Friday, January 15, 2010

News librarians featured in Ryerson Review of Journalism

From the latest edition of the Ryerson Review of Journalism:

With Files From... by Mai Nguyen

Google hasn’t made newspapers research librarians redundant. In fact, they’re as busy as ever, even if they rarely receive the recognition they deserve

Yours truly is quoted ...

Astrid Lange
CASLIS Toronto Listserv and Publicty

Monday, January 11, 2010

Japan Foundation Toronto Library Tour

Happy New Year from the CASLIS Toronto executive!

Please join us for our first event of 2010:

The Japan Foundation Toronto Library Tour
Wednesday, February 3
Register now at http://www.caslistoronto.on.ca/

The Japan Foundation, Toronto, which opened in 1995 as one of 19 Japan Foundation offices around the world, is mainly funded by the Japanese government. Its purpose is to promote international cultural exchange between Japan and other countries. The library holds approximately 16,000 volumes of Japan-related prints and audio-visual materials in its collection. This spring, the JFT library opened a new Pop Culture Corner featuring popular contemporary manga, magazines, CDs and other media, which has been very popular and has brought in many new patrons.

The tour of the library and gallery will be offered by Chief Librarian Mariko Liliefeldt, 1995 graduate of FIS. “Origami Architecture” will be exhibited in the Gallery during the tour.

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: 131 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1P7
Registration deadline: January 27, 2010

To get an idea of what to expect from the Japan Foundation tour, visit the blog of CASLIS Toronto's iSchool Student Liasons http://caslistorontostudents.blogspot.com/ who visited last year. Another iSchool student also blogged about the tour here:http://blog.mayyan.net/2009/10/28/japan-foundation-library.

Astrid Lange
CASLIS Toronto Listerv and Publicity

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Holiday Social

Hello everyone and a Happy New Year!

The Holiday Social took place on December 2nd, 2009 at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto. The evening was well attended and prizes were won. Please view the link below for a few snapshots taken during the event.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36772867@N04/sets/72157623156135058/



Raluca,
Photographer, CASLIS Toronto Chapter