2013/04/06
by Francis • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Academic librarianship, diversity, racism, survey
One of the issues that members of the CAPAL Steering Committee have discussed and the CAPAL membership-at-large have noted as important, is the issue of ethnic diversity in academic libraries […]
2013/04/04
by Francis • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Intellectual Freedom, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), opinion
In January 2013, Library and Archives Canada released to considerable debate and concern a Code of Conduct: Ethics and Values for its employees. The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians […]
2013/04/02
by Francis • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Academic librarianship, communications, website
Today we launched a Resource Page on the CAPAL website. It’s at http://capalibrarians.org/resources (or click “Resources” on the top menu). There are links to issues in academic librarianship such as research […]
2013/03/13
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., online activism
One simple way of showing support for Dale Askey and academic freedom is to add the following statement and information to your professional signature in your email. If we all […]
2013/04/08
LAC’s “Code of Conduct:Ethics and Value” – New Statements Released
by Francis • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, freedom of expression, Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
A joint public statement by the Association des archivistes du Québec, the Association of Canadian Archivists, and the Canadian Council of Archives issued a public statement protesting the new “Code […]