News
CARL Releases Statement on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
News October 10, 2018
“We believe that a term of copyright of life plus 50 years is adequate to reward rights holders and beneficiaries, while balancing the benefits that a robust public domain has for Canada’s knowledge-based economy.”
Save the Date: Policy Matters ACA@UBC 11th Annual Seminar and Symposium
News October 6, 2018
Theme: Policy Matters
CFLA Strategic Planning Survey
News October 2, 2018
What should be the core mission/role of CFLA? What should be its key areas of focus? What national issues should it be engaged in?
Alvin Schrader Recognized and Thanked by CULC Members for Contributions and Leadership
News October 1, 2018 4 comments
Members of the Canadian Urban Libraries Council today unanimously passed a motion to recognize Alvin Schrader for his contributions to the profession.
Recent Library of Parliament Research Publications (September 2018)
News September 30, 2018
The Library of Parliament has released a number of research publications on topics of interest to the library and IM community, including: Digital currencies, Net Neutrality
Recent Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Canada
News September 30, 2018
Over the last two weeks, IT World Canada has published a number of articles about artificial intelligence in Canada.
CFLA Releases Position Statement on Modernizing Crown Copyright
News September 28, 2018
CFLA-FCAB recommends that Parliament eliminate Crown copyright on all publicly accessible government works or make those works openly licensed by default (e.g., using a Creative Commons licence).
Talia Chung Appointed uOttawa’s University Librarian and Vice-Provost (Knowledge Systems)
News September 20, 2018
Talia Chung has over twenty years’ experience in the library sector and is currently the Associate University Librarian, Research Services at the University of Ottawa Library.