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January 18, 2023. – 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 … More >> Call for Expressions of Interest – CARL Visiting Program Officer for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

January 18, 2023. – CARL invites applications for a Visiting Program Officer (VPO), Metadata & CARL Collaboration with OpenAIRE. The incumbent will work with the Canadian OpenAIRE Task Force to lead CARL’s ongoing collaboration with OpenAIRE, an international network that … More >> Call for Expressions of Interest – CARL Visiting Program Officer, Metadata & CARL Collaboration with OpenAIRE

November 17, 2022 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to present Ariel Katz and Howard Knopf with the CARL Award of Merit, which is conferred on individuals who have made outstanding local, regional, or national contributions … More >> CARL Honours Ariel Katz and Howard Knopf with Award of Merit

November 8, 2022. – The Assessment Committee of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is seeking expressions of interest for participation on the programming committee for the upcoming Canadian Library Assessment Workshop (CLAW), to be held October 23-25, 2023, … More >> Call for Expressions of Interest in Participating on the 2023 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop Programming Committee

September 21, 2022 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Strengthening Capacity Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Practicing Librarian category of the Research in Librarianship Grant fund. The Practicing Librarian Grant is awarded to new and … More >> 2022 Winners of CARL’s Research in Librarianship Grant

September 6, 2022. – CARL is very pleased to announce that Geoff Harder joins our team today as Project Director, National Shared Repository Infrastructure. Bringing his extensive experience, knowledge, contacts, and enthusiasm to the role, Geoff will lead business case … More >> CARL welcomes Geoff Harder as Project Director, National Shared Repository Infrastructure

September 2, 2022. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is delighted to announce that a second Visiting Program Officer (VPO) for Copyright has joined our team. Working closely with Amanda Wakaruk (fellow CARL VPO for Copyright) and Rowena … More >> New CARL VPO for Copyright

July 19, 2022. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to welcome Amanda Wakaruk as Visiting Program Officer (VPO) for Copyright. Amanda Wakaruk, (BComm, MLIS, MES) is the Copyright and Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Alberta, … More >> New CARL VPO for Copyright

In 2019, CARL identified open education leadership as an important area for capacity building within its institutions and outlined activities and programs designed to bolster this emerging area of practice and support the development of national leadership in this arena. … More >> Call for Expressions of Interest to CARL’s Open Education Working Group

June 2, 2022 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to share the final Insights Report from its Diversity and Inclusion Study, prepared by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI Consulting). In 2021, CARL conducted … More >> CARL Releases Insights Report from its Diversity and Inclusion Study