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Preliminary Program for CAPAL15: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice; Ottawa, Canada; 2015 May 31-June2

  • 1.  Preliminary Program for CAPAL15: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice; Ottawa, Canada; 2015 May 31-June2

    Posted Feb 05, 2015 12:31 PM

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    Dear Colleagues,


    On behalf of the conference organizing committee, I am pleased to present the preliminary program for CAPAL15: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice, the second annual conference of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL). The program can be viewed in full online at bit.ly/CAPAL15program.


    The program features sessions on a wide range of topics, from open access to critical pedagogy and information literacy to digitization to philosophy to academic freedom to corporatization and neoliberalism, and much more. We are also excited to welcome our keynote speakers, renowned cultural critic and public intellectual Henry Giroux (McMaster University) and critical LIS scholar Sarah T. Roberts (Western University). We hope you enjoy this exceptional program.


    Registration for the conference is now open and available at the following link: http://congress2015.ca/register. Note that Congress fees are cheaper if you register before March 31st.


    Please visit our website for further information and updates:


    http://capalibrarians.org/capal-conference-2015


    Also, follow us on Twitter at #CAPAL15 and join our Facebook page at bit.ly/CAPAL15Facebook to connect with others attending.


    Best,


    Dave Hudson, Program Chair


    Colleen Burgess, Communications Chair


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    Cher(e)s collègues,


    Au  nom du comité organisateur, je suis heureux de présenter le programme préliminaire de l’ACBAP15 : « La bibliothéconomie académique et la démarche critique », le deuxième colloque annuel de l'Association canadienne des bibliothécaires académiques professionnel(le)s (l’ACBAP). Le programme se trouve en ligne : bit.ly/ACBAP15programme


    Le colloque comprend des séances au sujet d’un grand nombre de thèmes tels que le libre accès, la pédagogie critique, la maîtrise de l'information, la philosophie, la numérisation, la liberté académique, la corporatisation de nos universités, le néolibéralisme, et bien plus encore. Nous sommes également heureux d'accueillir nos deux conférenciers principaux, le professeur Henry Giroux de l’Université McMaster et la professeure Sarah T. Roberts de la Western University. Nous espérons que vous apprécierez notre programme exceptionnel.


    L'inscription à la conférence est maintenant ouverte et disponible en ligne. Notez que les frais de congrès sont moins chers si vous vous inscrivez avant le 31 mars.


    S’il vous plaît voir notre site web pour d’amples informations et des mises à jour:


    http://fr.capalibrarians.org/conference-annuelle-2015/


    Suivez-nous sur Twitter (#ACBAP15) et rejoignez notre page Facebook au bit.ly/CAPAL15Facebook pour vous joindre aux autres conférencier(e)s.