library

The Building: Winnipeg’s Cornish Library gets an inviting makeover

The library’s multi-million-dollar addition comes with a message: All are welcome 

Canada’s Best Universities by Library Acquisitions: Rankings 2023

This measure looks at the universities’ commitment to updating their library acquisitions

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Canada’s Best Universities by Library Expenses: Rankings 2023

This measure looks at the universities’ commitment to funding their libraries

University of Guelph Library (Courtesy of University of Guelph)

An ode to campus libraries

Get thee to thy school’s library, where superheroes await, magic unfolds and rare sanctuary can be found

If a building isn’t a disaster, how can we be sure it’s in Ottawa?

Paul Wells: The city unveiled the design for its new library—and Ottawans might actually like it

If libraries close, will the books be missed?

Some University of Saskatchewan students don’t mind ditching books for study space

Are students really boozing in Western’s libraries?

My university faces unfair “party school” stereotype

Mordecai Richler’s 5,000 books

From 2013: Jacob Richler on the preservation of a literary lion’s library

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The quiet cuts

Parks Canada will cut jobs and privatize some operations. Librarians will lose their jobs. Foreign aid for a dozen of the world’s poorest nations will be slashed. Defence staff who deal with suicide prevention and post-traumatic stress disorder will also be let go.

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Concordia library to start lending out iPads

But is it a good use of tuition money?

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All-night library catching on at Concordia

Average of 500 students study after hours every night

crime, theft, stolen laptops

The danger of laptop theft

More than just a financial loss