Monthly Archives: October 2017

• Crown copyright e-petition update

  Posted on October 20, 2017 by Web Editor in Blog

  Thank you to everyone who supported the Crown copyright e-petition 1116, which asked the Government of Canada to make publicly available government works part of the public domain (background information available here). The petition closed on September 23 with almost three times the number of signatories required for certification. It is also one of the […]

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• CALL/ACBD Webinar: Platforms, Apps and Omnibots – Alternate Views on the Future of Legal Research

  Posted on October 11, 2017 by Web Editor in Blog, VALL Blog & Announcements

  Thursday, October 26, 2017 10:00 – 11:30 PST Can you imagine a future where a single sign-in will give you access to a range of tools to support different aspects of legal research? How about one where effective research requires multiple accounts from different service providers each of which offer a tailored solution. Or perhaps […]

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• Copyright course

  Posted on October 4, 2017 by Web Editor in Blog

  VALLeagues, I just want to endorse Lesley Ellen Harris’ course, which I took back in the 2000s. She is very good at explaining this complex and ever-shifting topic. Here’s information from CALL/ACBD’s email, which you will likely have seen: This fall, Lesley is teaching an online course through Copyrightlaws.com called “Certificate in Canadian Copyright Law”, […]

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