Corporate body

Canadian Association of Learned Journals

• Association Canadienne des Revues Savantes

• CALJ
• ACRS

1990-

First conceived in 1989, the CALJ began to function in 1990-1991. Initial support was received from what was then the Social Sciences Federation of Canada, today known as the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS).
CALJ describes their vision statement as: “To represent, develop and support the academic community of Canadian learned journals in disseminating original research and scholarly information, and to promote intellectual culture in Canada and internationally.”
The Association serves as a liaison between government agencies and universities in many consultation processes, promoting awareness of its members and making their needs known. Other key functions are to develop industry guidelines for member journals and to enhance the collective strengths of member journals and the journal community as a whole.
CALJ has published the “Best Practices Handbooks for Canadian Learned Journals”, the “Financial Management Handbooks for Journals”, as well as an on-going series of letters and policy statements relating to gaining academic recognition for editors.
The decision was made to incorporate CALJ in 2003, and it achieved official not-for-profit status in 2004. Since then their initial mandate has expanded to include issues relevant to electronic publishing such as copyright, digital rights and open access. Their current interactive online presence serves as a resource for establishing better dialogue between parties, building upon past experiences of members to enhance communications with funding agencies and the public at large.
Sources used: http://www.calj-acrs.ca/ http://www.calj-acrs.ca/sites/default/files/docs/CALJ_history.pdf

Prepared by JMH (May 2017)

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http://www.calj-acrs.ca/ http://www.calj-acrs.ca/sites/default/files/docs/CALJ_history.pdf