Under the tab on the top menu Threatened Documents we have started to post controversial or missing documents pertaining to our professional interests which tend to disappear from the web. We have posted the first version of the LAC Code Continue reading CAPAL welcomes controversial or threatened documents which go missing on the web…
Documents: First LAC Code of Conduct (has since been revised) LAC Code of Conduct Jan 2013 Since 2007-2008 the argument of digitizing collections by politicians as a solution for cutting costs and closing libraries in Canada has resulted in the Continue reading TIME LINE: The Closure of Canadian Government Libraries, Archives and Research Collections
On Dec. 9, 2013, IFLA, the International Federation of Libraries Association, launched a joint statement on the need for access to information in globally to ensure there is development, advancement, transparency and accountability, see http://www.ifla.org/node/8210 . As part of the Continue reading Access to Information – Vital for Economic Growth and Holding Governments Accountable
The Programme Planning Committee is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians’ (CAPAL) inaugural conference Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship to be held at the Congress of the Humanities and Continue reading CAPAL 2014 Conference – Keynote Speakers Announced
Canadians and academics have been concerned for some time about the developments under Stephen Harper regarding the changes to LAC and restrictions being placed on scientists. Today the New York Times writes, “There was trouble of this kind here in Continue reading Article in Sunday New York Times: Silencing Scientists [in Canada]
