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CAPAL Publications Committee Seeking Members The Publications Committee is seeking 5 members to carry out 1 and 2 year terms. As a new committee, members will have the unique opportunity to assist in developing the future direction of the Publications Committee by helping to define goals and activities. The Publications Committee has oversight of the […]

(Le français suit ci-dessous)   Call for Book Reviews The Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship is seeking book reviewers for upcoming issues. If you are interested in reviewing a book listed at the links below, please contact the editors as indicated. Reviewers should follow CJAL’s book review guidelines. Book Reviews: General Book Reviews: Special Issue […]

The CAPAL18 conference abstracts are now available, including some select papers and presentations. Papers that have been uploaded include Jennifer Dekker’s “Third Party Intervention in Collective Bargaining Disputes”, Paul Campbell’s “Narrowing the Scope: Transitioning from general librarianship to specialized subject librarians”, and Emily Carlisle and Roger Chabot’s “Just How Open is Open Access?”. Presentation slides […]

*La version française suit* It is time to start the work of organizing and planning CAPAL19! The Congress 2019 theme is “Circles of Conversation.” As with past conferences, CAPAL19 will be held in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, hosted by University of British Columbia in Vancouver, 2019 June 1-7. CAPAL19 will […]

Two new book reviews are now available in the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. Nailisa Tanner review of Lawrence Busch’s Knowledge for Sale: The Neoliberal Takeover of Higher Education highlights particular areas of interest in the book to librarians, such as data on citation practices/journal prestige. Siham Alaoui’s review of Brunot Bachimont’s Patrimoine et numérique […]