Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 77
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
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.
Susan Haigh, Executive Director
Address:
1125 Colonel By Drive
MacOdrum Library Carleton University
OTTAWA, ON K1S 5B6
Canada
Telephone number:
613-895-0780
Ext.
781