Category: Continuing education

Whether you’re in need of renovation insights or you want to share your experience and expertise with others who may be struggling with community engagement and planning, this virtual workshop series offers a unique opportunity to support the library community, and gain new perspectives on library space design challenges. Join other library workers and architects for one (or more!) of these curated case study sessions to troubleshoot and find creative solutions together. Then stay tuned for even more case studies at the main event in June 2026: the Library as Place Conference!

Series pass now available!

Register for all three workshops in the series by February 12th, 2026 and receive the best possible rate! The Series Pass includes:

Blue Mountain Public Library

Thursday, February 12, 2026
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Online via Zoom
Facilitated by the Library as Place Committee
Only interested in this session? Individual session registration is available here.

St. Angela Merici School (Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board – DPCDSB)

Thursday, March 12, 2026
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Online via Zoom
Facilitated by the Library as Place Committee
Only interested in this session? Individual session registration coming soon!

Roseville Public School 

Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Online via Zoom
Facilitated by the Library as Place Committee
Only interested in this session? Individual session registration coming soon!

The registration is now open for Digital Humanities Summer Institute-East 2026, which will take place at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, from Tuesday, May 5 to Friday, May 8. Faculty, staff, students, and all interested welcome.

There are three concurrent workshops this year: “Project Management in the Humanities,” led by Dr. Jennifer Guiliano; “Research Data Management for Humanities Researchers,” led by Shahira Khair and Sandra Sawchuk; and “Digital Publishing in the Humanities Classroom,” led by Dr. Andie Silva and Zelda Montes.

Dr. Susan Brown will offer the keynote talk: “‘Show Your Work’: Linking, Platforming, and Deplatforming for the Future of Born-Digital Scholarship”

Also welcome are applications for accommodation grants to subsidize the cost of attendance at DHSI-East for student participants (undergraduate and graduate); BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) participants; and under-employed participants (those in precarious positions and/or underwaged positions).

For details, including workshop descriptions, link to register, and link apply for the accommodation grant, please see: https://www.stfx.ca/research/digital-humanities/dhsi-east

If you have questions, please contact digitalhumanities@stfx.ca.

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Communications Community of Practice is pleased to invite you to its first-ever, free half-day virtual symposium, CommConnect. This inaugural event brings together communications professionals working in academic and research libraries across Canada to share experiences, explore emerging trends, and strengthen our collective practice.

Register here

CommConnect is an initiative of the Communications Community of Practice, created as a way to further connect, support, and engage communications professionals working in academic and research libraries across Canada. Building on the Community of Practice’s ongoing conversations and knowledge sharing, this inaugural half-day symposium provides a dedicated space to explore shared challenges, exchange ideas, and learn from one another.

The theme for this year’s symposium is Communicating the Future: Libraries in a Changing Higher Education Landscape. Research libraries are navigating a rapidly evolving higher education and political landscape, with shifting priorities, new technologies, and changing user needs.

This symposium invites us to explore how innovative communication strategies, creative outreach approaches, and emerging tools are helping libraries to engage with their communities in meaningful ways — ensuring they remain visible, relevant, and impactful today and into the future.

We hope you’ll be able to join us on February 11, 2026 for this half day of conversation, learning, and connection focused on library communications.