Latest Past Events

Canadian Repositories Community of Practice December Call: Current Challenges and Future Directions for Institutional Repositories: Snapshots from the Literature

Online Event

Date: December 11, 2025 Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm ET Registration This session is part of the Article Release Party! series, hosted by the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice. To get the most out of the discussion, attendees are encouraged to read Current challenges and future directions for institutional repositories: A systematic literature review ahead of time. To […]

Canadian Repositories Community of Practice October Call – Repositories in the Age of AI: The Attack of the Bots

Online Event

Date: October 30, 2025 Time: 1pm-2pm ET Registration AI bots are aggressively harvesting content from the internet. Not so well known is the especially devastating effects this scraping has had on libraries, archives, and museums (LAMS). This sudden and overwhelming increase in bot traffic to these repositories has cultural heritage and academic institutions grappling with technical strain […]

Canadian Repositories Community of Practice August Call – From Campus to Community Researchers: Evolving the Role of Institutional Repositories

Online Event

Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration This session kicks off a new Article Release Party! series, hosted by the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice. To get the most out of the discussion, attendees are encouraged to read Advancing the Dissemination and Preservation of Community-Based Research Products in Institutional Repositories ahead of time. To suggest a future […]