November’s CAPAL Member Profile is with Alison Foster, Instructional Design Librarian at MacEwan University.   Tell us about something you’re passionate about outside of work. Volunteering my time with local organizations is one of my top interests outside of work. I moved to Edmonton three years ago and I’ve found that the best way to […]

ACBAP19 : La politique de la conversation : identité, communauté et communication Assemblée annuelle de l’ACBAP/CAPAL — Du 2 au 4 juin 2019 Congrès des sciences humaines 2019 University of British Columbia Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique L’Association canadienne des bibliothécaires académiques professionnels (ACBAP) vous invite à participer à sa conférence annuelle, qui aura lieu dans le cadre […]

Did you know that the CAPAL Education and Professional Development Committee supports a number of active Communities of Practice? These groups meet virtually to share information and experiences with each other, boosting knowledge and awareness of particular issues in librarianship. Group activities have culminated in a number of successful and wide-reaching webinars, open to all […]

CAPAL Statement on the CFLA National Forum Paper: Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Freedom Key Policy Concerns for Canadian Libraries   The  Canadian  Association  of  Professional  Academic  Librarians / l’Association canadienne des bibliothécaires académiques professionnels (CAPAL/ACBAP) supports the key takeaways on the intellectual freedom rights of library users from a national forum  hosted by the Canadian […]

October’s CAPAL Member Profile is with Amanda Wheatley, Liaison Librarian for Management & Business at McGill University and chair of CAPAL’s Publication Committee. What would you be if you weren’t a librarian? Definitely an astrophysicist, it was always my dream job. Either that or a party planner.   What are you reading right now (professional […]