Public Libraries

Public Libraries is the official publication of the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It is devoted exclusively to public libraries. The print edition is published six times a year and is a delayed open access journal, with older issues available as PDF files on the journal's website.

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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 5 April 2024 English

Mixing recipes, maps, archival records, biographies, and full-colour photographs with fascinating stories, mmm... Manitoba showcases the province’s diverse foodways and industries from on board the Manitoba Food History Truck.

summer of 2019 with the cooperation of Winnipeg Public Libraries, who kindly hosted our Food History Truck


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 2 April 2024 English

The misalignment between the interests of litigants with private standing and the broader public interest was central to the foundational decisions of Thorson, McNeil, and Finlay, which should have informed …

school or public libraries that are provincially funded. The school boards and the public libraries might


CUISR: Community University Institute for Social Research · 21 March 2024 English

To address the shortage of nurses in rural Saskatchewan and make the health care system more culturally competent, in 2012, the College of Nursing of the University of Saskatchewan initiated …

Summer Reading Programming in Saskatchewan Public Libraries. Saskatoon: Community-University Institute


CIAJ - ICAJ: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice · 20 March 2024 English

Digital Transformation: Putting People at the Heart of the System

community centres or similar places such as public libraries. On a more immediate basis, participants considered


Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy · 5 March 2024 English

The participant expressed Assessment Toolkit in August 2022 to evaluate the impact of urban frustration over the unnecessary politicization of topics that, in es- policies on wellbeing, and to assess …

vehicle. A recent study examined access to public libraries in Regina and found that people reliant on walking have significantly less access to public libraries than those urban centers have emerged as a (2019). Mapping differences in access to public libraries by travel mode and time of day. Library &


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 5 March 2024 English

The misalignment between the interests of litigants with private standing and the broader public interest was central to the foundational decisions of Thorson, McNeil, and Finlay, which should have informed …

school or public libraries that are provincially funded. The school boards and the public libraries might


CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 5 March 2024 English

to the amount of cops on the street, were drawn from the city’s rapidly City dwellers’ relationship to the to the cost of rent, policy makes and growing unhoused population. …

city belong to? existing buildings, including public libraries, recrea- “The cornerstone of the low-carbon


ACWS: Alberta Council of Women's Shelters · 20 February 2024 English

According to the ACWS 2021–2022 Workforce Survey, 69% of shelter staff surveyed indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in the complexity in the cases of the …

technology—including many felt that this was public libraries—were also closed, making the application process


Wellesley Institute · 14 February 2024 English

For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit. [...] The following Results section provides the rationale and …

civic engagement, but rather suggests that public libraries be considered a central source that provide oward, C., McClay, C., Garrido, M. (2018). Public libraries as platforms for civic engagement. Seattle:


CULC: Canadian Urban Libraries Council · 9 February 2024

Public Library Funding in Canada

the Government of Canada recognizes the role public libraries are playing in delivering on federal priorities Institute in “Overdue: the Case for Canada’s Public Libraries” and implement its recommendation to establish establish a National Task Force on the Future of Public Libraries to: • Undertake a comprehensive national assessment assessment of the value and impact of public libraries on community well-being and health • Aggregate pandemic’s impact on in-library services magnified public libraries’ need to have increased access to e-content


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