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    Communications Community of Practice October Call – There’s a Method to this Madness: Evidence-based Website Redesign at UVic Libraries

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    Date: October 16, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration The Communications Community of Practice invites you to our October community call which will be centered around evidence-based website redesign. Academic library websites are complex environments simultaneously serving many diverse audiences with diverse needs. As a result, they often spiral into chaos over time. Tackling that chaos […]

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    National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project : Kick Off Webinar [IN FRENCH]

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    Date: October 7, 2025 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET Recording Join us for an overview of CARL’s National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project, facilitated by Amanda Tomé, Digital Research Alliance of Canada, and Sarah Lake, Concordia University and CARL Visiting Program Officer for Digital Preservation. Benchmarking digital preservation capabilities is integral to continuous improvement of digital […]

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    National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project : Kick Off Webinar

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    Date: October 6, 2025 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET Recording Join us for an overview of CARL’s National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project, facilitated by Amanda Tomé, Digital Research Alliance of Canada, and Sarah Lake, Concordia University and CARL Visiting Program Officer for Digital Preservation. Benchmarking digital preservation capabilities is integral to continuous improvement of digital preservation […]

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    Assessment Community of Practice October Call: To Survey or Not to Survey, and Other Stories

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    Date: Friday, October 3, 2025 Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm ET Recording Surveys can be useful tools to learn what our users really think—but only if they’re planned with care and purpose. The Assessment Community of Practice invites you to a session exploring when surveys are the right tool (and when they aren’t), how to design them to […]

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    Open Education Community of Practice September Community Call: Conducting a Program Evaluation of an OER Initiative: Benefits and Challenges

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    Date: September 24, 2025 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET Registration Conducting a Program Evaluation of an OER Initiative: Benefits and Challenges The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to invite you to the September meeting of the Open Education Community of Practice. This month, we’re bringing the community together to explore how OER programs […]

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

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    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 […]

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    Workshop for the Library Community on SSHRC’s Aid to Scholarly Journals Grant Program [French Session]

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    French session Date: July 24, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET Registration Many library-published or supported journals are eligible to apply for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Aid to Scholarly Journals funding opportunity. This program has been substantially revised for 2025, and the deadline for applications is September 10, 2025. The grants support Canadian […]

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    Workshop for the Library Community on SSHRC’s Aid to Scholarly Journals Grant Program [English Session]

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    English session Date: July 22, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET Registration Many library-published or supported journals are eligible to apply for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Aid to Scholarly Journals funding opportunity. This program has been substantially revised for 2025, and the deadline for applications is September 10, 2025. The grants support Canadian […]

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    Canadian Repositories Community of Practice July Call: Open Repositories 2025 Recap

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    Date: July 9, 2025 Time: 1:00-2:00pm ET Registration Having Open Repositories FOMO (fear of missing out)? Join the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice for an OR Recap event! For many years, Open Repositories (OR) has served as a key point of knowledge sharing and collaboration for repository managers at institutions across the globe. Unfortunately, due to decreasing budgets for […]

  • Mobilizing Learnings from @Risk North3: Next Steps for Digital Preservation

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    Date: Friday, June 20, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Recording Join us for an informal conversation on action items from @RiskNorth3: Safeguarding the Canadian Digital Record, the digital preservation summit that took place in November 2024. Sarah Lake (Concordia), CARL Visiting Program Officer for Digital Preservation, will give a short presentation on the high-level outcomes of @RN3, […]

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    Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice June Call: Implementing DORA in Canadian Research Institutions

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    Date: June 19, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration There is a global effort to evaluate research in a more responsible manner, and Canada is no exception. Several Canadian institutions have recently signed on to DORA, the Declaration on Research Assessment. But what does it take to actually implement DORA-aligned practices in a Canadian research context? […]

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    Open Education Community of Practice June Community Call – Sustaining Openness: Navigating Budget Constraints in OER Programs and Grants

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    Date: June 18, 2025 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET Registration The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to invite you to the first meeting of the new Open Education Community of Practice. Join us for a candid community conversation on the financial realities of supporting and scaling OER initiatives. Whether you’re navigating reduced funding, […]