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Call for Applications: CAPAL Early Career Researcher Award | Appel de candidatures : Prix ACBES pour chercheur·e en début de carrière

Posted on 2026/03/16 by Communications Committee — No Comments ↓

Dear Colleagues, The CAPAL Awards Committee is delighted to announce the opening of applications for our 2026 Early Career Researcher Award. This annual award, which includes a $500 prize and a one-year CAPAL membership, is designed to encourage and celebrate Continue reading Call for Applications: CAPAL Early Career Researcher Award | Appel de candidatures : Prix ACBES pour chercheur·e en début de carrière→

Call for Applications: CAPAL Student Research Paper Award | Appel de candidatures : Prix ACBES du travail de recherche étudiant

Posted on 2026/03/16 by Communications Committee — No Comments ↓

Dear Colleagues, The CAPAL Awards Committee is delighted to announce the opening of applications for our 2026 Student Research Paper Award. This annual award, which includes a $500 prize and a one-year CAPAL membership, is designed to recognize and encourage Continue reading Call for Applications: CAPAL Student Research Paper Award | Appel de candidatures : Prix ACBES du travail de recherche étudiant→

CAPAL is recruiting a Webmaster

Posted on 2026/01/29 by Wayne Johnston — No Comments ↓

The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL/ACBES) is seeking a second webmaster to work in tandem with the current webmaster. As webmaster, you will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing CAPAL/ACBES’s online presence, ensuring that our websites, Continue reading CAPAL is recruiting a Webmaster→

Appel à propositions CAPAL26

Posted on 2026/01/16 by Wayne Johnston

L’Association canadienne des bibliothécaires en enseignement supérieur (ACBES) est heureuse d’accepter les propositions pour la conférence 2026 de l’ACBES, qui se tiendra virtuellement les 22 et 23 juin 2026. Continue reading Appel à propositions CAPAL26→

Call for Proposals 2026 CAPAL Conference!

Posted on 2025/12/18 by Wayne Johnston

The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) is pleased to accept proposals for the 2026 CAPAL Conference, taking place virtually on June 22-23 2026.

The theme for CAPAL26 is The Irreplaceable Librarian: Reasserting Human Value in Librarianship. Librarianship is deeply embedded in the lived experiences of the communities we serve. Our work is shaped by human relationships, social justice concerns, and the broader societal and information systems within which knowledge is created, accessed, and governed. This theme speaks to the importance of centering humanness in an era of rapidly advancing technology and the widespread proliferation of generative AI. As librarians, our roles often require us to continue to prove our value within this shifting landscape. Our profession revolves around providing information, as well as its ethical uses, critical evaluation, and various tools. Continue reading Call for Proposals 2026 CAPAL Conference!→