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Students to CLA

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From left to right: Canadian Library Association President Marie DeYoung, SIMSA Co-Chair Andrea Kampen, SIMSA Digital Publications Officer Alieda Blandford

From May 28 to May 31, 2014, information professionals from all over the country descended on Victoria, British Columbia for the annual Canadian Library Association Conference and Trade Show. The conference offered more than 70 sessions, seminars, and workshops on everything from Open Access, copyright, cloud computing, and digital collections to book repair, social media, business services, and genealogy.

SIMSA executive officers (and CLA members) Andrea Kampen and Alieda Blandford attended the conference.

Stay tuned for their conference reports in the July issue of Inform.

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Librarians Without Borders in Guatemala

Congratulations, Jaq-Lin!

Jaq-Lin Larder, chair of the Dalhousie student chapter of Librarians Without Borders, is currently in Guatemala developing and operating a school and community library.

The Saber Sin Límites (Limitless Knowledge) Community Library opened in 2010 as the first and only community library in Chajul, Guatemala, with 3,783 titles, two librarians, and many helping hands. The project depends on the contributions of volunteers.

You can find out more about LWB’s Guatemala project here

Or read the current Guatemala blog here.