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Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship | Revue canadienne de bibliothéconomie universitaire
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Leah Guffroy and Jeff Verbeem explore trades librarianship in "Finding the Right Fit : How (and Why!) Academic Libraries can Support Trades Education".
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Finding the Right Fit : How (and Why!) Academic Libraries can Support Trades Education
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Leah Guffroy and Jeff Verbeem explore trades librarianship in "Finding the Right Fit : How (and Why!) Academic Libraries can Support Trades Education".
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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📖 New book review! 📖
Lisa Shin reviews "Creating an Inclusive Library: Approaches for Increasing Engagement and Use with Students of Color", by Ngoc-Yen Tran, Michael J. Aguilar II, and Adriana Poo
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Lisa Shin reviews "Creating an Inclusive Library: Approaches for Increasing Engagement and Use with Students of Color", by Ngoc-Yen Tran, Michael J. Aguilar II, and Adriana Poo
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November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📖 New book review! 📖
Lisa Shin reviews "Creating an Inclusive Library: Approaches for Increasing Engagement and Use with Students of Color", by Ngoc-Yen Tran, Michael J. Aguilar II, and Adriana Poo
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Lisa Shin reviews "Creating an Inclusive Library: Approaches for Increasing Engagement and Use with Students of Color", by Ngoc-Yen Tran, Michael J. Aguilar II, and Adriana Poo
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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✍️CFP!
We are inviting submissions to our special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines: Old Relationships, New Entanglements.
Read more and submit by Dec. 18: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
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We are inviting submissions to our special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines: Old Relationships, New Entanglements.
Read more and submit by Dec. 18: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
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Call for proposals: CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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October 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
✍️CFP!
We are inviting submissions to our special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines: Old Relationships, New Entanglements.
Read more and submit by Dec. 18: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
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We are inviting submissions to our special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines: Old Relationships, New Entanglements.
Read more and submit by Dec. 18: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
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Renewal, promotion, and tenure are stressful academic career milestones. Power and Wheatley explore them in "Research, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Academic Librarians: An Analysis of the Vague Expectations in Canadian University Collective Agreements" ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Research, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Academic Librarians: An Analysis of the Vague Expectations in Canadian University Collective Agreements
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September 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Renewal, promotion, and tenure are stressful academic career milestones. Power and Wheatley explore them in "Research, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Academic Librarians: An Analysis of the Vague Expectations in Canadian University Collective Agreements" ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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In one of our latest articles, Maureen Babb discusses how developing a personal research agenda can enhance librarians’ work and guide them in their research journey.
Read it and find practical tips here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Read it and find practical tips here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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The Librarian’s Personal Research Agenda
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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August 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In one of our latest articles, Maureen Babb discusses how developing a personal research agenda can enhance librarians’ work and guide them in their research journey.
Read it and find practical tips here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Read it and find practical tips here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Cassady, Hare, Mongeon, & Johnson investigate decision-making practices and processes of librarians concerned with the cancellation of Big Deals in one of our latest articles, "Big Deal Cancellations and Influences on Librarian Decision-Making"
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Big Deal Cancellations and Influences on Librarian Decision-Making
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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August 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cassady, Hare, Mongeon, & Johnson investigate decision-making practices and processes of librarians concerned with the cancellation of Big Deals in one of our latest articles, "Big Deal Cancellations and Influences on Librarian Decision-Making"
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📖 New book review! 📖
Erich Engler reviews "Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today's Academic Library"
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Erich Engler reviews "Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today's Academic Library"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today's Academic Library, edited by Kristin Henrich and Cinthya Ippoliti
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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July 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
📖 New book review! 📖
Erich Engler reviews "Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today's Academic Library"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Erich Engler reviews "Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today's Academic Library"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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📖 New book review! 📖
Michelle Pettis reviews "The Kind Librarian: Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Michelle Pettis reviews "The Kind Librarian: Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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The Kind Librarian: Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries, by Helen Rimmer
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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July 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📖 New book review! 📖
Michelle Pettis reviews "The Kind Librarian: Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Michelle Pettis reviews "The Kind Librarian: Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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📖 New book review! 📖
Maia Trotter reviews "Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Maia Trotter reviews "Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library, edited by Brian Flota and Kate Morris
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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July 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📖 New book review! 📖
Maia Trotter reviews "Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Maia Trotter reviews "Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library"
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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📖 New book review! 📖
Douglas Fox reviews "The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction." Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Douglas Fox reviews "The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction." Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction, by Anna Neatrour, Jeremy Myntti, Rachel Jane Wittmann, Rebekah Cummings, Jane D. Monson, and Megan Myres McMilla...
