There’s still time to take part in the Sept. installment of the Beyond the Algorithm reading club! (And it's open to any academic library worker.) Join us online Sept. 24 or 29 to discuss this month’s readings on human rights and AI. Learn more and sign up for a discussion: oculsp.ca/3v471

This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from @ocul-libraries.bsky.social @erudit.org @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social @clockssarchive.bsky.social @arl.org @cni-org.bsky.social and more! mailchi.mp/499da88f3a22...

There's still time to register for CARL's 2025 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop! Reserve your spot by September 26th! www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-pa...

🚨CARL and CFLA Release New Guide on the Canadian Copyright Act for Accessible Content 🚨L’ABRC et la FCAB publient un nouveau guide sur la Loi canadienne sur le droit d’auteur pour les contenus accessibles 🔗 www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carl-an...

Curious what AI and machine learning tech we're exploring? ❇️ A genAI-OCR gov docs project supported by @heqco.bsky.social ❇️ An AI-assisted chatbot to potentially improve virtual reference services ❇️ And more! Read our latest update: oculsp.ca/l3m9s

Now on #TIEBlog Learn how academic libraries can embed library resources within an LMS to foster #infolit skills among students from librarian Jamia Williams ow.ly/VUMl50WV9xf #LibrarianLife #StudentSuccess

The September Scholars Portal Newsletter is here! Highlights from this edition include: 🔷New journals, books & Odesi datasets 🔷Updates on Scholaris & the GeoPortal redevelopment 🔷A Spotlight on perpetual access & journal entitlements 🔷Bug fixes & new features Catch up here: oculsp.ca/459pm

What a great story from the Queen's Journal about how libraries play an important role in university students' well-being: www.queensjournal.ca/staying-with... Who doesn't love a good colouring session to de-stress?

ICYMI - we've launched a new book club on AI ethics and librarianship that's open to any academic library worker. Join us later this month at one of 2 online discussion groups as we explore readings on human rights and AI. Get access to readings and discussion sign-up: ocul.on.ca/ai-ethics-re...

📚 Back to the stacks! 📚 Wishing all our academic library colleagues a fantastic first day of fall term!

☀️ Summer may be over, but the party goes on! 🎉 Catch the recording of our first Article Release Party presentation from the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice: youtu.be/I-GsaFp_elE

Looking for a space to talk about the intersections of AI ethics & academic librarianship? Join our new "Beyond the Algorithm" reading club! Hosted alternating months starting in Sept., this reading club is open to any academic library worker. Learn more & sign up: ocul.on.ca/ai-ethics-re...

This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from @arl.org @ocul-libraries.bsky.social @ala-acrl.bsky.social @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social @rluk.ac.uk and more! mailchi.mp/aeb63384bf5a...

A new report from OCUL shows how and why Ontario library professionals use AI tools in their day-to-day work — and their perspectives on these evolving technologies. Download the report and dive into our findings ➡️ oculsp.ca/aiml-report

The library @carleton.ca is seeking a Director of Library Administrative Services to join the library's executive team. Job details: carleton.njoyn.com/CL2/xweb/XWe... #LibraryJobs

💡Looking to make a lasting impact in Canada’s research library community? CARL is hiring its next Executive Director—a bilingual leader based in Ottawa to guide strategy, advocacy, and collaboration nationally & internationally. 👉 Apply by Oct 1, 2025 🔗 www.carl-abrc.ca/news/job-opp...

Our first blog in a new series on AI Tools for Academic Libraries is live! This #LTIblog partnership with @choicereviews.bsky.social offers a practical look at AI tools so library professionals can make informed, confident decisions about AI tech. Check it out: www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...

Il vous reste encore du temps pour postuler ! La date limite pour soumettre votre candidature a été repoussée au 21 août.

This morning's read is "Copyright as an ethical dimension of visual research: Preserving ownership across the research process" that explores the dilemma of research participant copyright ownership and scholarly publishing. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our Metadata & Data Services Librarian, Alicia, recently did an interview with the Western Association of Map Libraries about the GeoPortal Redevelopment Project. Read the full interview to learn more about key project tasks, new infrastructure, metadata enhancements, and more: oculsp.ca/gkuag

🗺️✨The Black Londoners Project is now featured in our Geospatial Hub! This digital archive shares the stories of 16 freedom seekers who settled in London, Ontario, in the 19th century. Project: black-londoners-westernu.hub.arcgis.com @westernu.ca story: news.westernu.ca/2025/08/blac...

🔊 We want your feedback on new PKP + @sfupublishing.bsky.social #OpenPublishing courses! Courses: - Making Knowledge Public - #JournalManagement and Editing - Technologies and Infrastructure for #AcademicPublishing Survey open 'till Aug 8 - please share! pkp.sfu.ca/2025/07/07/w... #OpenAccess

We love an ELUNA conference recap — especially this one from @torontomet.bsky.social library team member, Jennifer Mo ➡️ el-una.org/2025/08/2025... And our hearty congrats to Jennifer on receiving the 2025 Sherrie Kristin Scholarship Award!

Library team members @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social have created an accessibility resource on a range of library-related topics including LibGuides and planning accessible events. It's practical, easy to follow, and packed with helpful tips: ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/accessibleli...

Did you miss the Collaborative Futures Mini Conference earlier this month? The recording and updated speaker slides are now online! ➡️ oculsp.ca/tqt2m Five "show and share" talks covered topics including deduping bib records as potential overlap analysis and remediation targeting legacy records.

