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CARL E-Lert #443 - Friday October 21, 2011
Some of this week's items: Grand opening of the library of the future / Copyright Debate Hits the House of Commons: Opposition Won't Support C-11 Due to Digital Locks / CANARIE Supports Arctic Research - CANARIE Appuie la recherche dans l’arctique / Research for the masses / Whatever happened to the Digital Economy Act? / À qui appartiennent nos gènes?
CARL E-Lert #442 - Friday October 14, 2011
Some of this week's items: Harper Government Invests in Research Excellence at Canadian Post Secondary Institutions Creating Jobs of the Future US intelligence wants to predict human behavior with ‘data eye in the sky’ Canadian universities must reform or perish Digital Public Library of America planning initiative to hold public plenary meeting in Washington, DC on October 21, 2011 Princeton bans academics from handing all copyright to journal publishers
CARL E-Lert #441 - Friday October 7, 2011
Some of this week's items: The Writers Union of Canada, U.K. society representing 50,000 book authors, along with Norwegian, and Swedish writers’ unions, join literary property rights suit against HathiTrust and five U.S. universities / ITHAKA –Sustainable Scholarship / University research essential to Canada’s prosperity - La recherche universitaire : essentielle à la prospérité du Canada
CARL E-Lert #440 - Friday September 30, 2011
Some of this week's items: The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) applauds the government for recognizing education as a fair dealing purpose in its latest version of the Copyright Modernization Act / L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) a salué la reconnaissance de fins pédagogiques comme utilisation équitable d’une oeuvre, dans la plus récente version de la Loi sur la modernisation dudroit d’auteur / Tories vow to push through copyright overhaul as written / National Science Foundation taps Carolina researchers to develop national data infrastructure / U-M Library Orphan Works Project undaunted by lawsuit / Virtual museum' to showcase Rideau Canal
CARL E-Lert #439 - Friday September 23, 2011
Some of this week's items: IFLA Presidential Newsletter September 2011 / Sheikh's version: Ex-chief statistician picks apart cancellation of long census / Jean-Pierre Côté désigné lauréat 2011 du Prix de reconnaissance pour services exceptionnels Ron MacDonald décerné par le RCDR / Copyright confusion dogs European digitization push / Comprehensive Brief on Open Access to Publications and Research Data / Document d’information sur le libre accès aux publications et aux données de recherche
CARL E-Lert #438 - Friday September 16, 2011
Some of this week's items: Data Sharing Shortfall / New resource to help university communities improve learning experience, outcomes / Une nouvelle ressource aidera le milieu universitaire à améliorer l’expérience et les résultats d’apprentissage / U.S. colleges hit with copyright infringement complaint from Canadian writers / Cinq universités américaines poursuivies pour violation du droit d’auteur par des auteurs américains, australiens, britanniques et québécois / E-learning in university: the digital natives are restless / Amazon 'to launch book rental service'
CARL E-Lert #437 - Friday September 9, 2011
Some of this week's items: Long-awaited copyright bill returns, but top court to wade in too / Pirates of academe? We laugh / The Big Deal: Not Price But Cost / Rallying Cries vs. Reality: Profits and Publishing Meet Academics and Idealism
CARL E-Lert #436 - Friday September 2, 2011
Some of this week's items: Qui contrôle Internet ? / RLUK Develops Journal Subscription Analysis Tool / Federal investment in research spurs growth and innovation / Lawful Access Legislation: 8 In 10 Oppose Internet Surveillance Without A Warrant / Fair Use Face-Off, Canadian Edition
CARL E-Lert #435 - Friday August 26, 2011
Some of this week's items: Librarians at University of Minnesota Make an Impact with Data Management Program / UC Libraries expand access to orphan works / UBC’s University Librarian first Canadian to head global group / British Libraries Push Back
CARL E-Lert #434 - Friday August 5, 2011
Some of this week's items: Britain revamps 300-year-old copyright laws / KU establishes first coalition of institutions practicing open access / Call to action: Sign the Berlin Declaration / Rogue Downloader's Arrest Could Mark Crossroads for Open-Access Movement / British Library Group Develops Cost-Benefit Tool to Analyze Journal Pricing / What is wrong with Scientific Publishing and can we put it right before it is too late?