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June 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📖 New book review! 📖
Douglas Fox reviews "The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction." Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Douglas Fox reviews "The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction." Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Congratulations, Kristin Hoffmann! 🥳 Kristin was a founding editor of CJAL, and the lasting impact of her contributions to CAPAL is evidenced by the success and growth of this journal.
Read more: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
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The CAPAL/ACBES Awards Committee is pleased to announce Kristin Hoffmann as the recipient of the inaugural 2025 Contributions to the Association Award.
Congratulations to Kristin and thank you for your lasting impact on CAPAL!
Congratulations to Kristin and thank you for your lasting impact on CAPAL!
June 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Congratulations, Kristin Hoffmann! 🥳 Kristin was a founding editor of CJAL, and the lasting impact of her contributions to CAPAL is evidenced by the success and growth of this journal.
Read more: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
Read more: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
June 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📙 New book review! 📙
Natasha Gerolami reviews "Unravelling Research: The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences," edited by Teresa Macias
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Natasha Gerolami reviews "Unravelling Research: The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences," edited by Teresa Macias
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Unravelling Research: The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences, edited by Teresa Macias
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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May 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📙 New book review! 📙
Natasha Gerolami reviews "Unravelling Research: The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences," edited by Teresa Macias
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Natasha Gerolami reviews "Unravelling Research: The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences," edited by Teresa Macias
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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Le comité des publications de l'ACBES/CAPAL lance un appel à candidatures pour le poste de Rédactrice.teur en chef.fe français de la Revue canadienne de bibliothéconomie universitaire / Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship (Rcbu/CJAL), revue savante de l'ACBES: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
Rédactrice ou rédacteur français recherché pour la Revue canadienne de bibliothéconomie universitaire / Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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May 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Le comité des publications de l'ACBES/CAPAL lance un appel à candidatures pour le poste de Rédactrice.teur en chef.fe français de la Revue canadienne de bibliothéconomie universitaire / Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship (Rcbu/CJAL), revue savante de l'ACBES: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
📖 New book review! 📖
Victoria Levang reviews "Information literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework," by Michele Santamaria and A. Nicole Pfnnenstiel
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Victoria Levang reviews "Information literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework," by Michele Santamaria and A. Nicole Pfnnenstiel
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Information literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework, by Michele Santamaria and A. Nicole Pfnnenstiel
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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May 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📖 New book review! 📖
Victoria Levang reviews "Information literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework," by Michele Santamaria and A. Nicole Pfnnenstiel
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
Victoria Levang reviews "Information literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework," by Michele Santamaria and A. Nicole Pfnnenstiel
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
"Books created using copper acetoarsenite, a green pigment, remain in our libraries and personal collections, with potential health implications."
See more in Bell & Canham, Pages of Poison: Identifying 19th Century Arsenical Green Books at Queen's University
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See more in Bell & Canham, Pages of Poison: Identifying 19th Century Arsenical Green Books at Queen's University
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Pages of Poison: Identifying 19th Century Arsenical Green Books at Queen's University
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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April 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Books created using copper acetoarsenite, a green pigment, remain in our libraries and personal collections, with potential health implications."
See more in Bell & Canham, Pages of Poison: Identifying 19th Century Arsenical Green Books at Queen's University
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See more in Bell & Canham, Pages of Poison: Identifying 19th Century Arsenical Green Books at Queen's University
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Our Libraries and/as Extraction webinar is happening TOMORROW, 1:00-2:30 ET! See details: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
CJAL Libraries and/as Extraction Special Issue Webinar
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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April 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our Libraries and/as Extraction webinar is happening TOMORROW, 1:00-2:30 ET! See details: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
Our webinar celebrating our recent special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction is coming up NEXT WEEK on April 8, 1:00-2:30 ET. Join our special issue co-editors in conversation with our authors! There will be opportunity for Q&A.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our webinar celebrating our recent special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction is coming up NEXT WEEK on April 8, 1:00-2:30 ET. Join our special issue co-editors in conversation with our authors! There will be opportunity for Q&A.
