Some of this week's items: Ernie Ingles President of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries; Results of the IFLA election of President-elect 2009; 'Digital nation' key to economic recovery, academics say; Remixing Democratic Discourse - New Media and the End of 'Read Only'

Some of this week's items: L?Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada accueille la Brock University Library; L?Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) et Canadiana.org célèbrent le lancement du Générateur de collections numériques (GCN) de Canadiana.org; Directors of 10 US and Canadian university presses endorse Open Access; AFMC Resource Group on Libraries and Standing Committee on Research and Graduate Studies urge the Canadian Government to reconsider funding cuts to the NRC?s and Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information

Some of this week's items: Ingrid Parent, lauréate du prix en reconnaissance de services éminents à la recherche en sciences de l?information de l?ABRC pour 2009; Appui à une tendance croissante vers la recherche en bibliothéconomie; Les Archives nationales achètent des documents du début de la colonie; Plaque Coup de coeur à l'Université Laval - L'information est mise au service de l'Afrique francophone

Some of this week's items: Canada's former chief librarian and archivist joins University of Waterloo on Stratford Institute; Carte génétique du Québec - Cartagène veut recruter 20 000 Québécois de 40 à 69 ans; La fracture numérique; Sondage : les deux tiers des canadiens sont inquiets des compressions dans le financement de la recherche

Some of this week's items: Elsevier Journal Scandal Provokes Significant Librarian Response: Elsevier admits total of six problematic publications; Progressive Librarians Guild issues call for action; Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace; Culture of Applied Research Emphasized as University of Alberta Libraries Hires Director of Research; Open Access policy a first in Canada

Some of this week's items: CIHR President Announces Web Consultations on Draft Strategic Plan; Will Canada miss the next wireless revolution?; Time for an Innovation Canada Department, a ministry of the future; Where There?s a Will There?s a Way? Survey of Academic Librarian Attitudes about Open Access

Some of this week's items: China, Russia, Canada top copyright pirates, says U.S.; Ignatieff fulfills commitment to raise funding of science agencies in House; Justice Dept. Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into Google Books Deal; Prime Minister Stephen Harper Announces Appointment of New Librarian and Archivist of Canada

Some of this week's items: United Nations Opens World Digital Library; York books scanned, digitized at Internet Archive; Adventures in Semantic Publishing: Exemplar Semantic Enhancements of a Research Article

Some of this week's items: Canadian candidate for IFLA President-elect; PM urged to restore science funds; Full Access to Cochrane Library online to all Canadians; Policy Briefing: Innovation

Some of this week's items: CARL Meets with Ministry Officials on Copyright; CARL Invited to Public Consultation on ACTA; Secrecy slowing drug research: leading scientist urges transparency to deliver drugs to patients sooner; Signs of epistemic disruption: Transformations in the knowledge system of the academic journal

Some of this week's items: EU Council may pass ACTA silently during parliamentary recess; Long-term preservation of Open Access Journals secured; The Jigsaw Puzzle of Digital Preservation: an Overview; ICSTI 2009 Conference: Managing Data for Science

Some of this week's items: CARL to participate at Federation Congress "super booth" ; Preliminary Program for CARL 2009 Annual General Meeting; Ready for digital stacks?; MIT opens access to its research articles

Some of this week's items: MIT adopts a university-wide OA mandate; Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Votes for Open Access for Scholarly Articles; Librarians Confront New Uncertainties Over Training and Jobs; Government MPs form caucus on higher ed

Some of this week's items: First U.S. Public Access Policy Made Permanent; Research is more valuable when it is shared, according to a new educational initiative launched in partnership by CARL and SPARC; Group of European scholars petitions the European Parliament to reject directive on term extension of copyright for sound recordings; Minister's use of recorder highlights need for clear copyright rules

Some of this week's items: Canadiana.org welcomes Ron Walker as Interim Executive Director; The Polar Information Commons (PIC): Establishing the Framework for Long-term Stewardship of Polar Data and Information; It's time for Canada's digital revolution; Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society

Some of this week's items: SURF: 2009 is Open Access Year; Librarian Opposes Google's Library Fees; NRC cuts could affect 300 positions; Science Commons Wants Data to Be Free

Some of this week's items: ARL Issues Statement to Scholarly Publishers on the Global Economic Crisis; University Council Approves Open Access Plan; eIFL.net and Bioline International sign Memorandum of Understanding to promote open access; Ten associations and advocacy groups send letter asking [U.S.] House Judiciary Committee members to oppose the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act

Some of this week's items: Four leading [U.S.] associations serving research universities issue call to action; RoMEO has reached 500 publishers; A Digital Window on the Medieval World; Digital Archivists, Now in Demand

Some of this week's items: The Conyers Bill is back; University of Alberta Libraries First Canadian Member of CLOCKSS; Google Earth Fills Its Watery Gaps; Stewardship of Research Data in Canada: Gap Analysis

Some of this week's items: The Canadian Association of Research Libraries applauds the Investments in Knowledge Infrastructure that the federal government will be making through Budget 2009; Increased capacity and seamless user-focused services are tops on the list for CARL member libraries; Physicists Set Plan in Motion to Change Publishing System; Research reveals economic case for open access publishing