The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to invite member directors to the 2023 Fall Member Meeting. This annual gathering serves as a vital platform for the exchange of ideas, strategic planning, and collaborative discussions that shape the future of research libraries across Canada.
Fairmont Le Château Montebello
392 Rue Notre Dame
Montebello Quebec, J0V 1L0
Tel: +1-800-257-7544
Fax: 819 423 1133
https://www.fairmont.com/montebello
A block of rooms has been reserved for November 26-30, 2023 at the cost of $229 CAD/night.
This special room rate will be available until October 26, 2023. Reservations received after the reservations due date will be confirmed on a space and rate available basis only.
We encourage all attendees to stay at the meeting venue to ensure CARL fulfills the contractual obligations.
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Board Meeting – B. Waytuck / K. McColgan
(Prince Edward Island – Lobby Level)
5:15 PM –6:30 PM
Shuttle from Ottawa (YOW airport at 5:15 p.m. and Hilton Garden Inn at 5:30 p.m.) to Fairmont Le Château Montebello
7:30 PM –10:00 PM
President’s Opening Reception & 2nd CARL Curling Tournament
(Curling House)
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast (Aux Chantignoles – Lower Level)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Advancing Research Committee Meeting – Talia Chung, Chair
(Le Club – Lower Level)
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Break (Le Club Foyer)
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Advancing Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting – Amber Lannon, Chair
(Le Club – Lower Level)
12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch and recreational activities (Montebello- Lower Level)
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Impact Committee Meeting – Mary-Jo Romaniuk, Chair
(Le Club – Lower Level)
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Break (Le Club Foyer)
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Strengthening Capacity Committee Meeting – Mark Asberg, Chair
(Le Club – Lower Level)
6:00 PM
Dinner (on your own onsite or in Montebello Village)
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast (Aux Chantignoles – Lower Level)
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Opening Remarks – Brett Waytuck
(Canada – First Floor)
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Marrakesh Treaty Final Report and Toward an Accessibility Library Framework for Canada – Susan Parker / Katherine McColgan
In person:
– Victoria Owen, Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner, University of Toronto
– Christine Oliver, Head of Metadata and Processing, University of Ottawa (retired)
Pre-recorded presentation:
– Pascal Calarco, Systems Librarian and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Windsor
(Canada – First Floor)
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Break (Canada Foyer)
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Open Access developments and priorities: Sustainable Infrastructure, Sustaining Infrastructure: What’s Next for Canada? – Amy Buckland / Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
Pre-recorded presentations:
– SCOSS (Vanessa Proudman, Director, SPARC Europe)
– IOI (Kaitlin Thaney, Executive Director, IOI)
– Revue scientifique Relations industrielles (Samuel Dinel, Coordonnateur aux activités Sciences sociales, Département des relations industrielles, Université Laval)
In person pannel:
– Érudit/PKP/Coalition Publica (Jessica Clark,Senior Coordinator, Open Access Developments, Érudit )
– CRKN-RCDR (Clare Appavoo, Executive Director, CRKN)
– Tri-agencies (Matthew Lucas, Executive Director, Corporate Strategy and Performance SHRC-CRSH))
– FRQ (Mylène Deschênes)
– COAR (Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director, COAR)
(Canada – First Floor)
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Lunch (Montebello – Lower Level)
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM Progress on Respectful Description: Ontologies and Platforms – Leslie Weir / Susan Haigh
In person:
– The National Union Catalogue Looking Forward (Leslie Weir, LAC-BAC)
Pre-recorded presentations:
– Inuit Place Names; Vision for Description of Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre collections (Lynn Peplinski and Torsten Diesel, Inuit Heritage Trust)
– NIKLA Respectful Terminology Project (Camille Callison/Stacy Allison-Cassin)
– RVM (Susanne Brillant, U Laval)
– CSH (Annie Wolfe, LAC-BAC)
(SHORT BREAK)
– Homosaurus – LGBTQ+ vocabularies (Bri Watson, UBC iSchool, Homosaurus Editorial Board & Philippe Cadieaux, RVM)
(Canada – First Floor)
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Break (Canada Foyer)
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Northern Study Tour report and future tours – Brett Waytuck, Vivian Lewis and others / Susan Haigh
(Canada – First Floor)
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
CARL Reception and Dinner (Heritage Room)
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast (Aux Chantignoles – Lower Level)
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Policy and Advocacy Committee Meeting – Susan Parker, Chair
(Le Club – Lower Level)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Break (Canada Foyer – First Floor)
10:30 AM – 11:15AM
OCLC Pricing Model Discussion (members only) – Brett Waytuck / Susan Haigh
(Canada – First Floor)
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Models for Senior non-MLIS Positions (members only) – Su Cleyle / Julie Morin
(Canada – First Floor)
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
Break (Canada Foyer)
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Fall General Meeting (members only) – Brett Waytuck / Kasia Kozyra-Kocikowska
(Canada – First Floor)
1:15 PM
Lunch boxes to go (Canada Foyer)
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Shuttle to Ottawa
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Board meeting (working lunch)
(Le Club – Lower level)
Please complete the registration form no later than October 9, 2023.
Note: It is expected that the Director will represent the member library except in unusual circumstances. If the Director must send an alternate representative, the alternate should complete the questionnaire.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kasia at .
The bus will pick up attendees on Monday November 27 at 5:15 p.m. sharp at the Ottawa airport and at 5:30 p.m. from downtown Ottawa (Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Downtown).
The bus will depart Château Montebello for Ottawa on Thursday, November 30 at 1:30 p.m. with an estimated 3:00 p.m. arrival at the Ottawa airport.
Note: The CARL Board will travel separately (leaving Ottawa on Sunday, November 26 and departing Montebello after the 2nd board meeting on Thursday, November 30, 2023).
