - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $57 million to improve Internet access at public libraries in Poland, Romania and Vietnam. News release
April 24, 2009 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today the appointment of Daniel J. Caron as Librarian and Archivist of Canada, effective April 25, 2009. News release
April 24, 2009 - The proceedings of the 2008 Library Assessment Conference, “Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment,” held August 4–7 in Seattle, Washington, are now available freely on the Web and for purchase in print or on CD-ROM.
April 27, 2009 - Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want an OCLC report.
April 27, 2009 - The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has launched their new IFLA website.
April 28, 2009 - Arborfield residents celebrated their library's 45th birthday on Monday evening, April 20, with a play written especially for the occasion. News article
April 30, 2009 - Article By David Hutton, The StarPhoenix on Saskatoon Public Library "Library will sock away money for new building"
May 4, 2009 - Roberta Stevens elected ALA President for 2010 - 2011.
May 5, 2009 - On June 6, 2009, in Saskatoon, SALT will be hosting a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Saskatchewan Library Technician Program.
May 6, 2009 - 2009 academic librarian salary survey results. "The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), in collaboration with the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), recently completed revisions to academic library position descriptions included in surveys covering salaries, benefits and other benchmarks".
May 7, 2009 - Agent 009 - TD Summer Reading Club booklists are now available.
May 7, 2009 - ReadWhale is a community for people to discover and share their books through Twitter.
May 8, 2009 - Teacher-Librarian from British Columbia Promotes Librarianship and Wins Award. News release
May 11, 2009 - The Canadian Library Association Announces Winner of the CLA/Information Today Award for Innovative Technology. News release
May 13, 2009 - The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation has announced its continued commitment to children's literacy with another annual injection of $1.5 million to fund literacy programs in high-needs elementary schools across Canada. News article
May 15, 2009 - "The Canadian Subject Headings (CSH) list is the 11th controlled vocabulary to be included in the OCLC Terminologies Service, which provides access to multiple thesauri to help librarians create consistent metadata for library, museum or archive collections." News release
May 18, 2009 - Presentations from the Digital Library Federation Spring Forum 2009 are now available.
May 22, 2009 - Bowker reports Book Production Declines 3% in 2008, but "On Demand" Publishing More than Doubles. Press release
May 29, 2009 - Library and Archives Canada (LAC) launchBook History Databases.
June 1, 2009 - Ingram Digital has announced the launch of MyiLibrary Audio, an advanced audiobook offering for libraries.
June 1, 2009 - The Norwegian National Library has just made 50,000 Norwegian books accessible on the net - at no charge and perfectly legal. The service, Bokhylla.no was officially opened by Minister of Culture Trond Giske.
June 2, 2009 - The International Internet Preservation Consortium announced the publication of the WARC file format as an international standard: ISO 28500:2009, Information and documentation -- WARC file format.
June 3, 2009 - Information on the new Saskatoon Public Library branch The Library on 20th Street Branch that will be opening this summer.
June 3, 2009 - School Library Journal's 10 Best Digital Resources for 2009.
June 4, 2009 - McGill University Library becomes first Canadian content provider to participate in Digitize on Demand and Kirtasbooks.com. News release
June 5, 2009 - Webcasts of the sessions at the 2009 WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World are now available at http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/090226/
June 8, 2009 - CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) The World of Factbook has completely redesigned their website.
June 10, 2009 - Google has launched the Google Translator Toolkit an editor that enables translators to bring that human touch to machine translation.
June 11, 2009 - The Saskatchewan Digital Alliance (SDA) is leading a Directed Digitization Project that will assist Saskatchewan libraries, archives and other organizations in digitizing collections in any format (photos, documents, published materials, sound and film) that relate to the project theme The Saskatchewan War Experience. This includes any military action that Saskatchewan residents have participated in as well as life on the ‘home front'.
June 12, 2009 - Library Journal named Queens Library its 2009 Library of the Year.
June 15, 2009 - Chinook Regional Library has a new url http://www.chinooklibrary.ca/chinook.htm
June 22, 2009 - 2008 IFLA Annual Report is now available.
June 22, 2009 - All back issues of Cataloging Service Bulletin are now available free online. The entire 31 years of CSB are made available by LC as a free service to the worldwide library community.
June 23, 2009 - A new version of the Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM is now available.
June 24, 2009 - The Institute for Museum and Library Services website has a great multimedia resources section that currently has a podcast series entitled "Libraries to the Rescue", which shares with libraries steps that other libraries have taken to help their communities.
June 25, 2009 - Saskatoon Public Library Board is pleased to announce that Anne Simpson of Antigonish, Nova Scotia will be the 29th Writer in Residence at the Library. Media release
June 25, 2009 - The Saskatoon Public Library Board is pleased to announce an opening date of Tuesday, July 28 for The Library on 20th Street Branch. Media release
July 6, 2009 - The Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, an initiative of the Canadian Council on Learning, will terminate its operations on July 6, 2009.
July 7, 2009 - Open Library has upgraded to new software. Improvements include readable URLs, better default cover images, an improved type system and more APIs for developers, including the RESTful API.
July 8, 2009 - NISO and OCLC announce the publication of a white paper on "Streamlining Book Metadata Workflow," written by consultant Judy Luther (President, Informed Strategies), that analyzes the current state of metadata creation, exchange, and use throughout the book supply chain. The white paper was commissioned by NISO and OCLC as a follow-up to the Symposium for Publishers and Librarians held by OCLC on March 18-19, 2009 to discuss book metadata.
July 9, 2009 - Saskatchewan children's performer Sylvia Chave to perform at Wheatland Regional Library Branches in August. Press release
July 13, 2009 - The Library of Congress now has a "page" on Facebook
July 14, 2009 - Oxford University Press has announced the launch of its Summer Book Sale. There are over 900 titles to choose from, all at 50% off or 75% off the normal price. Offer ends August 14, 2009.
July 14, 2009 - JISC Netskills previews animations for Web 2.0 beginners. The first five of eight animations, covering social media, podcasting, RSS feeds, collaborative writing and microblogging are now available online.
July 15, 2009 - Bowker Introduces Books In Print 2.0, New Breakthrough Search and Discovery Platform for Book Information. News release
July 17, 2009 - "The Canadian Institutes of Health Research ( CIHR ), the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information ( NRC - CISTI ), and the US National Library of Medicine ( NLM ) have announced a three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada ( PMC Canada). PMC Canada will be a national digital repository of peer-reviewed health and life sciences literature, including research resulting from CIHR funding. This searchable Web-based repository will be permanent, stable and freely accessible." News release
July 22, 2009 - Family Tree Magazinehas chosen The Canadian Genealogy Centre: one of 101 best family history Web sites for 2009! News release
July 24, 2009 - Library and Archives Canada has released a new version of the Canadian Naturalization 1915-1932 online database. New release
July 27, 2009 - "OCLC has released the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway, a new service that helps libraries and other institutions maximize the visibility of unique primary source materials, such as digital photos, newspapers, letters and diaries, through WorldCat on the Web." News release
July 28, 2009 - Google Updates Webmaster Tools
July 30, 2009 - Project will create one card for all Saskatchewan libraries. Regina Leader Post article |
