From the PLG listserv.

The Progressive Librarians Guild stands in solidarity with the striking Vancouver Public Library workers of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 391 as they fight for a fair and equitable contract that addresses pay equity, improvements to employee benefits, access to training, fair treatment of part-time and auxiliary library […]

Mayor Miller’s recently defeated proposal for two new municiple taxes didn’t take long to fall onto Toronto Public Library.

Spacing Wire reposts a piece from Eye Magazine on the issue.

The cuts are deep. If this is on some level a device to call attention to a crisis in funding for public […]

Here’s a trackback to a great post from Anthony Pash, Acadian University librarian at the Critical Librarian blog.

Asking questions about power.

Title of the post speaks for itself … check it out.

-PC-

The worldwide series of concerts known as Live Earth have started today in Australia and Japan and will be moving around the world for the next 24 hours.

Although not directly related to Live Earth, there are a couple relevant sites you might want to check out:

Earth Charter is “a declaration of fundamental principles […]

The Torontoist has more great commentary on what’s wrong with the sponsorship deal that set up the MAPs program at the Toronto Public Library.

Jonathan Goldsbie notes this quote from library board member Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler who voted against the deal.

“Corporate sponsorship might be nice in theory to some people, but […]

As Mr. Kleinman noted in this comment to the LAblog, spirited debate is a good thing. Agreed.

Misrepresenting information, however, does not in the least contribute to spirited debate.

The discussion and information posted to this blog concerning Internet filtering at the London Public Library has been in reference to Internet filtering at […]

Here’s a quick redirect to a Library Juice post with a couple of nice resources.

First is this guide for collecting from diverse sources.
(or: outsourcing, how not to)

Fostering Media Diversity in Libraries: Strategies and Actions.

Second there’s a link to a note on the ALA’s opposition to media concentration in […]

In my daily dose of Spacing Wire this morning, Matthew Blackett articulated similar thoughts I was having yesterday about corporate sponsorship, however his post was in response to a new sponsorship program to add art onto Toronto garbage bins.

Matthew Blackett, Spacing Wire | June 27.07
I believe small projects like the Street […]

*Scroll down for news about the London Public Library’s decision to implement internet filtering*

Not that I want to interrupt the letter you’re writing to the LPL board of directors, but as luck would have it, this would be the week that Canadian representatives decided to make life difficult at the World Intellectual Property Organization Development […]

Oy, librarians! No doubt you’ve already heard. But in case you haven’t, the push for direct-to-consumer advertising in Canada is marching on. However, if you like acronyms, it’s DTCA.

CanWest Global Communications Corporation stands to increase its profits should a lawsuit they are waging in the name of ‘freedom of expression’ succeed. […]