Presenting the #CAPAL15 Conference Program

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the conference programming committee, I am pleased to present to you the preliminary program for #CAPAL15 . This year the program has been arranged according to themes including: critical practice, whiteness and academic librarianship, access, critical pedagogies, corporatization Continue reading Presenting the #CAPAL15 Conference Program

Presenting the first issue of our newsletter: CAPAL Connections / Connexions de l’ACBAP

On behalf of the Communications Committee, I present to you our first issue of the CAPAL/ACBAP Newsletter:

CAPAL Connections / Connexions de l’ACBAP.

In this issue you will find updates from the committees and invitations to become involved in a number of projects. We hope that this newsletter will offer a sense of the scope (…) Continue reading Presenting the first issue of our newsletter: CAPAL Connections / Connexions de l’ACBAP

Announcing CAPAL/ACBAP 2015 Conference Keynote Speakers

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for CAPAL/ACBAP’s 2015 Conference:  renowned cultural critic & education scholar, Henry Giroux and digital labour & LIS scholar, Sarah T. Roberts. Sarah T. Roberts is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Continue reading Announcing CAPAL/ACBAP 2015 Conference Keynote Speakers

Sign Petition: UofT Doctoral Student, Alexander Sodiqov Seized in Tajikistan

“Alexander Sodiqov was conducting academic research on civil society and conflict resolution in Tajikistan when he was suddenly seized and charged with “subversion and espionage” on June 16. It has been reported that Mr. Sodiqov has not been able to Continue reading Sign Petition: UofT Doctoral Student, Alexander Sodiqov Seized in Tajikistan

CAPAL Celebrates Inaugural Conference at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences: “Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL/ACBAP) [1] held its first conference at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, “Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship”, on May 25th and 26th in conjunction with the Continue reading CAPAL Celebrates Inaugural Conference at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences: “Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship”