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The article discusses how Canadian Library Association (CLA) members celebrated the Canadian Library Month (CLM) 2012 and connected with their patrons and communities. The Camrose Public Library in Alberta connected with people in several ways, including author visits, drop-in crafts and in-library events. Strathcona County Library created a grid that contained elements of the CLM2012 artwork. Programs offered by the CLM are discussed.

The article focuses on the theme of the Canadian Library Month 2009 in Canada. It notes that the addition of the theme "Now More Than Ever" to the 2008 theme "Your Library, Your World" is an acknowledgement of the crisis that looms the economy and its impact on libraries and its users. The author notes that CLM should serve as the product to the needs of library users since the library communities in Canada are noted to have diverse capacities.