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Inaugural Issue of Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

News January 29, 2016

The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Libraries (CAPAL) today released the inaugural issue of the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship.

Canadian Library Association (CLA) Votes To Dissolve

News January 27, 2016

Today the Canadian Library Association (CLA) took the first formal step to establish a new unified national library advocacy organization.

Ontario Investing in Public Libraries

News January 26, 2016

The Government of Ontario is investing $1.6 million to support 10 projects in public libraries across the province that will improve services for Ontarians.

Access and privacy regulators call on governments to respect rights in information sharing initiatives

News January 25, 2016

Canada’s Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons have called on all levels of government to protect and promote privacy and access to information rights when embarking on information sharing initiatives aimed at improving government services.

Information Commissioners call on governments to create a duty to document

News January 25, 2016

Canada’s Information Commissioners have called on their respective governments to create a legislated duty requiring public entities to document matters related to their deliberations, actions and decisions.

R. David Lankes: Thinking a library is about books is like…

News January 24, 2016

Thinking a library is about books is like seeing a hospital about blood and drugs and not health. — R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016 Thinking a library is …

Future of the Rules for Archival Description (RAD) – Preliminary Analysis of Survey Results

News January 23, 2016

Preliminary analysis of returns from Canadian Committee on Archival Description’s (CCAD) survey on the future of the Canadian archival descriptive standard, the Rules for Archival Description (RAD).

Dr. Louise Spiteri Appointed as President of ALISE

News January 22, 2016

Dalhousie University School of Information Management (SIM) Associate Professor and former Director, Dr. Louise Spiteri, will be serving as President of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) for 2016-2017.

Canadian Library Association (CLA) Releases Copyright Primer for Educators and School Library Staff

News January 21, 2016

Today, CLA released the book Canadian Copyright in Schools and School Libraries: A Primer to assist school library staff and classroom teachers in their understanding of copyright law and Supreme Court of Canada decisions on fair dealing.

Update from the Canadian Library Association (CLA) on Proxy Voting and Restriction on Media Access

News January 20, 2016 1 comment

CLA has received a few inquiries regarding the lack of electronic voting for the Special Meeting and the reliance on proxies for voting by people who cannot attend in person. …