Communities of Practice

This page provides information on CAUL Communities of Practice and other groups. Many of these have an associated email list. The CAUL Communities of Practice have members from across all CAUL Member institutions, including New Zealand institutions.

CAUL Deputy University Librarians Network

The Deputy University Librarians Network provides a forum for CAUL Member institution Deputies to engage in collegial professional learning, knowledge and information sharing, and networking activities.

CAUL Digital Dexterity Community of Practice

The Digital Dexterity Community of Practice was established in 2019 as an outcome of the former Digital Dexterity strategic program. 

CAUL Research Support Community of Practice

The Research Support Community of Practice is the successor to the former CAIRSS group and organises annual research support community events.

CAUL Library Value & Impact Community of Practice

The CAUL Library Value & Impact Community of Practice (LV&ICoP) was formed in 2017 under the auspices of the former CAUL Quality & Assessment Advisory Committee. The purpose of the LV&I CoP is to promote good practice and build common capability in planning, performance, evaluation, and measurement across a range of library activity. The group meets via Zoom every 6 weeks for 1.5 hours with a rotating chair using an agenda determined by the members, who are practitioners with a quality / standards / analytics /communications or marketing role.

CAUL Transformative Agreements Implementation Community of Practice

The Transformative Agreements Community of Practice provides a forum for CAUL Member institution staff to engage in collegial professional learning and information sharing related to implementation and management of transformative agreements.

CAUL Statistics Community (visit page)

CAUL Content Community (visit page)

Author Harry Rolf
Last modified 16 February 2023