Author: CARL ABRC

September 6, 2016. — The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a statement on the use and impact of fair dealing in the context of post-secondary education. The following excerpts are taken from the statement: Over the past … More >> CARL Issues Statement on Fair Dealing and Copyright in Universities

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to share our 2015 Annual Report.

[Update 2016.06.30: Please note that WIPO issued a statement today confirming that Canada is the 20th nation to accede to the Marrakesh Treaty, which means that the Treaty will come into force September 30, 2016.] OTTAWA, June 29, 2016 – … More >> Canada Accedes to Marrakesh Treaty, Improves Access for Persons with Perceptual Disabilities

SPARC and CARL are happy to announce the following FREE webinar: The Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications: Academic Library and Research Services Supports for Researchers English-language session: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 1:00 PM ET Click here for details. Pour … More >> Webinar: Library and Research Services Supports for the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications

    April 29, 2016 – The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) — a global coalition of major research and academic library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States — recognizes the importance of working towards a common … More >> Research Library Associations Endorse Open Data Accord

March 31, 2016 – The first joint meeting of five of the world’s most prominent academic and research library organizations took place at the British Library in London on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, ahead of the Research Libraries UK Conference. … More >> Major Research Library Organizations Meet to Discuss International Collaboration

OTTAWA, March 24, 2016 – Yesterday, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) welcomed the Government of Canada’s strong commitments to innovation, higher education and research that were reflected in Budget 2016. We now also applaud the Government’s commitment to … More >> Canada takes Key Step Forward on Marrakesh Treaty

OTTAWA, February 3, 2016 – Research libraries in universities across the country are experiencing severe budget pressures owing to the weakening Canadian dollar combined with the extraordinarily high costs of international scholarly journals. Background Academic libraries strive to provide their … More >> Falling Canadian dollar raises longstanding issue of journal costs

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, January 27, 2016 — Compute Canada and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) announced today that they will collaborate to build a scalable national platform for research data management and discovery. Partnership will enhance research data transfer, … More >> Compute Canada and CARL Join Forces to Build a National Research Data Platform

OTTAWA, July 6, 2015 – CARL is pleased to announce that Chuck Humphrey, Research Data Management Services Coordinator for the University of Alberta Libraries, has accepted a two-year secondment to become the initial director of the Portage research data management … More >> Chuck Humphrey named initial Director of Portage