Atlantic Provinces Library Association

The APLA 2026 Call for Proposals deadline is coming up quick on March 20, 2026!

This year's theme is Together We Thrive: Sustaining Libraries and Communities: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/apla2026/home

Library workers are no strangers to handling challenging situations, and the last few years have brought more than their fair share. Join us to explore how library professionals of all kinds come together to work through challenges big or small, figure things out, and continue to help and grow with our communities.

We want perspectives from students, public libraries, academic libraries, school libraries, health libraries, special libraries, archives, non-profit organizations, student support departments/organizations, community groups and more!

Proposals can be submitted via the APLA conference website - https://site.pheedloop.com/event/apla2026/proposals

📆 June 15 - June 17, 2026
📍 Delta Dartmouth Hotel, Dartmouth NS
🏨 APLA conference attendees can book accommodations at a discounted rate at the Delta until May 14 at 11:59pm.
Visit apla.ca for details

REPOST from Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library --

Library Funding Update
Let's Talk Libraries

The Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library will always be clear and transparent to our library users and communities.

The Province of Nova Scotia released its 2026/2027 budget February 23, 2026. There is much pain for the non-profit community as a whole.

The Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Board is not immune. Despite the Minister of Community, Culture, Tourism, and Heritage’s assurances that “library funding did not get cut” (CBC February 25, 2026) the statement is not entirely accurate. The Minister is describing core operational funding that has not changed for 7 years. For three years the department has provided emergency bridge funding to libraries to cope with minimum wage increases and inflation. For Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library this amounts to $134,600 extra for salaries and books. This was not included in the budget and represents a loss to the operational budget of the Board.

As the Board moves into the new fiscal year, starting April 1st, it will have to recognize this reduction in available operational funding. The Board will set its budget next month and have more information then.

Read the full message from our Library Board Chair & Chief Librarian here: A Letter to Our Valued Library Users & Partners...https://parl.ns.ca/news/pdf/LibraryBudget-Letter-February-272026.pdf

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