Hello library colleagues, I encourage you to fill out the following survey for cultural workers; it will be open till the end of April.  We fall into the Heritage (Libraries, Archives, Museums) piece of the cultural sector. You can fill out the survey as an individual worker and I encourage library organizations to submit on behalf of their organization as well (employers in the cultural sector).

REGISTER NOW FOR THE Atlantic Province Library Association (APLA) 2010 CONFERENCE

Registration is open for the APLA 2010 conference, which will take place in Saint John, New Brunswick from 13-15 May.  We would appreciate if you would share this information with your members.

Early-bird prices are in effect until 7 April. 

Please visit www.apla2010.ca to register and to find information about the program, speakers, social events, and more.  You will be sure to find something of interest.

The College & Research Section of the ABQLA invites you to come see a demonstration of McGill Library's Digitize on Demand and Print on Demand service!

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.

• President’s Message
• 78th Annual ABQLA Conference announcement
• Report from TAMDAQ
• School Libraries Section
• Public Libraries Section: The Dazzling Dewey Divas
• 26th Annual ABQLA/CLA/SLA Holiday Fundraising Event
• CODE Photo Album
• Book Reviews
• Student Chapter: Web 2.You Conference Report
• Membership Has Its Benefits!
• Youth Section
• In Memoriam: Eliane Lefebvre, 1908-2009

The ABQLA is proud to announce its line-up of keynote speakers for our 2010 conference - Libraries as Learning Places.  Registration is now open.

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.

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

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).

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?