2013/03/01
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, […]
2013/02/28
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: administration and organization, communications, membership meeting, open forum, steering committee
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
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
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 […]
2013/03/02
CAPAL Adopts Bilingualism
by Harriet • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: bilingualism, CAPAL, communications, website
The official French name for CAPAL will be the Association canadienne des bibliothécaires académiques professionnels (ACBAP). The CAPAL listserv has started to introduce this feature. Work is currently underway to […]