Dear Colleagues, Gradually we are achieving the goals we set at our last membership meeting in the winter. This is to update you on the developments. The following tasks have now been completed: 1. CAPAL is officially a national non-profit Continue reading Summer Update – Good News!
Faculty associations, OCUFA and CAUT are responding quickly to the recent termination of an academic librarian and attempts to terminate faculty at this University. Employment security for academic faculty and librarians, the core of any academic teaching and research institution, Continue reading St. Paul’s University – Update
Researchers at the University of Toronto have formed a new group in response to continuing government action on the freedom of information in Canada. The group called Scientists for the Right to Know states their mandate is ” to advocate Continue reading ‘Scientists’ for the Right to Know’ Campaign – Academic Librarians Join Scientists in Canada
CAPAL supports the appointment of a professional librarian and/or archivist, to the position of Deputy Head and Librarian and Archivist of Canada. In addition CAPAL endorses the list of qualities as outlined in the Joint Statement on Qualities of a Continue reading CAPAL Supports Appointment of Professional Librarian or Archivist at LAC (update)
The Steering Committee of CAPAL is troubled to learn that Access Copyright is taking legal action against a number of institutions which it claims “copy -and promote the copying – of copyright-protected materials without a licence.” (http://www.accesscopyright.ca/media/35670/2013-04-08_ac_statement.pdf) This includes York Continue reading Access Copyright Legal Action
