Date: February 25, 2026 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET Registration Since the Supreme Court of Canada's 2004 decision in CCH Canada Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada, the global copyright landscape has changed considerably. While a number of jurisdictions have transplanted, or considered the transplantation of, a fair use or user right regime from […]
Date: February 24, 2026 Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET Registration Institutional repositories are people-powered services that serve as fundamental infrastructure for disseminating open access research across the globe. Regardless of our hosting model or the specific software we use, our staff are the most essential part of our infrastructure. For this reason, institutions have to […]
Date: February 12, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET Registration Join the Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice for the first in a new series of informal Coffee Talks—casual, drop-in conversations where members can grab a coffee, connect with colleagues, and compare notes on shared questions and emerging practices. Each session will begin with a guest […]
This month's article: Thelwall, M., & Jiang, X. (2025). Is OpenAlex suitable for research quality evaluation and which citation indicator is best? Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(12), 1660–1681. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.70020 Date: February 11, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice holds several Article Club Meetings each term. These […]
« All Events CommConnect Library Communications Virtual Symposium February 11, 2026 @ 11:00 - 15:30 EST The Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Communications Community of Practice is pleased to invite you to its first-ever, free half-day virtual symposium, CommConnect. This inaugural event brings together communications professionals working in academic and research libraries across Canada to […]
Date: February 5, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET Registration The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice invites you to its February community call on the topic of trust, mistrust, and manipulation of open science research. We must confront some uncomfortable situations. Openness does not necessarily equate to trust, and the ideals of open research do […]
Date: February 2, 2026 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Registration Join us for an inside look at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Zero Textbook Cost program shared by Amanda Grey, Open Education Strategist. Whether you are just beginning to explore ZTC possibilities, or are supporting an existing ZTC program, this session will offer insights and collaborative […]
« All Events Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Workshop December 15, 2025 - December 16, 2025 The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), together with University of Ottawa, Library and Archives Canada, and Carleton University, are pleased to offer ARL/CNI’s Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Workshop. This is the first Futurescape […]
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 […]
Date: December 10, 2025 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET Registration The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to invite you to the December meeting of the Open Education Community of Practice. This month, we’re bringing the community together to explore practices for improving accessibility when creating H5P interactive content and in OER creation […]
UPDATE: Unfortunately, this week’s office hours have been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date. Date: December 4, 2025 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET Are you a CARL member planning to complete the DPC RAM this fall? Join us for group office hours and get started with support from your digital preservation […]
UPDATE: Unfortunately, this week’s office hours have been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date. Date: December 3, 2025 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET Are you a CARL member planning to complete the DPC RAM this fall? Join us for group office hours and get started with support from your digital preservation peers! […]
