Projects

The following projects were all initiated by various Canadian libraries and librarians, with encouragement and funding from LibraryNet or other Industry Canada programs.

• Kids got a fresh look at books and reading when they visited the Calgary Public Library's 1997 Summer Reading Game on the Internet (item no longer available). Funding for the Summer Reading Game was provided by a SchoolNet grant, and an intern hired under an Industry Canada grant developed the Web site.

• The North Bay Public Library has produced a web site on the history of the Dionne Quintuplets.

• The Government Information Pilot Project introduced members of the public to government information on the Net through Nova Scotia public libraries.

• A Web Page Evaluation Tool, a PURL service, and Expanding Universe, a guide to astronomy resources on the web, were all developed by students at the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (items no longer available).
  

• The University of Guelph's McLaughlin Library produced an Index to Canadian Children's Literature (a bilingual journal of criticism and review covering Canadian books and other media for children and young adults).

• The Western Counties Regional Library in Nova Scotia expanded the online catalogue of the H. R. Banks Collection of local history materials, and added a search engine. In addition, the library is a partner with local health-care agencies in providing the Western Health Information Project, also developed with the assistance of LibraryNet youth funding.