Detailed Program

Tuesday Nov. 7
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMBreakfast (Albion Salon – Lower Level)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PMBoard Meeting (Albion Salon – Lower Level)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPresident’s Reception (Sussex Salon – 27th Floor)
Wednesday Nov. 8
7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast & Registration (Sussex Salon – 27th Floor)
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Policy Committee Meeting (Rideau Salon)

8:30 AM – 10:30 AMStrengthening Capacity Committee Meeting (York Salon)
10:30 AM – 10:45 AMBreak
10:45 AM – 12:45 PMAdvancing Research Committee Meeting (Rideau Salon)
10:45 AM – 12:45 PMAssessment Committee Meeting (York Salon)
12:45 PM – 1:45 PMLunch (Sussex Salon – 27th Floor)
1:45 PM – 2:45 PMLCDRI, and Research Data / Portage Session (Laurier Salon)

Session Chair: Donna Bourne-Tyson
Speakers: Robbin Tourangeau, LCDRI Executive Director; Jeffrey Moon, Portage Director; Pam Bjornson, Consultant, Management by Design.
This session will feature a high-level introduction to the research data management landscape in Canada, followed by an update on Portage, a summary of key findings and recommendations from the Portage evaluation, and a Q&A period.
2:45 PM – 3:00 PMBreak
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMCopyright Update and Advocacy Session (Laurier Salon)
This session is designed to prepare participants who are taking part in the November 9th Half-Day on the Hill. A representative of the CARL Policy Committee will give a brief update on the Copyright Act Review and any other relevant copyright news, while Don Moors and Josh Matthewman of Temple Scott Associates (TSA) will share tips for making the most of your meetings with MPs and policy makers and ensuring the experience is stress-free and fun.
4:00 PM – 5:00 PMFall General Meeting (Laurier Salon)
6:30 PM – 10:00 PMCARL Reception and Dinner (Salt, 345 Preston St, Ottawa, ON K1S 1V6)
Thursday Nov. 9
7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast & Registration (Laurier Salon)
9:00 AM – 9:30 AMHalf-Day on the Hill (Meetings on Parliament Hill)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AMSpeaker at Ottawa Marriot: David Lametti (Laurier Salon)
11:00 AM – 2:00 PMHalf-Day on the Hill (Meetings on Parliament Hill) / Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMStrengthening Indigenous Representation and Reconciliation; and Core Competencies Session (Laurier Salon)
Facilitated by Susan Cleyle and Kathleen DeLong.
Following a brief update from the Core Competencies Working Group, this session on TRC recommendations will feature an open discussion on what is being done at the institutional level and table discussions on what CARL could do at the national level.
3:00 PM – 3:15 PMBreak
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM‘Coalition–publi.ca’ / SPARC Open Education Leadership Program (Laurier Salon)
The first part of this session will focus on the involvement of stakeholders such as CARL in the emerging Coalition publi-ca governance structure. Speakers: Tanja Niemann, Executive Director of Érudit, and Brian Owen, Managing Director for PKP and Associate University Librarian for Processing and Systems at SFU Library.
In the second part of this session, Joy Kirchner and Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education at SPARC (joining us via Skype), will give an introduction to the new SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, and engage CARL members in a discussion of related efforts that CARL could undertake in order to improve the capacity for OER support within CARL libraries.
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM Board meeting (Albion Salon - Lower Level)