Public Library Service Responses

The Public Library Association (PLA) has just issued its revision of the Public Library Service Responses, outlining 18 redefined service responses for public libraries. The document is available for download from PLA (www.pla.org), although the site does not accept international (including Canadian) orders. I've sent an e-mail to CLA to ask whether we will be able to order this through the Shop CLA service.

According to the description, each service response contains eight sections: the title, the description, suggested target audiences, typical programs and services in libraries that select the response as a priority, potential partners, policy implications, critical resources, and possible measures.

Louise Reimer
CAPL Executive

Community Development and Public Libraries

Checkout the Working Together project website www.librariesincommunities.ca for information on community development in public libraries.

Canadian Urban Libraries Council

The website for the Canadian Urban Libraries Council is www.culc.ca Not a member? Click "enter as a guest"

Talking About Technology Adoption in the Public Library

Talking about Technology Adoption in the Public Library is available for download from The Alberta Library website: http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/. If you follow the link, there will be a heading entitled, "TAL News." Below that heading you will find an item entitled, "Download Report: Talking about technology adoption in the public library." Click on that link and you will come to the PDF document.

The report discusses some implications for public libraries of the Alberta SuperNet and other broadband networks in Canada. Because the public library is an endpoint for the SuperNet in hundreds of Alberta communities, many new opportunities exist for community uses of the library. The conclusions of the report point to the need for continuing discussions with public libraries about their changing mandate in an era of abundant online information.

The report has been prepared as part of two projects funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Meet us in St.John's

Be sure to attend the CAPL AGM in St. John's. We will be nominating and electing the Vice President/President Elect for the Division, holding a town hall discussion to hear your views on significant issues for the division, and, you will get a chance to meet your colleagues from across the country. We look forward to seeing you there!

CAPL Elections

Congratulations to Rachel Sargeant-Jenkins, Medicine Hat Public Library, Medicine Hat, Alberta, who has been elected as CAPL Councillor.

Nominations and election of Vice President/President Elect will be made at the CAPL AGM in St. John's