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Job Posting – Administrative Officer and Event Coordinator

Application Deadline: April 19, 2024 CARL is seeking a qualified and highly motivated applicant for the position of Administrative Officer and Event Coordinator.  The position reports to the Manager, Administration […]

CARL Issues Statement on Automatic Textbook Billing Models

April 4, 2024 – Automatic textbook billing models, such as ‘Inclusive Access’ and ‘Equitable Access’ programs, are emerging as digital textbook sales models in higher education, garnering attention across Canada. […]

Call for Early Adopters for the National Shared Repository Infrastructure Service Development Project

March 18, 2024 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) are seeking early adopters for a collaborative initiative aimed at developing […]

Call for Participants for CARL’s 2024 Librarians’ Research Institute

March 14, 2024 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is now accepting nominations for participants for the 2024 Librarians’ Research Institute. These participants will attend a four-day Institute […]

CARL Appoints Taleen Aktorosian as Communications and Project Officer

March 7, 2024 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce that Taleen Aktorosian has joined the CARL team as Communications and Project Officer.  A graduate from McGill University […]

Call for Expressions of Interest: Two Expert Groups for Shared Repositories Infrastructure (‘Scholaris’)

Call for Expressions of Interest: Two Expert Groups for Shared Repositories Infrastructure (‘Scholaris’) The Canadian Association of Research Libraries, the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and University of Toronto […]

ARL/CARL Marrakesh Treaty Task Force Issues Final Report, Recommendations to Increase Global Lending of Accessible Materials

Washington and Ottawa, February 15, 2024 – Globally, only seven percent of all printed works are available in accessible formats. The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for […]

CARL submission to the Department of Finance Canada Pre-Budget Consultations 2024

CARL’s submission to the Department of Finance Canada Pre-Budget Consultations 2024 is now available on our website. It calls on the Federal government to increase support to the granting councils, […]

Call for Participants for CARL’s Academic Libraries Leadership Institute

January 26, 2024 – CARL is pleased to announce that it is accepting nominations for participants in CARL’s 2024 Academic Libraries Leadership Institute (ALLI). These participants will attend a 6.5 […]

Announcing the Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar Series

The principles of OER can be in tension with Indigenous Knowledges that are deeply rooted in community defined ethics and protocols and relationships. The Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar […]