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The Work We Do: Reflecting on CARL’s Competencies for Librarians in Canadian Research Libraries

ACRLog

The vision and mission statements of your library or institution? Direction from your supervisor or administration? CARL lists eight competencies including collaboration, leadership and vision, equity, diversity, and inclusion, curation, and assessment, among others. The CARL Competencies. With your job description?

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University Presidents Called to Action

Higher Education Inquirer

Beyond their influence in academia and politics, elite universities increasingly exert power over the very land on which they sit. These schools are not just centers of academic pursuitthey are political players in their own right, using their financial clout to shape the policies that govern education, tax law, and more.