Presenting the #CAPAL15 Conference Program

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the conference programming committee, I am pleased to present to you the preliminary program for #CAPAL15 . This year the program has been arranged according to themes including: critical practice, whiteness and academic librarianship, access, critical pedagogies, corporatization Continue reading Presenting the #CAPAL15 Conference Program

Presenting the first issue of our newsletter: CAPAL Connections / Connexions de l’ACBAP

On behalf of the Communications Committee, I present to you our first issue of the CAPAL/ACBAP Newsletter:

CAPAL Connections / Connexions de l’ACBAP.

In this issue you will find updates from the committees and invitations to become involved in a number of projects. We hope that this newsletter will offer a sense of the scope (…) Continue reading Presenting the first issue of our newsletter: CAPAL Connections / Connexions de l’ACBAP

Announcing CAPAL/ACBAP 2015 Conference Keynote Speakers

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for CAPAL/ACBAP’s 2015 Conference:  renowned cultural critic & education scholar, Henry Giroux and digital labour & LIS scholar, Sarah T. Roberts. Sarah T. Roberts is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Continue reading Announcing CAPAL/ACBAP 2015 Conference Keynote Speakers

LAC’s Response to CAPAL’s Letter Concerning Canada’s National Union Catalogue

“…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