Welcome to the winter 2013 issue of The Courier! If you are looking for some travel ideas for the upcoming year, perhaps some of the articles in this issue will provide some inspiration. Our feature article, by Crystal Sharp, recaps her travels to two very different, but equally fascinating, libraries in India­—the MCubed Library in Mumbai and the Learning Resource Centre at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. If you prefer to stay closer to home, Gillian Clinton reviews the tour she received during her recent visit to the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Or perhaps you will want to save up your vacation days for a trip to sunny San Diego in June to attend the SLA 2013 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO!

Included in this issue is a report from Amra Porobic, chair of SLA Toronto Solo Librarians’ subgroup, which provides an overview of all the insightful discussions, meetings, and resources available to Toronto solos that came about in 2012. Be sure to check out the SLA wiki to view the presentations mentioned by Amra as well—the wiki is a veritable wealth of knowledge!

As always, many thanks to our contributors for their articles. We genuinely hope you enjoy this issue. Submissions to The Courier are always welcome; please send comments, ideas, or suggestions directly to:

Kelly Butler
kelly (at) kllybtlr (dot) com

Heather Buchansky
heather (dot) buchansky (at) gmail.com

Welcome to the fall 2012 issue of The Courier! As always, we’d like to thank everyone who contributed articles to this issue.

As Laura noted in her President’s Letter, the SLA Toronto Chapter had a number of events—engaging article clubs, post-SLA conference dinners, and the summer social—to wrap up another eventful summer season.

A key event from this summer—beyond the Chapter, but affecting all information professionals—was the change in Canada’s Copyright Act. Lesley Ellen Harris offers an informative recap on these issues and changes.

And while the SLA Annual Conference may seem like a distant memory, articles from the Infomart Student-to-Conference award winners Heather Buchansky and Stacey Nordlund recap their experiences and share some insights and information on their time spent in Chicago.

The SLA Toronto Chapter calendar has a lot of events and workshops to note during the next couple months—article clubs, resume workshops, and, of course, the holiday social! If you are planning to attend any of these events, please consider sharing your experiences in The Courier. Submissions to the newsletter are welcome at any time, as are comments and queries. Please send them to:

Kelly Butler
kelly (at) kllybtlr (dot) com

Heather Buchansky
heather (dot) buchansky (at) gmail.com