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ALA Presidential Candidates Forum for Canadian LIS Students and Professionals
News February 19, 2022
The University of Alberta’s Library and Information Studies Students’ Association (LISSA) would like to invite all LIS students and faculty to the ALA Candidates Forum for Canadian LIS Students, featuring the candidates for 2023-2024 ALA President, Emily Drabinski and Kelvin Watson.
Controlled Digital Lending of Library Books in Canada
News February 15, 2022
The paper explores legal considerations for how libraries in Canada can lend digital copies of books.
Updated Research Guide from the Statistics Canada Library
News February 15, 2022
The new version of the guide is a comprehensive inventory that links to sources of historical statistics.
CFLA Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey Reminder
News February 2, 2022
The CFLA Intellectual Freedom Committee is reminding members of the Canadian library community to report intellectual freedom challenges from 2021 for inclusion in its annual report.
CFLA Copyright Committee Update (January 2022)
News February 1, 2022
An update on the current activities of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) Copyright Committee
New Ryerson Leadership Lab Report — Overcoming Digital Divides: What We Heard and Recommendations
News January 26, 2022
The digital divide in Canada is not just an urban-rural infrastructure problem: rather, digital exclusion is driven by a series of divides correlated with socio-economic and demographic factors.
Call for Papers/Presentations: True North Science Boot Camp 2022
News January 26, 2022
Theme: Community-Based Science Scholarship.
Usage Survey: ALA Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians
News January 25, 2022
The purpose of our survey study will be to ascertain how widely and in what ways the Core Competencies are currently being used in the library profession and identify what needs to be changed or added in the next iteration of the document.
ALA/ARL Seek Feedback on Draft Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework
News January 23, 2022
The framework has been developed as a tool both theoretical and practical in its orientation, as a guide for developing personal, organizational, institutional, and systems-level knowledge and understanding of the nature of racism, its many manifestations.
Invitation to Participate in a Study on Experiences in Learning about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
News January 18, 2022
How do academic librarians learn about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? What makes learning about EDI transformative and impactful? Canadian academic librarians and archivists are invited to participate in a research study on EDI learning experiences.