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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 discusses the Canadian Library Association's (CLA's) open access advocacy in Canada. It mentions that CLA encourages Canadian libraries to support policies requiring open access to research supported by Canadian public funding, raise awareness of library users about open access, support the development of open access in all its varieties, and encourage authors to retain their copyright. Among Canada's research funding agencies include the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). The article also discusses Canadian university libraries' program called Synergies.

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 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.