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of Friends groups and
library foundations.

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How to Form your Friends of the Library Group Manual Description / Order form
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The survey is online now! Please participate and help us
provide a snapshot of our sector of the library community.
Follow the link in the top right corner, or go to
http://focal.countingopinions.com/

Chesley Challenge - 2010

Will you help celebrate the conclusion of CBC Radio's Canada Reads and join in the challenge?
read more . . .
 

Seeking new Board members - volunteer now!

Regional Director - Nomination form/Job Description

The Ontario Library Association Superconference 2010
Friends programming - read more
 

Conference
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British Columbia Library Association, Penticton, British Columbia - April 22 – 24  
Friends - In the Business of FUN
Speaker Jocelyn MacNiel

Alberta Library Conference, Jasper, Alberta
April 29 - May 2, 2010
Let’s pat ourselves on the back! But what’s next?
Speaker: FOCAL Past  President
Nicholas Spillios, Bonnie Gray, and Doug Cooper.
Read more . . .

Ontario Library Service North, Sudbury, Ontario
May 11 – 14
A Little Help From Our Friends
Speaker Dorothy Macnaughton
Read more . . .

Manitoba Library Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 17 – 19
Friends of Your Library: Passionate Partners
Speaker Dorothy Macnaughton
Read more . . .  

Canadian Library Association, Edmonton, Alberta
June 2 – 5
Look for our table in the exhibit hall

Better World Books will sell your surplus books and you will  receive a percentage back on your books that they sell, and an additional percentage will directly benefit a literacy initiative. They pay for shipping!

Register with Better World Books (online form) or send
an email to reusefirst@betterworldbooks.com.