Author: CARL ABRC

This multi-stakeholder group has concluded its work, outlining a model framework for moving Canadian scholarly publishing toward a more sustainable future, and affirming six principles to guide this process. July 4, 2017. – After ten months of assessing the current … More >> Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group Releases Final Report

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is thrilled to announce the creation of the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition. Under the auspices of the CARL-initiated Digital Preservation Working Group (DPWG) and Advancing Research Committee, the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition will work to develop an … More >> Call for Participation: The Canadian Web Archiving Coalition

CARL has just released a statement on the value of fair dealing, in conjunction with Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2017. The complete statement can be accessed here: https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017_CARL_Fair_Dealing_Week_statement_EN.pdf   For examples of how fair dealing is having a positive impact on … More >> Statement in Support of Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week

A summary report of the one-day session Where Next for Repositories?, held November 10, 2016 in Ottawa, is now available: > Summary Report: Where Next for Repositories? :  (PDF) As well, CARL has compiled the results from the evaluations that were … More >> Summary Report of Repositories Forum Now Available

This multi-stakeholder working group, which includes scholarly publishers, academic libraries, funders, and researchers, released today its draft principles for sustainable scholarly publishing. January 31, 2017. – The Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group’s interim report features an overview of the current … More >> Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group Releases Interim Report

OTTAWA, January 27, 2017 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries released today a Scholarly Communications Roadmap that presents clear activities it aims to undertake to stimulate positive change towards an open, sustainable, effective and innovative scholarly communication system. The key … More >> CARL Releases Roadmap Towards Sustainable Scholarly Communication

      The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) — a global coalition of several major research and academic library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States — recognises the significance of preservation of the scholarly record. … More >> Research Library Associations Commit to the Future of the Digital Scholarly Record

Stakeholders including scholarly publishers, academic libraries, funders, and researchers have joined forces to develop a framework for advanced, robust, sustainable, collaborative models for the Canadian dissemination of the scholarly record. November 7, 2016. – Scholars, research funders, libraries, academic institutions … More >> Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group to Ensure Wide Distribution of Research Results

October 26, 2016. – As this 2016 International Open Access Week unfolds, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) wishes to reaffirm its support for open access (OA) as a means for enabling scholarly research results to be widely distributed … More >> CARL Initiatives Build on Longstanding Commitment to Open Access for Scholarly Research

The following announcement has just been posted to the Portage website: CARL and COPPUL Working Together at the Intersections of Research Data Management and Digital Preservation (September 20, 2016)