While at the IFLA Conference in Lyon France a member of CAPAL’s Steering Committee, Harriet Sonne de Torrens, attended the Associations Meeting and here provides a summary of that meeting. There were well over 100 attendees from around the world: Continue reading Are Canadian Academic Libraries Riding the Waves or Caught in the Storm?
Letter to Dr. Guy Berthiaume in Opposition to LAC’s Proposal to Move Hosting of AMICUS to OCLC (Online Computer Library Centre, Inc.) in the United States. “While we acknowledge the creation of a national union catalogue is a complex job that requires the dedication of Continue reading CAPAL’s Letter to Dr. Guy Berthiaume
Attention MLIS & MIS Students! Interested in hearing more about making the transition from library school student to academic librarian? Join Catherine McGoveran (Government Information Librarian, University of Ottawa) and Laura Thorne (Learning Services Librarian, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Continue reading A Virtual Discussion with Academic Librarians
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”
Greetings, In yesterday’s Globe and Mail, University of Alberta President Indira Samarasekera continued the assault on the concept of academic freedom initiated by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) in 2011. [See her article “When universities make Continue reading Open Letter from Jim Turk (CAUT) on Academic Freedom in Canada
