The September/October 2024 issue of AALL Spectrum is now available online. It is a publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, one of the sister associations of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries ..read more

Library services provider EBSCO Information Services has just published its  2025 Serials Price Projection Report. "Each year, we conduct an extensive survey of publishers and analyze incoming pricing data to provide informed serials price projections. These insights are designed to assist libraries and publishers for the upcoming renewal season, offering a view of the financial landscape ahead." "While our forecasts are grounded in analysis, we advise our partners to understand that these are estimates, and while insightful, are subject to change." "As of this report’s publication, we ..read more

CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute that provides free access to Canadian caselaw, legislation and commentary, has been offering case summaries generated by artificial intelligence over the past year. It is now running a survey to find out how those summaries are being received by CanLII users: "The primary survey will take approximately 7 minutes to complete and is being conducted in English. It is open to all users of CanLII who are at least 18 years of age. The survey targets users across all jurisdictions in Canada and is designed to gather insights from both the legal commun ..read more

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has released its Trend Report 2024. "The IFLA Trend Report 2024 is the first major update of this publication since the 2013 original, and represents a key pillar of our work to support the library field to be ready to face the future. Through building the reflex and ability to integrate the future into our planning today, libraries can be more resilient and so more sustainable. This, in turn, brings benefits to the communities that libraries serve, be they the population of a local area, the students and faculty of a universit ..read more

Today is Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to mark the legacy of the country's Indian residential schools where multiple generations of Indigenous children were subjected to forms of physical and psychological violence to assimilate them. CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, has a number of initiatives to share information about Indigenous legal issues and promote Indiegenous voices: "As part of this commitment, we have recently published the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) on CanLII. The TRC report, a lan ..read more

he Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar of upcoming appeals that will be heard in October. To find out more about any particular case, click on a case number in parentheses to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties and any interveners ..read more

The Ontario Council of University Libraries - Government Information Community is organizing the Government Information Day(s), 2024 in the 3rd week of December 2024 (exact dates to be determined). For that purpose, it has sent out a call for proposals for talks. Talks can be about any topic relating to government information, on any topic from any jurisdiction.  Presentations can be in the form of lightning talks, panel discussions, workshops, training sessions, etc. Programs from earlier years are available on the organizers' website under "More ..read more

The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is accepting nominations for the next Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. The award honours a publisher (whether for-profit or not-for profit, corporate or non-corporate) that has demonstrated excellence by publishing a work, series, website, or electronic product that makes a significant contribution to legal research and scholarship. Legal content in all information formats is welcome. Members and non-members of CALL are welcome to make nominations.  Please send your nomination to the CALL National Office by January 31 ..read more

The September 2024 issue of In Session has been published.  It is the monthly e-newsletter of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) and contains news from CALL committees and special interest groups, member updates and events ..read more

The Government of Canada's Weekly Acquisitions List is a list of publications by various public bodies and agencies of the federal government that were catalogued in the previous week.  Some of the documents in the most recent list include the following material from Justice Canada: Justice in Official Languages - Newsletter (Summer 2024): "The year 2024 is in the midst of a transitional period for official languages in Canada. Since the new Action Plan for Official Languages was unveiled on April 26, 2023, and the Act to Amend the Official Languages Act (OLA) was given Royal Assent on J ..read more