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CARL Invites Expressions of Interest to Open Repositories Working Group

In 2018, CARL formed the Open Repositories Working Group in an effort to focus and accelerate efforts to support open access repository-related activities in Canada. In this short time, this […]

Collaborating to Support Greater Visibility and Discoverability of Open Scholarship – DSpace 5 & 6 Extension Will Soon Enable Support for new OpenAIRE Guidelines

Monday, December 2, 2019. – Several Canadian research libraries are providing funding to ensure that the vast majority of DSpace repositories around the world can be discovered through OpenAIRE, an […]

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 […]

Survey on Consultation Draft of Competencies for CARL / ABRC Librarians

November 28, 2019 – Reporting to the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Strengthening Capacity Committee, the CARL / ABRC Competencies Working Group (CCWG) was struck in the summer of […]

Call for Applications – CARL Graduate Student Research Grant

November 20, 2019 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has designed the Graduate Student Research Grant to support library school students’ active engagement in research activities. CARL invites applications from […]

CARL Issues Statement on Open Education

November 14, 2019 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a statement on open education. CARL believes that the mission of universities is to create and disseminate […]

CARL Honours Dr. Selinda Berg with Award of Merit

Montebello, Quebec, November 7, 2019 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to have presented Dr. Selinda Berg, Associate University Librarian, University of Windsor, with the CARL […]

Upcoming Open Education Training Opportunities

Following up on our October 16 webinar on accessibility in OERs, CARL’s Open Education Working Group is offering three additional webinars (descriptions below) which are a good opportunity to become […]

2019 Winners of CARL’s Research in Librarianship Grant Announced

October 28, 2019 – CARL’s Strengthening Capacity Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Practicing Librarian category of the Research in Librarianship Grant fund. The Practicing Librarian […]

International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) Releases View of Plan S

October 24, 2019. — The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), a platform for collaboration of five members associations representing research libraries, has released a view of Plan S, […]