This page offers links to innovative sites that illustrate what libraries are capable of on the net. Find out what public libraries are doing online to improve service, raise their profiles, and support their communities. LibraryNet has chosen some of the most interesting Internet applications and showcased them here.
Earlier editions are also available online.
Acceptable Use Internet Policies Links to Canadian sites which deal with the issues of Internet policy for public libraries. In addition to providing Internet access for their users, public libraries are also meeting the challenges of increasing Canadian content on the Internet. Public libraries are taking on new roles supporting individuals, organizations, small businesses, and municipal economic development initiatives in order to promote community economic development. LibraryNet Projects LibraryNet and other Industry Canada programs have helped to support these connectivity projects, often by granting libraries money to hire youth to work on them. This site collects some of the most impressive applications created on the Internet by libraries.