Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Employment and Training
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade
- Research and Development
- Science and Technology
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Intellectual Property – Copyright Modernization Consultation with respect to fair dealing, library and education exceptions, and technological protection measures
- Privacy and Access to Information – Possible legislation on investigating and preventing criminal electronic communications with respect to the partial exemption for post-secondary education institutions and libraries.
Policies or Program
- Employment and Training – Digital Economy Strategy Consultation with respect to the role of academic libraries in education for employment
- International Trade – Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with respect to enforcement measures for Internet piracy
- Research and Development - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in respect of research funding priorities
- Science and Technology – NRC National Science Library with respect to its support within NRC
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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House of Commons
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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
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Industry Canada
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Justice Canada (JC)
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
The Association both coordinates joint projects of its member libraries and engages in advocacy on a number of issues on behalf of its university library members. Examples of joint projects, past or present, would include creation of a consortial licensing body for digital scholarly materials, creation of an coordinating organization for the digitization of heritage materials, creation of a system of open access digital repositories, development of a collaborative infrastructure for the archiving and sharing of research data, coordination of statistical reporting from member libraries, coordination of a library service evaluation process among members, organization of study tours for member library director groups, organization of general meetings of members, etc. In terms of advocacy, the Association has interests in such public policy themes as copyright, broadband access, open access to publicly-funded research results and data, government support for research data management, government support for the digitization of heritage documents, direct and indirect federal research funding, and lawful access.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Brent Roe,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Organization's membership or classes of membership
The current members are the 29 largest Canadian university libraries. As well, in a class of members that do not participate in or finance advocacy discussion or activity and that do not participate in Association board-level governance, are three national institutions: Library and Archives Canada, NCR-CISTI, and the Library of Parliament.
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
Suite 600
350 Albert Street
OTTAWA, ON K1R 1B1
Canada
Telephone number:
613-482-9344
Ext.
101
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Mathieu Jacques,
Project and Committee Support Officer |
Public offices held
- Brent Roe,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
No public offices held
