Date: April 8, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm ET Registration Are you interested in building your organization’s digital preservation capabilities? Join the second phase of the National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project, facilitated by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). This project empowers institutions across Canada engaged in digital preservation at any level to collectively […]
This month's article: Cao, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, Z., Li, C., & Sivertsen, G. (2025). How does scientific research generate impact beyond academia? Cross-disciplinary comparison based on REF impact cases. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 17, Article 1856. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-06129-4 Date: April 8, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice holds several Article […]
Date: April 7, 2026 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET Recording Are you interested in building your organization’s digital preservation capabilities? Join the second phase of the National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project, facilitated by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). This project empowers institutions across Canada engaged in digital preservation at any level to collectively […]
Date: April 7-10, 2026 Time: 12-5 pm ET / 9am-2pm PT We are pleased to announce that the Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada (in English) will be offered in Spring 2026. ESI Canada is based on the original Evidence Synthesis Institute (which is a US Institute of Museum and Library Services-supported program geared towards providing training on evidence […]
Date: April 2, 2026 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET Registration We hope Open Education Week was a great success for everyone this year! Join us for a wrap-up and roundtable session where we invite you to share notable events, lectures, workshops, or activities you have participated in or facilitated. What lessons did you take away? […]
Date: March 27, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET Recording CARL's Library Assessment Community of Practice invites you to join an engaging event focused on developing and refining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This interactive session will introduce the fundamentals of KPIs, their significance, and strategies for effective implementation. Our presenter will share firsthand […]
Date: March 12, 2026 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET Recording The Canadian Association of Research Libraries Digital Preservation Working Group (CARL DPWG) is hosting a free online workshop on WARC repatriation. This workshop aims to build capacity for data sovereignty by empowering institutions across Canada to locally preserve their Archive-It data. The Internet Archive […]
This month's article: Dorta-González, P. (2025). Which kind of research papers influence policymaking. Science and Public Policy, 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scaf069 Date: March 10, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice holds several Article Club Meetings each term. These are regular, discussion-based gatherings focused on exploring key literature in bibliometrics, scientometrics, and research impact. […]
Date: March 9, 2026 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET Registration The Open Journals Collective (OJC) is an international collective of libraries, scholarly societies, and small non-profit publishers working to advance support for diamond open access publishing at no cost to authors or readers. In January 2026, the OJC officially launched its first call for investment […]
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 […]
