CAPAL’s steering committee encourages all those who are concerned about the case of Dale Askey and Edwin Mellen Press Inc. to change their email signature files to include a symbolic show of support for Dale and academic freedom more generally. Continue reading A Call to Support Dale Askey!
Today the CBC addressed the Dale Askey lawsuit and includes statements from the publisher: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/02/12/hamilton-librarian-lawsuit.html Full on-going accounts of the coverage of this case can be found on these two websites: http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2013/02/09/publisher-hits-new-low-suing-librarian-for-criticizing-their-books/ or https://pinboard.in/u:jbfink/t:mcmaster+emp
It’s rare to be sued for expressing your opinion on a blog but that’s exactly what seems to be happening to a librarian at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario. In fact,librarians in both Canada and the US took to social Continue reading Unprecedented $3 million dollar lawsuit filed against McMaster librarian for blogpost
We are fortunate to welcome three new librarians to our steering committee after our CAPAL membership meeting on Jan. 31, 2013: Dr. Kathryn Rose from Memorial University in Newfoundland; Rev. Douglas J. Fox, B.A., MDiv., Th.M, M.L.S, a systems librarian Continue reading Three New Members to CAPAL Steering Committee with Special Expertise!
The following map charts the location of viewers to the CAPAL website from around the world and the number of visits:
