1. Site description:
The Centre : Centre de documentation sur l’éducation des adultes et la condition féminine (CDÉACF)
110, rue Sainte-Thérèse, #101
Montréal QC H2Y 1E6
metro : Champ-de-mars
The CDÉACF (loosely translated : Resource Centre for Adult Education and the Status of Women) was created
in 1983 when the Institut de coopération pour l'éducation des adultes (ICEA)and Relais-Femmes combined
their resource centres to create an independent specialized documentation centre, open to all. The CDÉACF
collects, preserves, disseminates and promotes documents produced by community-based organisations. Several
other organizations from Québec and Canada have brought their collections to the CDÉACF over the years, and
five of them continue to develop their own collections as «depositing members».
In addition to the depositing members, the centre has more than 300 members, primarily from Quebec, including
literacy groups, adult education centres, school boards, popular education groups, women's and other community
groups, professors, students and researchers.
Clientele : The Centre's clientele is made up of francophone organizations in the domains of literacy and
lifelong learning as well as women's groups throughout Quebec and in various parts of Canada.
Specificity : Most of the Centre's clientele is not on-site. The Centre makes extensive use of information and
communication technologies and of distance services so that it can offer the same quality of service to
organizations in Gaspésie or in British Columbia as it does to those based in Montreal. The Centre's innovative
distance services are greatly appreciated : loans are more often made through distance services (more than
30 000 “distant” loans in 2006-2007) than on-site. The CDÉACF also provides a wide range of services and
resources through its Web sites: the organizational web site, CDÉACF, and three thematic sites NetFemmes,
Zone EFA and Espace Alpha. The centre is also one of a select few independent organizations to host a virtual
library, which currently offers free access to more than 4,000 full-text documents.
2. Student activities:
Professional projects the student may carry out will be related to the Centre's ICT-based collections and services.
Potential projects include
 evaluating web-based documentation and information services
 exploring strategies for grouping the different thematic sites and subdomains under a unified site and a
knowledge taxonomy without losing the ease of use and relevance to each clientele
 exploring strategies for optimizing ICT-based services in light of recent needs assessments carried out
for the clientele from literacy organizations and women's organizations
 exploring the knowledge sharing implications of Web2.0
3. Specific requirements or qualifications :
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Strong web skills, strong knowledge management skills
Interest in adult literacy, lifelong learning, community organizations and/or the women's movement
The working environment, collections and web services are entirely in French; fluent French is required,
especially reading and listening skills.