Preprint (Updated): Understanding Learner-LLM Chatbot Interactions and the Impact of Prompting Guidelines arxiv.org/abs/2504.07840 #llms #chatbots #AI

Always love reading about a librarian-faculty collaboration — and especially one that boosts students' research skills in accessing, evaluating and synthesizing sources.

📢Join us Aug 27 @ 1PM ET for the Canadian Repositories CoP's Article Release Party kickoff! 🌟 We’ll explore how institutional repositories can better support community-based research, featuring a talk by Robyn Hall (MacEwan). 🔗 Details and registration: www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-pa...

The newly released CoreTrustSeal Documentation Suite from @borealisdata.bsky.social and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s Preservation Expert Group is highlighted in this week's E-lert! Check it out below!

🎉Kudos to our team member Kari Weaver, whose co-authored article, Drama Queens: Applying dramaturgy as an inclusive pedagogy within the one shot, was recognized in the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social LIRT Top 20 library instruction articles of 2024! Read more: www.ala.org/sites/defaul...

🔍 We are seeking one passionate and qualified candidate to join our Canadiana Content Sub-Committee! This role is open to an independent scholar or researcher at a non-CRKN member institution who uses Canadiana content in their research. See details at our website: www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/call-nomi...

JOB OPPORTUNITY! We are seeking library or information studies students (MLIS/MI) and recent graduates interested in working as a Virtual Reference Operator for the Ask a Librarian service. Job details & application information are available at oculsp.ca/dngxn

It's Collaborative Futures Mini Conference Day! Last call to join us online starting at 9:30 am ➡️ event agenda & Zoom registration: oculsp.ca/tqt2m The Mini Conference is a space for library workers to learn about remediation targeting legacy records, deduping and overlap analysis, and more.

#LibraryJobs @uofguelph.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Assistant or Associate, CLA Research & Scholarship Librarian. Deadline: July 24, 2025. Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/universi...

There's still time to sign up for the Collaborative Futures Mini Conference! Ont. academic library workers can learn best practices for collaborative library tech and projects. Date & Time: Tuesday, July 8, 9:30 am - noon Eastern Time Format: Online via Zoom Info & registration: oculsp.ca/tqt2m

There's one day left in the online Accessibility Symposium 2.0! If you want to join on the final day, registration is open: oculsp.ca/8pkhp And, for anyone unable to attend, session recordings will be available on our YouTube channel later this summer!

We're thrilled to share that Catherine Davidson, @ontariotechu.bsky.social University Librarian, is the recipient of our Excellence in Leadership Award! Read about Catherine's remarkable leadership and contributions to the academic library community: oculsp.ca/pv6oi 🎉Congratulations Catherine!

#LibraryJobs @uoftlibraries.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Student Engagement Associate (Temporary). Deadline: June 16, 2025. Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/student-...

#LibraryJobs @westernulibs.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Head, Archives and Special Collections. Deadline: July 4, 2025. Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/head-arc...

#LibraryJobs @torontomet.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Librarian (Metadata & Web Services). Deadline: July 1, 2025. Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/libraria...

Did you know the first ebook was invented by a woman? In 1949 a Spanish inventor and teacher named Ángela Ruiz Robles designed the Enciclopedia Mecanica. Learn about this pioneer (and much, much more!) on a Podcast about Ebooks!

Now on #LTIBlog ‬Stanford Libraries' Peter Broadwell and Lindsay King present a case study for improving the accessibility of digital collections by using vision language models to create alt text ow.ly/G7Fm50W7kNk #GenAI #DigitalCollection #Accessibility ‪@stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

The keynote from @biancawylie.com for @scholarsportal.bsky.social is up and it [imho] is very much worth your time. youtu.be/F131ZAyeNKY?...

There's still time to register for the free Accessibility Symposium 2.0, hosted by the OCUL Accessibility Community. Featuring a keynote from @amandaleduc.bsky.social, join this June 17-19 virtual event to explore topics shaping accessibility in academic libraries. Registration: oculsp.ca/bu8k2

🚨 Call for Interest | Digital Preservation Working Group CARL’s Digital Preservation Working Group (DPWG) is seeking 2–3 members from small/medium orgs to help shape national efforts in digital preservation. 📅 Deadline: June 25 📧 [email protected] 🔗 Details: www.carl-abrc.ca/news/call-fo...

⏳ Just a few days left! Proposals for CNI’s next Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series are due June 10. Have a project update, new initiative, or recent report to share? We welcome briefings on timely topics in digital information—open to all, including non-members.

Always love to see OERs getting a shout out! Check out this article highlighting the value of OERs, the @brocku.ca OER grant program, and how their campus library can support the implementation of these free teaching and learning materials: brocku.ca/brock-news/2...

We are seeking a Director of #Diversity, #Equity, and #Inclusion to lead initiatives that advance #DEI across the research library community. If you’re passionate about making a real impact, apply now! 🌍 🔗 www.arl.org/job-posting/... #Leadership #Careers #Inclusion

Big thanks to @heqco.bsky.social for featuring our exciting AI project with @scholarsportal.bsky.social in their latest blog! Our project aims to enrich metadata for ~50,000 government docs that @uoftlibraries.bsky.social digitized and made available on @internetarchiveca.bsky.social.

With deep gratitude, we're thrilled to share this year's committee and subcommittee appointments! Nearly 30 library workers have joined OCUL groups to contribute their expertise to the development and delivery of innovative, equitable library services. Read the announcement: oculsp.ca/5okih