The Annual General Meeting took place on Monday, April 15. Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting and voted in our Post-AGM Election!

The Professional Librarian members of the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association join with other associations and individuals in support of Dale Askey, a librarian at McMaster University, who has been sued for libel by Herbert Richardson, founder and editor of Edwin Mellen Press.

We are strongly opposed to any effort to curtail freedom of expression which is essential to our work and to the greater good of society as a whole. Along with others, we agree with the joint statement issued by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries on February 14, 2013 which says in part, "... a librarian must be able to offer his or her assessment of a publisher’s products or practices free from … intimidation."

We understand that a separate legal action by Edwin Mellen Press against Dale Askey has been discontinued.  We urge Herbert Richardson to discontinue the remaining lawsuit against Dale Askey and find more collegial and constructive ways to address the concerns.