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Reports that Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co. has agreed to use Wei T'o Associates Inc. preservation technology. Outlook for the use of the technology to preserve books, documents, maps, works of art, and other paper-based materials; Use of nonflammable materials by the system which fill paper with a nontoxic magnesium carbonate complex to neutralize acids and prevent further acid development; Use of the Wei T'o process to preserve documents such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; Treatment of books by the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada with the system.

Reports on a consultation paper issued by the Ontario provincial government to synthesize ideas on how to achieve a unified provincewide library network. Regional system consolidation; Library board reform; Proposal to end funding to pro forma boards. ..OAKS-7/1/83

Presents a position paper entitled 'The Alberta Education Position Paper,' submitted to the Library Association for Alberta in March 1983, which aims to identify the problems regarding school library services. Minimal professional assistance in the operation of the library; Recommendations calling for changes in teachers training institutions and teachers education programs.

Reports on the need of financial resources to establish and maintain special support for service to aging according to Dalhousie Occasional Paper #34 'Urban Public library Service to the Aging,' by Vancouver, British Columbia-based school professor Lois Bewley and librarian Sylvia Crooks. Departure from the traditional mission of library programs.

Discusses the use of NewspaperDirect by the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Printed versions of newspapers that would arrive a day late at the VPL because of time differences; Electronic newspapers that are available the same day as publication; Service that prints newspapers on a smaller scale; Electronic service that cannot be searched; Newspapers that are cheaper through NewspaperDirect.

Reveals that the Ottawa, Ontario-based National Library of Canada has contracted a study with Toronto-based Bonnie Campbell and Associates on data distribution on optical media. Objective of the study; Inclusion of an investigation of the library's services.

Highlights 'A Directory of Oral History Tapes of Librarians in the United States and Canada,' compiled by Doris Cruger Dale.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Wrong Umbrella," by John Berry in the April 1, 2016 issue.

States that the Canadian Library Association introduced the web-based tool kit, Net Safe, Net Smart. Content of the kit which helps libraries manage and communicate about Internet use in the library; Issues of Internet access, filtering, and children.

Reports on developments concerning libraries in North America as of October 1986. Details of the Great Paper Fly-Off activity of the Winnipeg Library in Manitoba; Support of the San Diego Padres baseball team to the Serra Cooperative Library System; Theme of the summer reading program of the Broad Valleys Federation of Libraries on Montana.

Reports on guidelines of employment and working conditions developed by the Institute of Professional Librarians of Ontario for registered professional librarians employed in the Canadian province's libraries. Employment contracts; Recommendations on compulsory retirement; Dismissal rules and regulations.

Reports that UMI has entered into an agreement to become the `worldwide agent' for the National Library of Canada. What the agreement allows UMI to do; Contact point.

Focuses on an advertisement placed by the Canadian Library Association in the November 5, 1987 edition of the 'Globe and Mail' newspaper. Study of issues that affect library users; Implications of proposed legislation for libraries.

Reports that the Los Angeles City Council is reopening their 1983-85 agreement in order to negotiate a pay equity or comparable worth increase for librarian and clerical units as of May 1985.

Presents the findings of the first province-wide survey of library salaries and wages in Ontorio. Comparison of salaries of library support staff and library assistants; Variation of the wage ratio with the library size.

Examines the status of professional staff in Canadian university libraries. Problems associated with staffing university libraries in the country; Policies governing Canadian university libraries; Steps that should be taken to improve the status of academic library employees.

Highlights the 81st Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association held in Montreal, Quebec on May 29 to June 4, 1981. Comparison made by Sidney Lee between the medical care systems of the U.S. and Canada; Discussion regarding the advantages and disadvantages of imposing regulations on the collection of medical information; Concerns over the role of libraries on consumer education.

Focuses on the efforts of the Canadian Library Association in promoting technological advancement in local libraries. Overview on different technologies used in local libraries in the present; Growth plans of the organization for local libraries; Encouragement of library personnel to seek a new professionalism not as elite intermediates but as liberators of information.

Reports on issues relevant to libraries discussed during the Canadian Library Association's annual conference in Canada in 1977. Ways to improve the effectiveness of libraries; Objectives, services and organization of the National Library of Canada; Inauguration of the officers of the Canadian Library Association.

Reports on the outcome of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship held July 17 to August 1, 1986 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Conference theme; Guest speakers; Attendees; Activities and presentations.

Focuses on the completion of a study on school-housed libraries in Canada. Documents indicating support for establishing and maintaining a public library in a school; Assessments of their feasibility; Contact information for the full copy.

Profiles the Toronto Public Library (TPL) in Ontario, Canada. Efforts of the library to provide materials for Toronto's sizable immigrant and ethnic population; Impact of the amalgamation of the six municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto into a 247-mile megacity; Number of visits to the TPL, which was the busiest library system in North America during 2002; Increase in holds and requests coming in from the web; Salaries for entry-level librarians and other employees; Staff downsizing; Description of the TPL facilities and of the Toronto Reference Library and the Yorkville branch; Top five non-English languages spoken, including Cantonese; Special collections, including the Merril Collection of Science Fiction; Joint-use facilities; Three-year strategic plan.

Reviews the motion picture 'Chinese Violin,' by National Film Board of Canada.

This section presents a directory of companies in the U.S. and Canada, including, Alternative Work Environments Inc., American Locker Security Systems Inc., Bennett-Watt Entertainment Inc., Berger/Allied Van Lines Berger Transfer & Storage Inc., and BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.

