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Reports on Internet use by children in the Calgary Public Library in Alberta. Issue of unfiltered use versus filtered use; Statistics on Internet use of children up to age 12; Library Internet policy.

States that the Canadian Library Association introduced the web-based tool kit, Net Safe, Net Smart. Content of the kit which helps libraries manage and communicate about Internet use in the library; Issues of Internet access, filtering, and children.

The article discusses federal stimulus funds to be used for libraries in the U.S. and Canada. Libraries in the U.S. will be granted federal stimulus money to expand broadband access, however, in Canada the funds will be used to expand libraries and create new ones. The Canadian government is granting $18.3 million to the Halifax Central Library which is still in planning. The government in Nova Scotia is giving $13 million and the Halifax Regional Municipality $23.7 million.

Reports on grievances filed by several staffers at the Ottawa Public Library in Ontario. Issue of the library's unrestricted Internet access policy; Efforts of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) to change library policy; How staffers are forced to see sexually explicit material; Outlook for privacy screens on all public access computers and filters; How the controversy in Ottawa has affected other librarians.

Profiles Cate McNeely, deputy chief librarian of Richmond Public Library (RPL) in British Columbia, and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia School of Library Archival and Information Studies. Belief of McNeely that the library should work for patrons; Way that she helped design the Ironwood library branch.

Reports that the budget for the Ontario (Canada) libraries has been raised by $1.5 million, with the new funds to be used for automation projects to improve services to patrons throughout the province. Details of the allocation of the funds; Reasons for the increase.