Topic: Libraries

Academic freedom, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Libraries, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation

African researchers are ready to share more work openly – now policy must make it possible

Lara Skelly, Loughborough University and Elisha Chiware, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Library interior with wood paneling and bookshelves.

Arts and culture, Libraries, Politics, Universities and the academic mission

The war in Ukraine shows how libraries play a vital role in challenging disinformation

Ksenya Kiebuzinski, University of Toronto

The library at the Barockhaus Museum in Görlitz, Germany. Libraries play a vital role in preserving texts and challenging disinformation. (Shutterstock) Libraries […]

Collective bargaining, Faculty associations, Libraries

Pushing ahead: Advancing collective bargaining rights in the library

Jennifer Dekker

Well-resourced libraries are core to advancing the goals of the academy and the work of faculty and students. Often overlooked due to […]

History, Libraries, Technology

Historians’ archival research looks quite different in the digital age

Ian Milligan, University of Waterloo

Today, and into the future, consulting archival documents increasingly means reading them on a screen. (Shutterstock) Our society’s historical record is undergoing […]

Libraries, Online education, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning

Are books ready for the dustbin of history?

Janet Miron and Joan Sangster, faculty members at Trent University

Are books a condition of our labour? Do we need libraries with stacks and physical collections? Recent discussions within libraries across the […]

Governance, Libraries, Politics

Contempt for values: The controversy over Library and Archives Canada’s Code of Conduct

Myron Groover

Library and Archives Canada has introduced a new code of conduct that contains worrying restrictions for its employees. Myron Groover asks how the organization can fulfill its mandate while stifling the ethics and values of the library and archival professions.

Corporatization and commercialization, Intellectual property, Libraries, Public policy, Teaching and learning, Technology

Copyright discourse in the academy: Values, policies, and technology

Tony Horava

The university needs to appreciate better the intertwined relationship between values, policies, and technologies with respect to copyright issues.

Governance, Intellectual property, Journals and publishing, Libraries

Access Copyright: University libraries give up on the copyright go-between

Nick Falvo

Access Copyright is much like the Blockbuster Video of Canadian university libraries. At one time, it seemed indispensable. Today, it’s almost obsolete.

Libraries, Online education

The Tweeting Library

Amy Greenberg

Twitter and other social media tools are a part of everyday life, especially for the current generation of students. In response to this, many libraries have established social media presences through Facebook pages, blogs and Twitter feeds.

History, Journals and publishing, Libraries

Reflections on University Press Publishing

Bill Harnum

Former University of Toronto Press executive Bill Harnum describes the current terrain of scholarly book publishing and looks to the future. There are a number of daunting challenges, he writes, but they can be overcome.