📽️ Behind the scenes at CARL

For 50 years, dedicated staff have helped keep CARL moving forward. Hear from Katherine McColgan, our longest-serving staff member, as she reflects on 25+ years with CARL and how the Association has evolved.

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🗃️ From microfilm to digital heritage: CARL’s work with CIHM, AlouetteCanada, and Canadiana.org helped build shared infrastructure for preserving and providing access to Canada’s documentary heritage.

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✨ CARL Members, Then and Now. ✨
✨ Les membres de l'ABRC, d'hier à aujourd'hui. ✨

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📸 1: CARL Member Meeting in St. John's, 1984. / Réunion des membres de l'ABRC à Saint-Jean, 1984.

📸 2: CARL Member Meeting in St. John's, 2026. / Réunion des membres de l'ABRC à Saint-Jean, 2026.

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Did you know?

In 1999, CARL helped launch the Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP), bringing together 64 universities to expand access to scholarly publications. That initiative would later become @crkn-rcdr.bsky.social.

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On October 21, 1975, representatives from 29 founding member libraries met in Ottawa and voted to create an independent association of academic research libraries.

CARL was officially launched in Regina in 1976. 📸

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