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CARL Joins Thousands Calling for Improvements to Research Assessment

April 3, 2018. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has signed on to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which recommends changes in practices by the […]

Announcing the inaugural Canadian Web Archiving Coalition Coordinating Committee membership

March 15, 2018 – The Canadian web archiving community responded with great enthusiasm to last month’s call from CARL’s Digital Preservation Working Group for nominations to the inaugural Canadian Web […]

IARLA Releases Research Library Values Statement

March 12, 2018. — The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), a platform for collaboration of five members associations representing research libraries, has released a values statement on key areas […]

Call for Participants for CARL’s 2018 Librarians’ Research Institute

March 2, 2018 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is now accepting nominations for participants for the 2018 Librarians’ Research Institute. These participants will attend a four-day Institute at […]

CARL Announces 2018 Librarians’ Research Institute

March 1, 2018 – CARL is pleased to announce that the 2018 Librarians’ Research Institute (LRI) will be held from June 18th to 21st at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. “Research skills […]

CARL Pleased to See New Investments in Budget 2018 that Aim to Strengthen Research, Innovation and Reconciliation in Canada

February 28, 2018 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was very pleased to see a range of new investments in Budget 2018 that aim to strengthen research, innovation […]

CARL Launches Expanded Website and Social Media Campaign for Fair Dealing Week 2018

February 26, 2018. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is celebrating the start of Fair Dealing Week 2018 by taking to social media and relaunching an expanded http://fair-dealing.ca website […]

CARL and BCI Reach Agreement for the Advancement Research Data Management and Digital Preservation in Canada

   Montreal, February 22, 2018 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) announced today the signing of an agreement that will see […]

CARL Releases New Brief on the Unsustainability of International Journal Costs

February 15, 2018. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a new brief entitled Responding to Unsustainable Journal Costs, which addresses the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription […]

Summary Report for @Risk North Forum Finds Significant Enthusiasm in Canada for Shared Collections

          Monday, February 12, 2018. – The organizations responsible for last November’s forum on shared collections, @Risk North (Collections en péril), are pleased to announce the release of […]