CARL E-Lert #433 - Friday July 29, 2011
Some of this week's items: Stratford digital program nearly fully subscribed / DuraSpace to Bring Cloud-Based Platform “Direct-to-Researchers” / Rebelling against Access Copyright / British Research Libraries Say No to ‘Big Deal’ Serials Packages / Europe lines up hefty science-funding hike
CARL E-Lert #432 - Friday July 22, 2011
Some of this week's items: Frustrated judge pushes Google digital book deal / Microsoft Wants to Make It Easy for Academics to Analyze ‘Big Data’ / Amazon announces textbook rentals for the Kindle platform / Libraries Abandon Expensive 'Big Deal' Subscription Packages to Multiple Journals / Recording industry honours Peterborough MP for work on copyright legislation
CARL E-Lert #431 - Friday July 15, 2011
Some of this week's items: L'innovation dans les provinces canadiennes / Dream big: some modest reforms for Canada's media landscape / A Call to Take Back the Internet from Corporations / Census decision a slow-motion train wreck / To Rebound, RIM Courts the Carriers
CARL E-Lert #430 - Friday July 8, 2011
Some of this week's items: Canada plays critical role in world's largest scientific initiative - Rôle déterminant du Canada dans la plus ambitieuse initiative scientifique au monde / World Bank Is Opening Its Treasure Chest of Data / OECD Communiqué on principles for Internet policy-making / Suber: Leader of a Leaderless Revolution / Assessing Innovation in Corporate and Government Libraries
CARL E-Lert #429 - Thursday June 30, 2011
Some of this week's items: Canada's oldest movies find safe home in new building / Public libraries fight to stay relevant in digital age / Five Things That University Presses Should Know About Working With Libraries / ACRL Environmental Scan 2010
CARL E-Lert #428 - Friday June 24, 2011
Some of this week's items: The Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009 / Defending your right to Internet access / Le Congrès des milieux documentaires du Québec crée le prix Innovation des services documentaires (bibliothèques et archives) / NRC-CISTI goes portable with launch of mobile website - L'ICIST-CNRC devient portatif avec le lancement de son site Web mobile / British Library makes Google search deal
CARL E-Lert #427 - Friday June 17, 2011
Some of this week's items: Big data feeding Canadian research innovation - Un afflux de données alimente l'innovation scientifique canadinne / The Apple effect: Calls grow for a shakeup at RIM / McGill University, IBM develop Quebec's most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputer cluster / Joy Kirchner named ACRL visiting program officer
CARL E-Lert #426 - Friday June 10, 2011
Some of this week's items: DataCite Canada pilot participants announced - Annonce des participants au projet pilote de DataCite Canada / PSE groups respond to federal budget / Internet should remain as open as possible - UN expert on freedom of expression / Out of Fear, Colleges Lock Books and Images Away From Scholars / What's at Stake in the Georgia State Copyright Case
CARL E-Lert #425 - Friday May 27, 2011
Some of this week's items: Activists warn G8 leaders against Web restrictions / Libraries face growing demand for e-books, and complicated rules about using them / Digital Public Library of America Steering Committee Announces 'Beta Sprint' / Financement de la recherche - Les trois fonds québécois conserveront leur autonomie
CARL E-Lert #424 - Friday May 20, 2011
Some of this week's items: CARL-CRKN Joint Open Access Working Group / Groupe de travail mixte de l’ABRC et du RCDR sur libre accès / New copyright bill to duplicate C-32 / U. of Michigan Copyright Sleuths Start New Project to Investigate Orphan Works / CRKN License Information Module wins 2011 CACUL Innovation Achievement Award / What is the Digital Public Library of America?
CARL E-Lert #423 - Friday May 13, 2011
Some of this week's items: Revolutionary new paper computer shows flexible future for smartphones and tablets / China Creates New Agency for Patrolling the Internet / Stratégie numérique: la Commission [Européenne] réaffirme sa volonté de voir appliquer les principes d'un internet ouvert / Digital Agenda: [European] Commission underlines commitment to ensure open internet principles applied in practice / Tory majority gives Ottawa a crack at breaking the digital logjam / Canada slips behind world digital growth
CARL E-Lert #422 - Friday May 6, 2011
Some of this week's items: L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) est heureuse d’annoncer que H. Thomas Hickerson a été nommé président de l’organisme à sa récente assemblée générale annuelle tenue à Montréal (Québec). / L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) a désigné Marnie Swanson, University Librarian, University of Victoria, comme lauréate de son Prix en reconnaissance de services éminents à la recherche en bibliothéconomie pour 2011. / M. Onil Dupuis, ancien chargé de recherche principal au Sous-comité des bibliothèques de la Conférence des recteurs et principaux des universités du Québec, a été désigné comme lauréat du Prix du mérite de l’ABRC.
