Resources

Policy & Guidelines for Libraries & Library Workers

Canadian Guidelines on Library and Information Services for Older Adults

Cataloguing: Cataloguing Code of Ethics

Code of Ethics for CFLA-FCAB

Guidelines for the Education of Library Technicians (2022)

Guidelines on Library and Information Services for People with Disabilities

Intellectual Freedom and Libraries

Intellectual Freedom: CFLA-FCAB Statement on Libraries & the Intellectual Freedom of Children & Youth

Libraries and the Intellectual Freedom of Children & Youth (2024)

Navigating Copyright for Crown-Published Works: A Code of Best Practices for Libraries, CFLA/CARL (2024)

SUMMARY – Navigating Copyright for Crown-Published Works: A Code of Best Practices for Libraries, CFLA/CARL (2024)

Understanding Hate Law in Canada

Position Statements

Access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Deliberate Destruction of Libraries

Diversity and Inclusion

Financial Support to Writers

Indigenous Knowledge in Canada’s Copyright Act (2018)

Labeling Systems: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights (2024)

Library & Literacy Services for Indigenous Peoples of Canada

Library Services for Multicultural Communities

Prison Libraries Network’s Position Statement on The Prisoners’ Right to Read

Public Lending Right (2024)

Status of School Libraries in Canada (2024)

Third Party Use of Publicly Funded Library Meetings Rooms and Facilities (2019)

Copyright Position Statements

AI and Copyright and its application in Cultural Heritage Institutions (2022)

Controlled Digital Lending (2022)

Copyright and Text and Data Mining (TDM) Research (2022)

E-books and Licensed Digital Content in Public Libraries (2019)

Effects of the Canada, US, Mexico Agreement Term Extensions (2019)

Fair Dealing (2018)

Modernizing Crown Copyright (2018)

Open Access for Canadian Libraries

Protecting Copyright Exceptions from Contract Override (2018)

Right to Repair, Interoperability and Technical Protection Measures (2022)

Secondary Publishing Rights and Open Access (2023)

Technological Protection Measures (2018)

Reports

Cataloguing: Final Report of the Cataloguing Code of Ethics Review Working Group (CCERWG) to the Cataloguing and Metadata Standards Committee (CMSC) of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA-FCAB)Cataloguing Code of Ethics (2023)

Truth and Reconciliation Committee

Responses to Consulation

2026 – Increasing AI Transparency in Canada

2026 – Federal Pre-Budget Submission

2021 – Modern Copyright Framework for Online Intermediaries: CFLA/CARL Joint Response

2021 – Copyright: Joint Response to Consultation on Copyright Term Extension

2023 – Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technical Evidence: Response

2021 – Modern Framework for Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things: CFLA/CARL Joint Response