“…we have determined that securing the services of a third-party provider that already has a viable hosted service for a union catalogue would cost significantly less than building a system in-house…” See full letter here: LETTER – NUC – Sept Continue reading LAC’s Response to CAPAL’s Letter Concerning Canada’s National Union Catalogue
The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians have submitted a report to the Royal Society of Canada on the The Status and Future of Canada’s Libraries and Archives, please read below: Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)[1] CAPAL’s Statement to Continue reading CAPAL Report to Royal Society of Canada
These minutes will be amended and approved at CAPAL’s next annual meeting in 2015. DRAFT MINUTES MAY 26, 2014 CAPAL
“Alexander Sodiqov was conducting academic research on civil society and conflict resolution in Tajikistan when he was suddenly seized and charged with “subversion and espionage” on June 16. It has been reported that Mr. Sodiqov has not been able to Continue reading Sign Petition: UofT Doctoral Student, Alexander Sodiqov Seized in Tajikistan
Greetings, In yesterday’s Globe and Mail, University of Alberta President Indira Samarasekera continued the assault on the concept of academic freedom initiated by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) in 2011. [See her article “When universities make Continue reading Open Letter from Jim Turk (CAUT) on Academic Freedom in Canada
