2019 Winners of the Graduate Student Category of CARL’s Research in Librarianship Grant Announced (CARL, May 7)
Lauréats de la subvention de recherche en bibliothéconomie pour les étudiants de cycle supérieur de l’ABRC (ABRC, 7 mai)
The CARL Strengthening Capacity Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Student Grant category of the Research in Librarianship Grant fund: Marnie James & Alec Mullender (Western University) and Justin Fuhr (University of Alberta) // Le Comité sur l’accroissement de la capacité de l’ABRC a le plaisir d’annoncer les lauréats de la Subvention de recherche en bibliothéconomie pour les étudiants de cycle supérieur : Marnie James & Alec Mullender (Western University) et Justin Fuhr (University of Alberta). Read more / Lire la suite
@carlabrc

Announcing CARL’s Visiting Program Officer and Working Group for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (CARL, May 9)
Présentation de l’agente de programme invitée et du groupe de travail sur l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion de l’ABRC (ABRC, 9 mai)
CARL is pleased to announce the knowledgeable and diverse team that will develop its program of bilingual initiatives to support the creation of diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments in CARL research libraries. // L'ABRC a le plaisir d’annoncer la composition de l’équipe compétente et diversifiée qui développera son programme d’initiatives bilingues afin de soutenir la création d’environnements divers, équitables et inclusifs dans les bibliothèques de recherche de l’ABRC. Read more / Lire la suite
@carlabrc

Discover Canadian Open Access Journals with the New CRKN Open Access Journals List (CRKN, May 6)
Découvrez les revues canadiennes en libre accès grâce à la nouvelle liste du RCDR (RCDR, 6 mai)
CRKN launched its new CRKN Open Access Journals List, which includes over 400 open access journals hosted at CRKN member institutions. The listed is intended “to improve the discoverability of Canadian open access journals.” // RCDR a annoncé le lancement de la nouvelle liste du RCDR des revues en libre accès. Cette liste inclut plus de 400 titres en libre accès qui sont hébergés par les établissements membres du RCDR. La liste est destiné « d’améliorer la découvrabilité des revues canadiennes en libre accès ». Read more / Lire la suite
@crkn_rcdr

Béluga: The Latest Supercomputer for Canadian Researchers (Compute Canada, April 26)
Le superordinateur Béluga : un nouvel allié de taille pour la recherche (Calcul Canada, 26 avril)
“Calcul Québec inaugurates a cutting-edge supercomputer to boost research performance.” // « Calcul Québec inaugure un nouveau superordinateur à la pointe de la technologie pour améliorer les performances de la recherche canadienne » Read more / Lire la suite
@ComputeCanada @CalculQ

Portage Progress Report for the Period of January – March 2019 (Portage Network, May 7)
Rapport d’étape de Portage pour la période de janvier à mars 2019 (Réseau Portage, 7 mai)
The Portage progress report for the first quarter of 2019 is now available. It summarizes Portage activities and accomplishments and provides an update on Portage operations and communications undertaken in this period. // Un rapport d’étape du réseau Portage pour le premier trimestre de 2019 est maintenant disponible. Le rapport résume les activités et les réalisations de Portage; on y fait le point sur les activités et les communications de Portage pendant cette période. Read more / Lire la suite
@portageCARLABRC

Myths and Reality About Canadian Copyright Law, Fair Dealing and Educational Copying (M. Geist, infojustice.org, April 30)
This blog post discusses a number of myths about Canadian copyright law in three areas: Canadian publishers and fair dealing, Canadian education licensing practices under fair dealing, and collective licensing vs. site and transactional licensing. It argues that “educational spending on licensing in Canada has increased with exceptions and licences co-existing in a manner that provides appropriate compensation for authors and publishers alongside increased access and flexibility for educational uses.” Read more
@info_justice @mgeist

