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CARL Appoints Michael Vandenburg as Executive Director

January 12, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Vandenburg as its new Executive Director, effective February 1, 2026. As […]

Applications Are Now Open for the Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada – Spring 2026 (in English)

January 8, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the University of Victoria Libraries are now accepting applications for the Spring 2026 Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada (in […]

Call for Expressions of Interest: CARL Library Publishing Community Engagement Team

January 6, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) seeks expressions of interest from three representatives from academic and research libraries across the country to serve a two-year […]

National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project: Submission Reminder

December 5, 2025 – This is a friendly reminder to submit your completed and anonymized DPC RAM benchmarking worksheets to CARL by December 31, 2025. To submit, and for more […]

Announcing Library Publishing Community Coffee Chats

November 20, 2025 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Library Publishing Community Engagement Team would like to invite you to participate in our pilot coffee chat program! This program […]

CARL Honours Geoff Harder with Award of Merit

Montebello, Québec, November 19, 2025 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is delighted to announce that Geoff Harder, Associate University Librarian at the University of Alberta, has been […]

Call for Expressions of Interest – CARL VPO for AI and Library Strategies

November 4, 2025 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is the national voice of Canada’s twenty-nine largest university libraries and three federal institutions. A bilingual not-for-profit organization, CARL […]

Registration Now Open! Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Workshop

October 29, 2025 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), together with University of Ottawa, Library and Archives Canada, and Carleton […]

CARL Celebrates International Open Access Week 2025

October 20, 2025 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is proud to join the global celebration of International Open Access Week (October 20–26), a moment to reflect on […]

2025 Winners of CARL’s Research in Librarianship Grant

September 25, 2025 – CARL’s Strengthening Capacity Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Research in Librarianship Grant fund. The grant is awarded to new and established […]