CARL E-Lert #421 - Friday April 29, 2011
Some of this week's items: La réutilisation des données publiques : quels défis pour les archives? / Le marché florissant de la censure / New Director of MIT Media Lab Talks of Encouraging Openness / Three parties, three surprises - Major parties agree on key digital policy issues, but diverge in important areas / Reinventing research? Information practices in the humanities
CARL E-Lert #420 - Friday April 22, 2011
Some of this week's items: Call for submissions: CARL Research Grants / Invitation générale : Subventions de recherche de l’ABRC / Le "G8 de l'Internet" aura lieu fin mai à Paris / Internet G8 to be held in Paris on 24-25 May / With Google Settlement in Limbo, Universities Press Ahead With Research on Digitized Books / Whither the dream of the universal library? / 5 Myths About the 'Information Age'
CARL E-Lert #419 - Friday April 15, 2011
Some of this week's items: A new twist - securing authors' rights when negotiating content licenses / Nordic and Asian nations connected for growth, says WEF / SCOAP3 Decision-Making meeting / HathiTrust Certified as Trustworthy Repository
CARL E-Lert #418 - Friday April 8, 2011
Some of this week's items: Liberals First Out With Their Digital Economy Strategy / Supercomputers Let Up on Speed / Digital-age copyright legislation killed again / Statistical Abstract Faces an Untimely Death / HathiTrust/Summon Deal Increases Search Access to In-Copyright Works / A Guide for the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement / Dramatic Growth of Open Access
CARL E-Lert #417 - Friday March 25, 2011
Some of this week's items: La justice américaine rejette l'accord entre Google et les éditeurs / NYC judge rejects Google books settlement / The budget contains lots of nuggets for research and innovations, but analysts say they don't add up to much / NRC boss orders scientists to focus on 'market drivers': Less time for pure science has researchers fearing for their jobs / Cornell U. Library Takes a Stand With Journal Vendors: Prices Will Be Made Public / Early Finding of Cal State U. E-Textbook Study: Terms Matter / Canada's open data portal
CARL E-Lert #416 - Friday March 18, 2011
Some of this week's items: Digital Curation for Preservation / Next census gathering has begun, passed 'point of no return,' says new StatsCan chief / Canadian researchers keeping tabs on biodiversity / Universities to pay Access Copyright the same rates, for now / Les taux payés par les universités à Access Copyright sont maintenus pour le moment / 7 Things you should know about open textbook publishing / The Digital Pileup
CARL E-Lert #415 - Friday March 11, 2011
Some of this week's items: 3rd Anniversary of the NIH Public Access Policy: Call for Stories / Library Rights Are at Stake in New Supreme Court Copyright Case / AAUP Issues Report on New Business Models for Scholarly Publishing / University Presses Are Urged to Work Together to Survive / As Borders Goes Bankrupt, Academic Presses Worry About Ways to Reach Readers / Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers: Options for ARL Libraries
CARL E-Lert #414 - Friday March 4, 2011
Some of this week's items: Canada's digital infrastructure extending its reach / L'infrastructure numérique de CANARIE s'élargit; Canadian Supercomputers Assigned their Homework on Global Problems; Collaboration Seeks to Provide Easier Access to E-Books; University enrolment increasing across Canada; Open Textbook Publisher Flat World Knowledge Expands its Presence in Canada; HarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations; Discours inaugural du premier ministre du Québec : L'éducation : condition essentielle à la réussite de notre société / Quebec Premier delivers inaugural speech : Education essential to Quebec's success
CARL E-Lert #413 - Friday February 25, 2011
Some of this week's items: Ottawa to force change in Internet fee ruling, Clement says; For digital bang, look to spectrum auction; Feds willing to meet 'morning and night' on copyright bill, blame opposition parties for delays; Home Internet May Get Even Faster in South Korea; Watson is just a super search engine
CARL E-Lert #412 - Friday February 18, 2011
Some of this week's items: Building a new framework: vocational education for digital curators; Leader in library science named U of T's chief librarian; Online data management planning tool tames data and meets researchers' funding requirements; Trailblazing gene researcher returns to Canada; Mind vs. Machine
CARL E-Lert #411 - Friday February 11, 2011
Some of this week's items: 'OER university' to cut cost of degree; National Library of Finland Turns to Crowd sourcing, Games to Help Digitize Its Archives; Conservatives say partisanship interfering in Bill C-32 hearings; Signature de l'accord cadre relatif à la numérisation et l'exploitation des livres indisponibles du XXème siècle
CARL E-Lert #410 - Friday February 4, 2011
Some of this week's items: First Interim Evaluation Report from the British Library: "Growing Knowledge Shifts Perceptions of Digital Research Tools"; Wiley Launches New Program of Open Access Journals; Great News Regarding Crown Copyright and Licensing /Bonne nouvelle concernant le Droit d'auteur de la Couronne et octroi de licences; A Digital Library Guru Discusses New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data
CARL E-Lert #409 - Friday January 28, 2011
Some of this week's items: Philip Pullman's call to defend libraries resounds around web; Access Copyright, universities remain at odds despite interim agreement; Nouveau Directeur Général à l'Asted; At ALA Midwinter, Brewster Kahle, Librarians Ponder The E-book Future; Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community; E-Journals: Their Use, Value and Impact - Final Report
CARL E-Lert #408 - Friday January 21, 2011
Some of this week's items: World's largest medical student organization joins Right to Research Coalition; Google-like search site connects 60 million pages of Canadian history; Nomination de nouveaux membres du Groupe en éthique de la recherche/New Members Appointed to the Panel on Research Ethics; Ismail Serageldin to Receive Academy's Most Prestigious Award
CARL E-Lert #407 - Friday January 14, 2011
Some of this week's items: Publishing industry may be headed for another e-jolt; Internet 2010 in Numbers; Les Québécois sont invités à appuyer la numérisation du patrimoine culturel; Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race; Universal Music Group Donates Over 200,000 Master Recordings to the Library of Congress; Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google
CARL E-Lert #406 - Friday January 7, 2011
Some of this week's items: The Rise of 'Convergence' Science; Copyright fees could force universities to embrace digital age; The year in tech law and policy; CANARIE invites proposals to leverage network access and advance cutting-edge research