Winner for the W. Kaye Lamb Award
Congratulations to the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library for their outstanding work for Kits and Community: Activity Kits for Older Adults. Please read our full official statement on the winner of this year’s W. Kaye Lamb award in both French and English.
A reminder for the CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey
Member associations, libraries, and front-line staff, This is a reminder that the CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey continues to be available (here) for the recording of incidents in our libraries that challenge intellectual freedom. The results for 2022 have been added to the CFLA-FCAB website (here) with reports from previous years. The Intellectual Freedom Committee […]
Canadian Library Workers Day & Canadian Library Month
Please view our statement on Canadian Library Worker’s Day and resources for Canadian Library Month in both French and English here: Recognizing the Pillars of Canada’s Library Workers and Their Indispensable Role
W.K. Lamb Award Call for Submissions
Ex-Libris and CFLA-FCAB are now accepting nominations for the W.K. Lamb award. All the information you need can be found on our website here: https://cfla-fcab.ca/en/programs/w-kaye-lamb-award/ We encourage any and all submissions that qualify to participate. We wish everyone the best of luck.
Don’t Blame Copyright for Declining Revenue. It Won’t Help Authors
You can read the following statement in PDF here Librarians and educators want Canadian students and authors to succeed. Libraries purchase access to content including books, periodicals, and data and pay publishers hundreds of millions of dollars each year to provide students with digital access to these works. Libraries and librarians support education in colleges […]
Climate Action Committee Call for Members | Appel aux membres du Comité d’action pour le climat
Please share with your members for optimal cross promotion. CFLA’s new Climate Action Committee is searching for members. We welcome self nominations from interested individuals who are members of a CFLA/FCAB member association. Members must be a member of at least one CFLA-FCAB member organization and will serve on the committee as subject matter experts […]
Most Challenged Books of 2022
Please find our graphic depicting the five most challenged books of 2022 English | French
Summer News Letter 2023
We hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Please find linked below our Summer News Letter. English | French
2022 Challenge Survey Results | Enquête sur les contestations sur la liberté intellectuelle – 2022
2022 Challenge Survey Results The files from the 2022 Intellectual Freedom Survey are now published on the CFLA-FCAB website. (https://cfla-fcab.ca/en/programs/intellectual-freedom-challenges-survey/ ) The five most challenged books in 2022 were: -Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe -It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris -My Body is Growing by Dagmar Geisler -There is No Difference by […]
CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey Reminder | l’Enquête FCAB-CFLA sur les plaintes et remises en question liées à la liberté intellectuelle est toujours disponible
Member associations, libraries, and front-line staff, This is a reminder that the CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey continues to be available (here) for the recording of incidents in our libraries that challenge intellectual freedom. The results for 2022 have been added to the CFLA-FCAB website (here) with reports from previous years. The Intellectual Freedom Committee […]