The latest undertaking in the COPPUL Shared Print Archive Network (SPAN), the shared print monograph project, has officially begun. This project will look at usage and holdings of print monographs across participating COPPUL libraries, with an eye to identifying and preserving
What's New
October 23, 2015
The COPPUL Scholarly Communication Working Group is excited to announce the winners of the COPPUL Sponsorship for 2015 Open Access (OA) Week Speaker Events.
September 1, 2015
COPPUL is pleased to sponsor up to $1000 to reimburse COPPUL libraries for the cost of live-webcasting and archiving presentations as well as other costs associated with 2015 Open Access Week events. In return
July 15, 2015
Mary-Jo Romaniuk, University Librarian, University of Manitoba, has been appointed as vice-chair of the COPPUL Board, beginning immediately. Mary-Jo will serve as vice-chair until the end of the fall COPPUL meeting on September 18. She will then move into the role of COPPUL Board chair. Many t
June 29, 2015
COPPUL is very pleased to announce that Corey Davis from the University of Victoria Libraries has accepted a half-time position as COPPUL’s Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Manager. This newly-created, two-year appointment will
April 2, 2015
Job Posting - COPPUL Digital Preservation Network Manager
COPPUL is seeking a Digital Preservation Network Manager. This is a half-time, two-year position and may be filled as secondment opportunity.
March 27, 2015
The fall 2015 COPPUL meetings will be held at the University of Saskatchewan on Thursday, September 17 and Friday, September 18. The September 17 meeting will be devoted to strategic planning. The September 18 meeting will be the fall COPPUL directors meeting
March 18, 2015
The 2012-2013 edition of the COPPUL statistics has been released recently. The statistics can be found here.
December 5, 2014
The Spring COPPUL meetings will take place in Vancouver, BC, March 4-6, 2015. The COPPUL Collections Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 4. There will be a Directors Plus One workshop on the topic of flexible learning and online learning on Thursda
December 3, 2014
Here are a few photos of the new COPPUL office, located in the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) at the University of Calgary. The office number is TFDL 640K. Many thanks to Vice-Provost and University Librarian Tom Hickerson and staff on the 6th floor of the TFDL for all their help in getti
December 3, 2014
The most recent edition of the COPPUL statistics has recently been released, covering the years 2011-2012. The statistics can be found here.
September 22, 2014
Thursday September 18 saw 45 representatives from COPPUL libraries, and select invited guests spend a productive day together discussing Indigenous Initiatives in COPPUL Libraries. Our thanks to all presenters, participants, and the volunteers who helped plan this inspiring day of programming.
September 12, 2014
COPPUL's response to the Draft Policy Position for the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP) from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) is
June 13, 2014
June 3, 2014
COPPUL was pleased to meet with consortial colleagues from across Canada for a productive meeting of Consortia Canada on Monday June 2. Many of our licenses for electronic resources are coordinated with other groups across the country to achieve maximum discou
May 22, 2014
COPPUL is pleased to be participating in a meeting in Victoria, BC on May 28, and organized by Library and Archives Canada, to discuss a national strategy for shared print archiving in Canada. COPPUL, LAC, and many other Canadian consortia and libraries working on this issue will convene at this
May 16, 2014
Hearty congratulations to Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary for being recognized by the Students' Union for "dedication to students."
May 14, 2014
The Archivematica as a Service program moved to implementation at partcipating libraries May 1, 2014. University of Victoria, University of Lethbridge, and Vancouver Island University are now live! Testing and training is underway at remaining sites.
May 14, 2014
June 1st will be the start date for a new consortial license for Browzine, a platform for organizing and reading licensed e-journal content in a unified display, optimized for tablet devices. Ten COPPUL libraries subscribe.