Canada has one of the strongest research ecosystems in the world. But to drive growth and help innovations reach the market, we need research to be more accessible for Canadians. Today, the Governmen...

An analysis by economic, mental health and sleep experts has concluded that health evidence favours moving to permanent standard time, not daylight saving. Here's why.

Okay, so Canadian higher education is pretty cautious and risk-averse, and so perhaps the bar for calling something a ‘revolution” is pretty low. But everyone needs to take a look at what has been goi...

This short, practical guide covers concepts that are essential for any new manager in an an academic library. Topics covered include the role of the manager, change management, managing teams and indi...

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What happens when a group of cat-loving librarians starts wishing for a library cat?

In a move to strengthen Canada’s open scholarly infrastructure, Coalition Publica, OCUL and the University of Toronto Libraries have entered into a new agreement.

The state-backed ICS pooled more than 60,000 games from museums and Germany's ratings body.

Situated at the University of Victoria Libraries and Art Collections, on the territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓...

The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.

Here’s the Full Text of the Wiley News Release: Wiley today announced it has acquired Emerald Publishing Limited (“Emerald”) from Cambridge Information Group (CIG) in an all-cash transaction valued at...

S. snuffleupagus, a newly described species of fish, is named after the beloved Sesame Street character, Mr. Snuffleupagus, to which it bears an "uncanny" resemblance.

The University of Victoria is consistently ranked in the top tier of Canada’s research-intensive universities. Vital impact drives the UVic sense of purpose. As an internationally renowned teaching an...

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude Desktop case I wrote about last month, but the scale is between two and three orders of magnitude larger. This article does the legal analysis and, for the first time, the environmental analysis. The numbers are not small.

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March 8 will be the last time British Columbians have to change their clocks, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday.

Libraries hold some of the most significant collections of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) in the country. From manuscripts and artworks to recordings, photographs, and Indigenous...

Field Notes offers smartly-designed, vintage-inspired pocket notebooks, notepads, journals, calendars, planners, and writing accoutrements.

Position overview With the rapid changes in digital technologies and the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, the Digital Records Specialist (DRS) will provide records management capacity and...

Situated at the University of Victoria Libraries and Art Collections, on the territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓...

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Lead, innovate, and inspire one of Canada’s most recognized research-intensive library systems University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a top comprehensive university in Canada with more than 100 world-...