• 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 […]

  • 2025 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop

    Regina, Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

    « All Events 2025 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop October 27, 2025 - October 28, 2025 The Canadian Association of Research Libraries and the University of Regina’s Dr. John Archer Library and Archives invite you to participate in the Canadian Library Assessment Workshop (CLAW) taking place October 27 and 28, 2025 in Regina, Saskatchewan.The workshop is designed […]

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  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice October Call: Unlocking Institutional Insights with Article Processing Charge (APC) Data from OpenAlex

    Online Event

    Date: October 23, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration In this session, Jack Young (Research Impact Librarian, McMaster University) and Kelvin Lee (Research Software Developer, McMaster University) will explore how institutions can leverage Article Processing Charge (APC) data from the OpenAlex database to better understand and manage open access publishing costs. They will discuss the value of APC […]

  • Open Education Community of Practice October Call – Open Education Meets AI : The Open GenAI Project from BCcampus

    Online Event

    Date: October 22, 2025 Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm ET Registration The Open Education Community of Practice is delighted to welcome Robynne Devine, Elizabeth Childs, and Harper Friedman for a presentation on the the Open GenAI Project. They will share the project’s goals, introduce the AI-powered study companion prototype currently in development, and explain how it will integrate with the BCcampus […]

  • National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project: Office Hours

    Online Event

    Date: October 21, 2025 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET Registration 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! These informal sessions are a friendly space to ask questions, get some feedback, or just have dedicated […]

  • National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project: Office Hours (French)

    Online Event

    Date: October 20, 2025 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET Registration 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! These informal sessions are a friendly space to ask questions, get some feedback, or just have dedicated […]

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

    Online Event

    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 […]

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

    Online Event

    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 […]

  • National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project : Kick Off Webinar

    Online Event

    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 […]

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

    Online Event

    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 […]

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

    Online Event

    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

    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 […]