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CARL Issues Statement on Open Education

November 14, 2019 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a statement on open education. CARL believes that the mission of universities is to create and disseminate […]

Upcoming Open Education Training Opportunities

Following up on our October 16 webinar on accessibility in OERs, CARL’s Open Education Working Group is offering three additional webinars (descriptions below) which are a good opportunity to become […]

International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) Releases View of Plan S

October 24, 2019. — The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), a platform for collaboration of five members associations representing research libraries, has released a view of Plan S, […]

CARL and Canada’s Federal Granting Agencies Working Together to Improve the Discovery of Canadian Research Outputs

October 23, 2019. – Canada’s three federal granting agencies have agreed to partner with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) on a pilot project which seeks to use the […]

October 21-25, 2019 is Open Access Week

Although the Canadian academic library community is active in promoting open access and open scholarship all year round, CARL wishes to highlight the many activities being organized for Open Access […]

CARL and LAC Co-Lead National Shared Print Project to Better Track and Preserve Published Materials

Thursday, October 10, 2019. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) have joined forces to improve preservation of Canadian publications in Canadian libraries. […]

Free webinar: Inclusive and Accessible OER

CARL’s Open Education Working Group wants to share this opportunity for you to engage with the following professional development opportunity around Open Education. Please note that although this presentation will […]

SAVE THE DATE: Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) Event

Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) Event January 27-28, Toronto, ON Ryerson University Registration details to follow The Open Education Leadership Essentials Event (OeLE) is a two-day event, designed by the […]

Call for Participation in the CARL-OpenAIRE Pilot Project

The OpenAIRE Task Group (part of the CARL Open Repositories Working Group) is looking for institutions to participate in a pilot project to harvest Canadian institutional repositories. OpenAIRE is a […]

CARL Issues Statement on the INDU Report on the Copyright Act

June 11, 2019 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a statement in response to the recent Statutory Review of the Copyright Act: Report of the Standing […]