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Call for Participation: The Canadian Web Archiving Coalition

Imagine a world in which libraries and archives had never existed. No institutions had ever systematically collected or preserved our collective cultural past: every book, letter, or document was created, […]

Save the Date: CWAC In-Person Meeting – May 14, 2020, Montréal

[Update: Given the evolving situation regarding COVID-19, the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC) is postponing this event. We are monitoring government recommendations and will reschedule when appropriate. On behalf of […]

CARL Releases Report on Preservation Functionality in Repositories

Wednesday, December 18, 2019. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the publication of the second report in a series by its Open Repositories Working […]

CARL Issues Final Report of Study on Digital Preservation Capacity in Canadian Institutions

Friday, November 29, 2019. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the release of the Final Report of the Survey on Digital Preservation Capacity and […]

[CANCELLED] CWAC Webinar: : First Nations Principles of OCAP(R) w/ Aaron Franks

UPDATE: Unfortunately, this webinar has been cancelled. We hope to be able to reschedule at a later date. The Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC) is sponsoring the following webinar, which […]

SAVE THE DATE – @Risk North 2: Digital Collections

On November 9, 2018 the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) will be holding @Risk North 2: Digital Collections in Montreal. This full-day national forum will focus on assessing current […]

CARL’s Digital Preservation Working Group Administers Survey on Building Capacity for Digital Preservation in Canada

Please note: We have extended the deadline to Monday, September 17, 2018. As Canadian memory institutions are increasingly called to preserve and give access to valuable digital materials into the […]

CWAC Call for Interest Group Participation

May 8, 2018. – The recently formed CWAC Coordinating Committee is responsible for translating the strategic priorities identified by CWAC membership into actions and initiatives that will have a real […]

Announcing the inaugural Canadian Web Archiving Coalition Coordinating Committee membership

March 15, 2018 – The Canadian web archiving community responded with great enthusiasm to last month’s call from CARL’s Digital Preservation Working Group for nominations to the inaugural Canadian Web […]

Call for Participation: The Canadian Web Archiving Coalition

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, […]