On September 18th, the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries released the form for “One Week Survey of Public Library Use”; a survey better known as the “Typical Week Survey”. This information is collected during a week without a statutory holiday in October, November or the first part of December. The information collected […]
The Ontario Public Library Guidelines Monitoring and Accreditation Council recently released the 7th edition of the Ontario Public Library Guidelines (OPLG). First introduced in 1997, the OPLG have been updated and improved with each edition, the latest changes having to do with responding to emerging trends and issues, such as the findings of the Truth […]
Bill 148, also known as the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs 2017, has brought changes to the Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (ESA), Labour Relations Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. While the most obvious change was the January 1st increase in the general minimum wage to $14 per hour (from $11.60), there are other […]
The Annual Survey of Public Libraries has been open in the GO-Secure platform since the end of April. To date, staff at 52 libraries in southern Ontario have taken the time to complete the survey… so at this point, we are looking for about 130 more surveys from libraries as well as a number from […]