2013/02/28
Membership Update
CAPAL Listserv Launched The CAPAL steering committee has established a membership listserv for CAPAL members to share information, ask questions and help in the formation of CAPAL. Website and Bilingualism […]
2013/02/14
A Call to Support Dale Askey!
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., McMaster University, online activism
CAPAL’s steering committee encourages all those who are concerned about the case of Dale Askey and Edwin Mellen Press Inc. to change their email signature files to include a symbolic […]
2013/02/14
Edwin Mellen Press update by CBC and others…
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., McMaster University
Today the CBC addressed the Dale Askey lawsuit and includes statements from the publisher: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/02/12/hamilton-librarian-lawsuit.html Full on-going accounts of the coverage of this case can be found on these two […]
2013/02/07
Unprecedented $3 million dollar lawsuit filed against McMaster librarian for blogpost
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., McMaster University
It’s rare to be sued for expressing your opinion on a blog but that’s exactly what seems to be happening to a librarian at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario. In […]
2013/03/01
CAUT Releases Statement: McMaster University to Pay for Dale Askey’s Legal Costs
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: academic freedom, administration and organization, CAUT, Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., McMaster University
Today, March 1, 2013, on the librarians’ CAUT list, Jim Turk, Executive Director, released good news, a public statement about McMaster University’s willingness to cover Dale Askey’s legal fees: “Greetings/Salutations, […]