2013/03/11
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: academic freedom, Ex Libris Association, Intellectual Freedom, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Parliamentary Review
EX LIBRIS ASSOCIATION STATEMENT ON LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA – Feb. 2013 After 2004, when the functions of a national library, archives, and potential museum were assumed by LAC under […]
2013/03/08
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: academic freedom, Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., Herbert Richardson, Intellectual Freedom, online activism
CAPAL urges its members and affiliated organizations in Canada to continue to pressure Herbert Richardson, founder and editor of Edwin Mellen Press, to drop the remaining libel lawsuit against the […]
2013/03/05
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: academic freedom, Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., McMaster University
Since the original announcement by the CBC, there has been uncertainty about which of the lawsuits have been dropped, as more than one was launched by the Edwin Mellen Press. […]
2013/03/04
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: academic freedom, Dale Askey, Edwin Mellen Press Inc., McMaster University
For the latest discussion on this case with Dale Askey, the McMaster University Librarian who is being sued by Edwin Mellen Press, see the announcement by CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/03/04/hamilton-librarian-lawsuits-dropped.html
2013/03/11
Toronto Star Article on LAC and CAUT Initiatives
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: CAUT, cultural heritage, Intellectual Freedom, Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
See http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/03/10/historical_letters_not_wanted_at_library_and_archives_canada_critics_say.print.html