Category: Nova Scotia

Ready or not, September is just around the corner which means that it is almost time for the 2026 NSLA Conference. This year’s theme is Making Connections and it will be held at the Pictou Library & deCoste Culture Hub on September 18-20, 2026.

Here are just a few things you have to look forward to:

  • Saturday morning keynote: Resilience and the New Roles of Libraries in Times of War with Yaroslava Soshynska, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Library Association
  • Sunday morning keynote: Making Connections with Terrence Taylor
  • Join a stitching circle or make a zine. Be creative while you learn some new programming ideas.
  • Readers advisory tips.
  • What to do about generative AI.
  • A weekend-long cardigan exchange. Feel free to bring a cardigan or two that you would like to see go to a new home and add something new to your wardrobe.
  • And more…

Details and registration are available on the conference website https://parl.ns.ca/nslaconference2026/

If you have any questions, please reach out to Conference Co-Convenors Trecia Schell at tschell@parl.ns.ca or Kristel Fleuren-Hunter at kfhunter@parl.ns.ca

APLA and NSLA are member associations of The Partnership, so with your APLA membership you can also apply for the NSLA membership conference rate! Another membership perk!”

The revitalization of the New Glasgow Public Library continues to progress smoothly.

The Town of New Glasgow, in partnership with the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library, has been working on the library revitalization project since June 2025.

Continue reading “Nova Scotia: ‘It isn’t just a place to find books’: New Glasgow’s library revitalization continues” →

Five Annapolis Valley Regional Library branches that were set to close July 20 have been granted a reprieve.

At a special library board meeting in the Wolfville on July 13, members voted to use a portion of remaining, unallocated reserve funds to keep the doors of the five branches open until Sept. 30.

Continue reading “Nova Scotia: Board grants reprieve for five AVRL branches scheduled to close” →

The imminent closure of five rural Nova Scotia libraries has municipalities working to find funding solutions to keep the doors open.

Annapolis Valley Regional Library (AVRL) announced on June 1 it would be closing its Kentville, Hantsport, Lawrencetown, Middleton and Port Williams branches due to a lack of sustainable funding.

The libraries are slated to close on July 20, a move that has sparked concern and protests from community members who use those spaces.

Continue reading “Nova Scotia: Effort underway to save 5 rural Nova Scotia libraries slated for closure” →

The Annapolis Valley Regional Library says talks are continuing on whether five branches scheduled for closure can remain open longer.

AVRL says it met with funding partner municipalities on Monday to review the library’s situation and explore interest in next steps.

The library also says it met with provincial staff Wednesday in what it described as a “solutions-oriented” meeting looking at possibilities to keep branches open for the rest of 2026-27.

Continue reading “Nova Scotia: AVRL says talks underway to keep five threatened branches open longer” →

As the closing date for certain library branches in Annapolis Valley nears, the board overseeing them is rallying to explore any remaining possibilities to keep their doors open.

The Annapolis Valley Regional Library (AVRL) board operates 11 branches, five of which are slated to close on July 20 due to a “significant funding shortfall.”

Branches in Kentville, Port Williams, Hantsport, Lawrencetown and Middleton are on the chopping block.

Continue reading “Nova Scotia: N.S. library board meets with partners, province, as it aims to keep branches open” →

The closure of nearly half of the public libraries in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley might be put off, at least temporarily, if municipal governments can cobble together about $350,000.

Julia Merritt, CEO of Annapolis Valley Regional Libraries, said the extra money could keep all branches open until the end of the 2026-27 fiscal year. She said the library board is set to meet on Monday to discuss the possibility.

“This is all developing really fast,” she said in an interview, adding that she hasn’t yet formed an opinion on whether this is a good way to keep the libraries going.

Continue reading “Nova Scotia: Annapolis Valley libraries reconsidering imminent branch closures” →

A last-ditch effort to avert closures at five Annapolis Valley libraries has cleared the first hurdle.

Kentville Mayor Andrew Zebian asked July 6 for a special meeting to be held to consider pausing the Annapolis Valley Regional Library board’s decision to close the Hantsport, Port Williams, Kentville, Middleton, and Lawrencetown branches effective July 20.

Continue reading “Nova Scotia: Special meeting called for July 13 with library closures looming for July 20” →