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Members in the News

AUGUST 2010

• Toronto Public Library ponders idea of kiosks at Union Station
• Library vending machine: Would you use the service
• Barrie’s future second library not enough
• Hamilton to demolish Flamborough town hall and build a new library branch
• Burnaby library gets Chinese book donation – from China
• E-books taking off at Vancouver Public Library and they carry no late fees
• E-books boost use of Lower Mainland (BC) libraries
• E-books, audiobooks becoming more popular at the Vancouver Island Regional Library
• Vote or you’re an idiot, Calgary Public Library says
• Metro Minute at the Calgary Public Library
• Chilliwack Library (Fraser Valley Regional Library) sees growth in attendance
• Province-wide (Nova Scotia) library e-book service launched
• Work to begin soon on Kitchener Public Library expansion

JULY 2010

• Reference books slowly being phased out of Toronto Public Libraries
• Barrie Public Library shelves stereotype
• Everyone’s a critic on Coquitlam Public Library blog
• Cambridge Public Library Board makes Queen's list of top employers
• Windsor Public Library CEO vows to build bridges
• Ground broken for new Thunder Bay Public Library
• Land deal for new Ottawa Public Library fails
• Signature building needed for Ottawa Public Library
• 5 Minutes with Barbara Clubb 
• Vending Machine Library hits the spot
• Winnipeg Millennium library gets new park
• Regina Public Library gets a history book

JUNE 2010

• Ba rrie Public Library and Dewey Duck
• Does this library poster promote storybooks or stereotypes?
• Matyas moving on to Brampton Public Library
• Repair tab on old downtown Calgary library soars to $53M
• Fresh ideas could make new Calgary library happen
• Edmonton Libraries should be open Sundays
• Quiet in the library: an urban dilemma
• Edmonton Library a powerful draw for newcomers
• E-book downloads outpace traditional book checkouts at the London Public Library
• The transition from dead-tree products to cyber wonders at the Vancouver Public   Library
• Surrey’s City Centre Library looks to the future

MAY 2010

• Vancouver City Librarian Paul Whitney set to retire
• Public Libraries participate in BC Books Online
• Coquitlam Public Library gets $850,000 to fix roof
• Manitoba commits nearly $6 million to libraries
• Regina Public Library Board wins CLTA Stan Heath Achievement Award for Literacy
• Edmonton Public Library rebranding campaign
• Kiosks could replace Ottawa Public Library Bookmobile
• Regina Public Library is an uplifting story
• Thunder Bay Public Library gets new logo
• Changes being made outside Edmonton Public Library
• Calgary Public Library Trustee wins 2010 CLTA Merit Award
• Unseen City: Toronto Reference Library

APRIL 2010

• Surrey Public Library wins BCLA Award for Storytimes to Help Learn English
• Burnaby Public Library wins BCLA Award of Merit

MARCH 2010 

• Toronto Public Library plans to introduce video games
• Halifax Public Library was the focus of an issue of The Coast
  • Community building
  • Beyond the Walls
  • By the books: Seattle Central Public Library – What can Halifax learn from their success?
  • Judging a library by its cover
  • More library lessons learned
  • What do you want to see in the new library?
  • Who are the Halifax Central Library architects?
  • Channeling history
  • Space case: a new theatre for Halifax?
• London Public Library Circulation on Rise
  

FEBRUARY 2010

• Ottawa Public Library shortlisted for the Intelligent Communities of the Year Award
• Vancouver's Poet Laureate bows out of Games in Protest.  The poet laureate position is co-managed by VPL and the City's cultural services Department
• Toronto and Cambridge Public Libraries win OLA Building Awards
• Windsor Public Library Board continues with CEO search.  City Council disagrees. 
• Cambridge Public Libraries named one of the top 50 employers to work for
  
• Regina Public Library launch province-wide system with a single card.
  
• Adele Kostiak (Brampton Public Library) to receive WJ Robertson Medallion / Public Librarian of the Year from the Ontario Library Boards' Association
• Kitchener Public Library staff member to receive OPLA's Leadership in Youth Services Award. 
  
• Toronto Public Library Foundation to host 5th Annual Book Lover's Ball on February 12 at the Royal York. 
  

JANUARY 2010

• Calgary Public Library advertises in Deli section of Grocery Store
  

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