Author: Lise Brin

July 31, 2020 – CARL and Portage are pleased to announce their endorsement of the TRUST Principles for digital repositories.  Digital information increasingly drives the research process and enables broad access to research data and other types of digital collections. … More >> CARL and Portage Endorse the TRUST Principles for Digital Repositories

July 22, 2020. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a report detailing its academic member institutions’ financial contributions to the development and sustainability of the infrastructure and services that underlie open scholarship. In recent years, CARL … More >> CARL Member Libraries Quantify Their Investments in Open Scholarship

July 16, 2020. – As higher education continues to prioritize remote online instruction in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, university libraries are working with others to advance, innovate and collaborate on the creation and use of high-quality open education … More >> The Time is Now for Open Educational Resources

July 16, 2020. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) welcomes the announcement by cOAlition S of its new Rights Retention Strategy.  Under this strategy, research funding agencies that participate in cOAlition S – the international consortium of national … More >> CARL Applauds Plan S Rights Retention Strategy

Monday, June 29, 2020. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) wishes to announce the publication of a new report by its Open Education Working Group (OEWG) that examines the landscape of regional and institutional post-secondary support for open … More >> New Report from CARL’s OEWG: Environmental Scan of Open Education Service and Support in Canada

    Ottawa, ON (June 26, 2020) – The New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) have signed an agreement for $2.86 million that will support the Portage Network‘s continued contributions to national … More >> New Agreement Between NDRIO and CARL Supports Portage and Research Data Management in Canada

Wednesday, May 20, 2020. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the availability of a plug-in to support new OpenAIRE guidelines in DSpace 5 & 6. The plug-in, developed by 4Science, a Certified Partner of … More >> Collaborating to Support Greater Visibility and Discoverability of Open Scholarship – DSpace 5 & 6 Extension now Available to Support ORCID and New OpenAIRE Guidelines

 May 14, 2020. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to announce the release of its Institutional Open Access Policy Template for Canadian institutions, which is accompanied by a toolkit to help prepare those wishing to develop such … More >> CARL Announces Release of its Institutional Open Access Policy Template and Accompanying Toolkit

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is the national voice of Canada’s twenty-nine largest university libraries and two federal institutions. A bilingual not-for-profit organization, CARL coordinates national initiatives across its member institutions and promotes their causes to achieve excellence … More >> Call for Nominations to CARL Open Education Working Group

Thursday, April 30, 2020. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the publication of the third report in a series by its Open Repositories Working Group (ORWG). This think piece presents a discussion of views … More >> New Report from ORWG: Advancing Open: Views from Scholarly Communications Practitioners