Reports on the Canadian Library Association's annual conference on June 16-20, 1988, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Issues on library science discussed at the conference; Theme of the event; Key speakers; Sessions topics; Event highlights.

Features the decision and action of the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Ontario, to convert from card catalog to computer listings. Card catalog problems; Membership in the cooperative acquisition/cataloging venture called College Bibliocentre; Technical problems associated with the project.

Presents facsimiles from the Early English Children's Books, a private collection of Edgar Osborne which he donated to the Toronto Public Library in Ontario. Availability of the books in the United States; Negotiation for the right to reproduce facsimiles of books from the collection; Themes and contents of the books; Impact of the collection; Price of the complete set.

The board of the Ottawa Public Library, Ontario subject to grievances filed by library staffers who complain that unfiltered Internet access leads to unwelcome exposure to pornography has voted not to change the library's filtering policy. The library uses filters on most machines in the children's room, but adult machines remain unfiltered. Two city councilors said they would ask the board to take another vote. The 'Star-Tribune' reported that Council President Paul Ostrow and others were optimistic, even though the library anticipates a deficit. Anchorage, Alaska voters spurned a measure that would have benefited city libraries, including a new facility, design for another one, and improvements at the Z.J. Loussac Public Library. The Ames Public Library, Iowa is richer, thanks to the estate of local resident Verna Jane Thompson. The University of Illinois budget would drop, including a hefty cut to library services, as part of measures proposed to plug the state's unprecedented budget gap.

Focuses on the library circulation system of Ontario's London Public Library. Feature of the system; Combination of online catalog model with computer output microfilm catalogs.

Profiles Cate McNeely, deputy chief librarian of Richmond Public Library (RPL) in British Columbia, and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia School of Library Archival and Information Studies. Belief of McNeely that the library should work for patrons; Way that she helped design the Ironwood library branch.

Offers news briefs relating to libraries and librarians as of October 1, 2001. Background on the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), which will be introduced to the United States Congress; Disapproval expressed by the Canadian Library Association (CLA) regarding Canada's copyright legislation; The naming of George McDonald as vice president of Universal Service Administrative Company; Others.

This article reports that Jane Cooney, the executive director of the Canadian Library Association (CLA), announced that she will be resigning her post in October 1989. Cooney will leave CLA to open a bookstore for business information, and an information consulting service, scheduled to open in Toronto, Ontario in the Spring of 1990. She has been in the CLA post for three years. Coney was previously vice president of information services for the Bank Marketing Association in Chicago. Before that, she was on the Faculty of Library and Information Science at the University of Toronto, she was manager of the information center at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and held posts at the Metropolitan Toronto Business Library, McGill University, and Calgary Public.

Reports on the sale-and-leaseback deal involving the Ontario-based University of Ottawa Library's book and periodical collection. Amount that will be received by the university from the deal; Reason for the deal.

Reports on the launching of Bushels for Books, a program whereby farmers may donate a portion of the proceeds from grain deliveries to the University of Regina Library in Saskatchewan.

Reports on Ontario-based Geac Computer Corp. Ltd.'s emergence from receivership.

Reports on the approval of the Quebec Cabinet to the funding of two library facilities at the downtown and western campuses of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.

Reports on the possible architectural competition for the design of a small community library conducted by the Department of Architecture of the University of Toronto at Toronto in Ontario as of April 1, 1985. Eligibility criteria for the competition.

Reports on the agreement between Geac Ltd. and Alcatel Thomson Gigadisc on exclusive sale and distribution rights to Geac for the Thomson Gigadisc Optical Disk Storage Systems in Canada.

Reports on the success of the North York Public Library's Upgrading Program at the library's Bathurst Heights branch in Ontario.

Reports that the Library Services Department of Vancouver School Board, Canada, has chosen Easy Data Library System of Sydney Development Corp. that operates on a Datapoint minicomputer to automate its school libraries. Services offered by the automation process.

Discloses that the Universal Serials & Book Exchange (USBE) is discussing affiliation with UTLAS, the University of Toronto Library Automation System. Aim of becoming a vendor of UTLAS and make USBE collections available for online ordering by Canadian libraries.

Reports on the increased demand for videodiscs received by the Edmonton Public Library in Alberta. Background on the types of videodiscs circulated by the library.

Presents a calendar of upcoming conferences and seminars during January 1, 1981 to October 3, 1981 published in the January 1, 1981 issue of ' Library Journal.' Midwinter meeting of American Library Association to be held in Washington D.C., Washington; Annual conference of Medical Library Association in Montreal, Quebec; National conference of Association of College & Research Libraries to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Reports on the ratification of a collective labor agreement between the administration and faculty association of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario.

Reports on Ontario law school dean Martin Friedland's contention that the Canadian public's access to information about the law is inadequate. Sources of legal information; Need for a compilation of a loose-leaf reference guide.

Presents letters to the editor. Reaction of the Children's Librarians Committee of the Ottawa Public Library to an article by Ray Nicolle; Plans by a library in Gisborne, New Zealand to start a reading club modeled after a program at the Nicholson Memorial Library in Garland, Texas; Apology from Deborah Taylor for an error in one of her articles about the County Public Library in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reports that three million dollars is to be distributed to eligible Canadian authors as a payment for use of their books in public libraries. Government's decision to grant the said amount each year over five years to compensate authors; Number of authors who are expected to register for the payments program.