Author: Lise Brin

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)

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.