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November’s CAPAL Member Profile is of Helen Power, Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of Saskatchewan.   Tell us about something you’re passionate about outside of work. I’m an avid reader and writer. I love immersing myself in imaginary worlds and creating ones that are either fascinating, terrifying, or a little bit of both. […]

CAPAL seeks volunteers for a new working group established to assess the benefits and drawbacks to hosting the annual conference with Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The CAPAL Conference Investigation Working Group will begin work in November 2019. Please see the Terms of Reference attached below, and contact Kevin.Tanner AT sait.ca by November […]

CAPAL’s student membership discount ends Friday, October 25th. For only $10, access all the benefits of CAPAL membership until January 2021! To register, please visit http://bit.ly/CAPAL. For more information about CAPAL for Students, connect with your Student Chapter, or email capal.membership@gmail.com with questions.

CJAL Special Issue: Academic Libraries and the Irrational (French follows / voir la version française ci-dessous) This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship (CJAL/Rcbu) will consider whether the seemingly logical pursuit of innovation, accountability, and efficiency puts academic libraries at risk of becoming irrational or even absurd, that is, marked by contradiction and […]

Interested in CAPAL/ABCES Professional Development Opportunities? Consider joining one of the active and dynamic communities of practice! Available to all CAPAL/ABCES members free of charge to join and engage in a specific focus within librarianship. Students are very welcome! Current communities include: Information Literacy Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Research and Writing *new!* Game-based Learning *new!* […]