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

LAC’s Response to CAPAL’s Letter Concerning Canada’s National Union Catalogue

“…we have determined that securing the services of a third-party provider that already has a viable hosted service for a union catalogue would cost significantly less than building a system in-house…” See full letter here: LETTER – NUC – Sept Continue reading LAC’s Response to CAPAL’s Letter Concerning Canada’s National Union Catalogue

CAPAL Report to Royal Society of Canada

The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians have submitted a report to the Royal Society of Canada on the The Status and Future of Canada’s Libraries and Archives, please read below: Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)[1] CAPAL’s Statement to Continue reading CAPAL Report to Royal Society of Canada

CAPAL Signs the Pisa Declaration and the Lyon Declaration

The Steering Committee voted in favor of signing both the Pisa Declaration and the Lyon Declaration respectively this week and added our name to the growing number of library associations in support of open access to grey literature, access to Continue reading CAPAL Signs the Pisa Declaration and the Lyon Declaration