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📚Nicole Eva reviews "Supporting Diversity through Collection Evaluation, Development, and Weeding (CLIPP #48)" in our latest book review!
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Supporting Diversity through Collection Evaluation, Development, and Weeding (CLIPP #48), by Erica Barber, Julia Bauder, Micki Behounek, Chris Jones, Kayla Reed, and Elizabeth Rodrigues
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March 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📚Nicole Eva reviews "Supporting Diversity through Collection Evaluation, Development, and Weeding (CLIPP #48)" in our latest book review!
Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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📖 New book review 📖
Tim Ribaric reviews Academic Librarianship in Canada: Post-COVID Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era, edited by Jessica E. Shiers, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Joanna Szurmak, and Meaghan Valant
↪️https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v11.44650
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Tim Ribaric reviews Academic Librarianship in Canada: Post-COVID Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era, edited by Jessica E. Shiers, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Joanna Szurmak, and Meaghan Valant
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Academic Librarianship in Canada: Post-COVID Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era, edited by Jessica E. Shiers, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Joanna Szurmak, and Meaghan Valant
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March 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📖 New book review 📖
Tim Ribaric reviews Academic Librarianship in Canada: Post-COVID Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era, edited by Jessica E. Shiers, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Joanna Szurmak, and Meaghan Valant
↪️https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v11.44650
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Tim Ribaric reviews Academic Librarianship in Canada: Post-COVID Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era, edited by Jessica E. Shiers, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Joanna Szurmak, and Meaghan Valant
↪️https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v11.44650
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In "The Economics of Identity: How EDI Initiatives Treat Racialized Identities as Currency in Academic Libraries," Liu examines and critiques top-down institutional EDI policies and plans from Canadian academic libraries.
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![“[The diversity model and racial capitalism] serve to enhance the deficit narrative and treat racialized identities as currency with exchange value: this serves to further entrench structures that replicate systemic racial inequities. Within the confines of racial capitalism, race thus becomes a resource to be extracted and exploited.” Liu 2024](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:geeqihte7bo2zjpbnhh2dpta/bafkreihsacwt5q4qzut2tfdyuru3z6qbdb5zwivd3l3ne2vobwuqkj5hs4@jpeg)
March 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In "The Economics of Identity: How EDI Initiatives Treat Racialized Identities as Currency in Academic Libraries," Liu examines and critiques top-down institutional EDI policies and plans from Canadian academic libraries.
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Tinajero-Vazquez & Carr reflect on their experiences as an intern and supervisor navigating traditional and antiquated norms upheld in academia in "Cultural Wealth, Co-creation, and Conversations: Reimagining Academic Internships."
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March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Tinajero-Vazquez & Carr reflect on their experiences as an intern and supervisor navigating traditional and antiquated norms upheld in academia in "Cultural Wealth, Co-creation, and Conversations: Reimagining Academic Internships."
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In "Extraction on Display," Salas Landa & Xu provide an excellent reflection on how they use object-centered research to encourage students to explore the extractive practices that have shaped museum and library collections.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In "Extraction on Display," Salas Landa & Xu provide an excellent reflection on how they use object-centered research to encourage students to explore the extractive practices that have shaped museum and library collections.
Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
#libraries #AcademicSky #OA
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We are excited to announce a webinar celebrating our recent special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction on April 8, 1:00-2:30 ET. Join our special issue co-editors in conversation with our authors! There will be opportunity for Q&A.
Register ⤵️
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March 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We are excited to announce a webinar celebrating our recent special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction on April 8, 1:00-2:30 ET. Join our special issue co-editors in conversation with our authors! There will be opportunity for Q&A.
Register ⤵️
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How do we identify primary and secondary sources? What does this mean for Indigenous knowledge and authorities? Watkins and Randall call on librarians to critically assess their roles in maintaining colonial structures.
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February 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
How do we identify primary and secondary sources? What does this mean for Indigenous knowledge and authorities? Watkins and Randall call on librarians to critically assess their roles in maintaining colonial structures.
Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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