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CARL Welcomes New Members to the Board of Directors

May 28, 2026, St. John’s – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce changes to its Board of Directors, following the 2026 Spring Members’ Meeting. CARL […]

Clare Appavoo Honoured with CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship

May 26, 2026, St. John’s – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is proud to present the 2026 CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship to Clare Appavoo, […]

CARL Joins the ORCID-CA Consortium

  May 22, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce that it has joined the ORCID-CA Consortium, a national partnership led by the Canadian […]

CARL Announces Recipients of the Inaugural Fund for Advancing Open Access Book Publishing

May 13, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Canadian Association of Research Libraries Fund for Advancing Open Access […]

Call for Applications – CARL Research in Librarianship Grant

April 27, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) invites applications from established and newly appointed librarians working in a CARL member library. When merited, up to $7,000 […]

Call for Participants: 2026 Librarians’ Research Institute

March 25, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is now accepting nominations for participants for the 2026 Librarians’ Research Institute. Participants will attend a four-day Institute hosted […]

CARL Fund for Advancing Open Access Book Publishing

March 24, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to launch a new two-year pilot program to increase the number of open access scholarly books published […]

National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project Launches Phase 2

March 24, 2026 – CARL’s Digital Preservation Working Group (DPWG) is pleased to announce the second phase of the national benchmarking exercise using the Digital Preservation Coalition’s Rapid Assessment Model […]

Call for Proposals: Share Your Qualitative Assessment Methods

*Note that this event has been postponed to Fall 2026. The Call for Proposals is now closed.  March 2, 2026 – The CARL Assessment Community of Practice (CoP) invites members […]

Call for Expressions of Interest: Steering Committee for a New Community of Practice in Teaching & Learning

February 18, 2026 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) welcomes expressions of interest from 6-8 teaching and learning librarians interested in shaping and guiding a new Teaching and […]