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The study was conducted to gather baseline data on the composition of personnel in CARL libraries, gauge employee feedback on current EDI initiatives, and establish a set of benchmarks against which to evaluate and measure the impact of CARL libraries’ strategies and practices with respect to diversity and inclusion.

The 20th Library Research Forum will take place over two days, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on Tuesday April 26th and Wednesday April 27th, 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.

The research focused on official languages measures in libraries in Canada. It consisted of a literature review and a survey of the legislative, regulatory and policy measures adopted by the provinces and territories to govern public libraries and language practices. It also looked at the contribution of university libraries, on the one hand, and that of community libraries and book fairs, on the other, to the vitality of official language minority communities (OLMCs).

Vol 16, No 4 (2021)

This year’s Research Forum will again be held virtually, in the afternoon of April 26 & 27, 2022.

Le Forum de recherche de cette année aura lieu de façon virtuelle au cours de deux demi-journées, soit les 26 et 27 avril 2022.

The aims of this research are to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on computer and Internet access services at public libraries in Canada and identify the strategies they have been using to maintain the services.

Les objectifs de cette recherche sont de comprendre l’impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les services d’accès aux ordinateurs et à l’Internet dans les bibliothèques publiques au Canada, et d’identifier les stratégies qu’ils ont utilisées pour maintenir ces services.

Statistics Canada today released a study that presents an Internet-use typology that is based on the range and complexity of online activities and digital skills that Canadians report they perform.