What Could Possibly Go Wrong with the Government’s Proposed Regulations re Time Limits at Canada’s Copyright Board? (H. Knopf, Excess Copyright, April 29)
According to H. Knopf, the proposed Regulations Establishing Time Limits in Relation to Matters Before the Copyright Board “which could have been implemented many years ago and which did NOT need any new enabling legislation – may very well make things even worse in terms of delay and may be used to attempt to normalize delays that are already inexplicable and unacceptable.” Read more
@HowardKnopf

How Much Are We Undercounting Open Access? A Plea for Better and Open Metadata (R. Regier, A Way of Happening, May 1)
This blog post looks at the tools and problems with measuring open access. Improving these metrics would improve understanding of what type of information is available to those without institutional access, facilitate text and data mining, and enable us to track research funder OA compliance and measure practical benefits of OA research to researchers. Read more
@ryregier

Becoming a Data Steward (S. Kurapati, LSE Impact Blog, April 30)
S. Kurapati “describes how data stewarding has developed an important role in delivering open science and research in higher education and research institutions and discusses how data stewarding also presents an important opportunity for post-doctoral researchers to develop careers within and beyond academia.” Read more
@LSEImpactBlog

How Data Science Workers Work with Data: Discovery, Capture, Curation, Design, Creation (M. Muller, I. Lange, D. Wang, D. Piorkowski, J. Tsay, Q.V. Liao, C. Dugan, & T. Erickson, CHI Conference, 2019)
This paper addresses the need to understand how data practitioners engage with data and understand their workflows. It found that “data science workers develop an intuitive sense of their data and processes, and actively shape their data” and proposed ways of applying such interventions analytically. Read more
@CHI2019 

Executive Guide on Digital Preservation (Digital Preservation Coalition, 2019)
“The Executive Guide on Digital Preservation provides practitioners with a combination of generic and specific messages and motivators designed to communicate with senior executives, legislators and budget holders, as well as decision and policy makers with a view to embedding the value of digital preservation at the core of every organization.” Read more
@dpc_chat

Understanding OA Ebook Usage: Toward a Common Framework (B. O’Leary & K. Hawkin, Humanities Commons, May 6)
This study identified the challenges in understanding the usage of open-access e-books and developed recommendations for addressing them. In particular, “the project proposed the potential development of a 'data trust' as a vehicle to manage the multiple data sets that are key to understanding OA ebook usage while respecting commercial and individual user concerns.” Read more
@humcommons

Call for Applications – CARL Research Grant for Practicing Librarians
(CARL, May 8)
Appel à propositions – Subvention de recherche de l’ABRC pour les bibliothécaires en exercice (ABRC, 8 mai)
CARL invites applications from established and newly appointed librarians working in a CARL member library. Deadline: August 15. //L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) prendra en considération les propositions des bibliothécaires établis et des nouveaux bibliothécaires qui travaillent dans une institution-membre de l’ABRC. Date limite: le 15 août. More information / Lire la suite
@carlabrc 

Save the Date: Canadian Data Curation Forum -- 16-18 October, 2019
Date à retenir: Forum canadien sur la curation des données --16-18 octobre, 2019
CARL’s Portage Network, in collaboration with McMaster University Library, is pleased to announce that the SSHRC-funded Canadian Data Curation Forum will be held at McMaster University in Hamilton from October 16 to 18, 2019. // Le réseau Portage de l’ABRC, en collaboration avec la bibliothèque de la McMaster University, est heureux d’annoncer que le Forum canadien sur la curation des données, financé par le CRSH, aura lieu à la McMaster University, à Hamilton, du 16 au 18 octobre 2019. More Information / Lire la suite
@portageCARLABRC

CFP: FORCE2019 -- October 15-17, Edinburgh
"The theme of this year’s meeting is collaboration – how people are working across sectors, disciplines and geographies to identify needs and develop solutions to accelerate research communication. Across the different tracks of the meeting we’ll be looking for examples of collaborations and lessons learned from them, as well as ideas for new ways of working together." Deadline: June 2. More information
@force11rescomm #FORCE2019

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