CAPAL supports the appointment of a professional librarian and/or archivist, to the position of Deputy Head and Librarian and Archivist of Canada. In addition CAPAL endorses the list of qualities as outlined in the Joint Statement on Qualities of a Continue reading CAPAL Supports Appointment of Professional Librarian or Archivist at LAC (update)
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 new legislation, various studies were undertaken to determine what LAC Continue reading EX LIBRIS ASSOCIATION Call for a Parliamentary Review of Libraries and Archives Canada
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 Dale Askey, Associate Librarian, at McMaster University. If you or Continue reading Say NO to Intimidation – Say YES to Intellectual Freedom
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. In today’s Chronicle for Higher Education it states that only Continue reading Mellen Press – Update in Chronicle for Higher Education
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
