• 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 […]

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

    Online Event

    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 […]

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

    Online Event

    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, […]

  • 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? […]

  • 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, […]

  • 2025 Spring Member Meeting

    Inn at the Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba 75 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    « All Events 2025 Spring Member Meeting May 26, 2025 @ 09:00 EDT - May 29, 2025 @ 16:00 EDT The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to invite member directors to the 2025 Spring Member Meeting. This annual gathering serves as a vital platform for the exchange of ideas, strategic planning, and collaborative […]

  • Join the First Assessment Community of Practice Call

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    Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm ET Registration The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to invite you to the first meeting of the new Assessment Community of Practice. With over 50 participants already signed up from across the country, this CoP brings together library professionals working in assessment and impact to connect, collaborate, […]

  • Communications Community of Practice May Call – Communicating Change: A Discussion About Current Disruptions in Library Operations

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    Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration How do we proactively think about the future of academic libraries when the infrastructures of trust–technological and social–upon which our profession depends, are under threat and challenged? Join the Communications Community of Practice (a.k.a. the CommUNITY) for an open and thought-provoking discussion on how libraries are […]

  • CARL Inclusive Collections Webinar Series – From Shelves to Streams: How Format Shifts Impact Diversity in Academic Film Collections

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    Date: Friday, May 2, 2025 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET Registration The Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Working Group (CARL EDIWG) is pleased to announce the third in a series of planned webinars on inclusive collections. Canadian research libraries are actively engaged in the ongoing process of decolonizing their collections, […]

  • CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice April Call – Being Trustworthy: CoreTrustSeal Certification and Repositories

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    Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Registration Several national and international funders have mandated requirements for data management and preservation, leaving researchers in search of a trustworthy place to deposit their data. What does digital preservation mean for a data repository? Can we provide this infrastructure for researchers? Join the CARL […]

  • Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada 2025 (in English)

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    Applications will be open from December 11th, 2024 and will close on February 3, 2025 at 11:59 pm PT. Successful applicants will be notified by March 3rd, 2025. The Institute itself is planned to run virtually from April 14-17, 2025. The Institute will run from 12-5 pm ET / 9am-2pm PT on each of the […]