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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 […]

CARL Statement on Net Neutrality

January 19, 2018. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries has issued a statement in support of Net Neutrality. This is an initiative of the Policy Committee. Full text available […]

CARL Announces Collaboration with Major European Open Science Initiative, OpenAIRE

     January 9, 2018. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the launch of an important collaboration with OpenAIRE, the European Commission funded services that […]

2017 Winners of the Practicing Librarian Category of CARL’s Research in Librarianship Grant Announced

December 21, 2017 – CARL’s Strengthening Capacity Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Practicing Librarian category of the Research in Librarianship Grant fund. The Practicing Librarian […]