Date: October 30, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET Registration CARL’s Library Assessment Community of Practice reconvenes on October 30th to explore practical applications of qualitative and UX-centered assessment methods. Join us in a conversational environment as colleagues share their experiences applying these approaches to collections, spaces, websites, and chatbots, as well as […]
« All Events Workshop: Institutional Open Science Exchange (By Invitation Only) October 30, 2026 – 08:30 - 13:00 EDT The University of Ottawa Library and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries invite you to participate in a half‑day, discussion‑focused workshop on Friday, October 30, 2026, immediately following the Canadian Open Science Conference (COSC 2026) at […]
This month’s article: Distel, A., Grimpe, C., & Poetz, M. (2026). From evidence to impact: The use of scientific research in policy documents. Research Policy, 55(3), 30, Article 105426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105426 Date: October 20, 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 […]
Date: October 6, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET Registration Join us for a welcome back and roundtable discussion with the Communications Community of Practice! With September under our belts, let's get together for a Communi-tea to reflect on orientation, discuss what we're seeing from this year's students, and share new ideas for connecting with the 2026 […]
Date: September 24, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm ET Registration Research organizations frequently make use of scholarly metadata (i.e. data describing research outputs) to assess, express, and optimize the impact of their research. In recent years, the number of tools and services dedicated to the management and analysis of this metadata has ballooned (including new […]
This month’s article: Forchino, M., & Torres-Salinas, D. (2026). The OpenAlex database in review: Evaluating its applications, capabilities, and limitations . Journal of Informetrics, 20(2), 12, Article 101800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101800 Date: September 24, 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 […]
Date: September 23, 2026 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration Please join the CARL Library Publishing Community Engagement Team for the next event in our Community Call series for Canada’s library publishing and hosting community. This call follows on the recent long-term support (LTS) designation for OJS 3.5, an upgrade that brings some changes (and […]
Date: September 2, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET Registration Have you ever considered implementing SWORD workflows in your institutional repository? Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit (SWORD) workflows can often feel opaque to many repository managers, but they can be leveraged in such a way that supports automation and increases the number of items in your repository. […]
This month's article: Conix, S., Vignero, L., Lemeire, O., Chi, P., & Lin, L. (2025). Using peer review to evaluate the societal relevance of humanities research. Quantitative Science Studies, 6, 1107–1128. https://doi.org/10.1162/QSS.a.19 Date: August 26, 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 […]
Date: July 7th, 2026 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm ET Registration Are you experiencing conference FOMO? Are you having trouble keeping up with your recording backlog? Join the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice on July 7th, 2026 for a 60-minute session where conference attendees across multiple scholarly communications and repository conferences will be sharing their key takeaways […]
Date: June 22-25, 2026 Location: University of New Brunswick Call for Participants The Librarians’ Research Institute (LRI) provides practicing academic librarians in Canada with an opportunity to immerse themselves in sustained conversations and activities related to scholarly research, inquiry, and publishing. Participants attend a four-day Institute, which is geared toward taking current research skills to […]
This month's article: Arabi, S., Ni, C., & Hutchins, B. (2025). Most researchers would receive more recognition if assessed by article-level metrics than by journal-level metrics. Plos Biology, 23(12), 18, Article e3003532. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003532 Date: June 16, 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, […]
