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Category: Library & Archives Canada
LAC approves $1.5 million in funding for 65 documentary heritage projects
Message bilingue / Bilingual message Le 14 décembre 2015 – Gatineau (Québec) – Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) L’honorable ministre du Patrimoine canadien, Mélanie Joly, et le Bibliothécaire et archiviste du Canada, Guy Berthiaume, ont annoncé aujourd’hui les résultats du premier cycle de financement du Programme pour les collectivités du patrimoine documentaire (PCPD). Ce nouveau […]
LAC’s Strategic Research Daily
Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) Strategic Research Division carries out current and long-term analysis of trends, drawing from sources in librarianship, archival science, information technology, computer science, publishing, public administration and social sciences. The Division produces Strategic Research Daily , an e-newspaper drawing on social media sources. We hope that this resource might be of […]
LAC Accepts Auditor General’s Recommendations
Message bilingue / Bilingual message Depuis ce matin, le rapport de l’automne 2014 du Vérificateur général du Canada est accessible en ligne à l’adresse suivante : http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Francais/parl_lpy_f_39214.html. Le chapitre 7, intitulé Le patrimoine documentaire du gouvernement du Canada porte spécifiquement sur Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC). BAC accepte les quatre recommandations formulées par le Vérificateur général. Des mesures ont déjà […]
CULC/CBUC joins 18 other Organizations in Endorsing a Statement of Qualities
In response to the recent resignation of the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Daniel J. Caron, CULC/CBUC joined a large list of library, archival, and history organization in endorsing a Statement on the Qualities that would be seen as “Success Qualities” for a future Appointment of the Librarian and Archivist of Canada. This will be […]
National Librarian Resigns
The Canadian Urban Libraries Council wishes Dr. J. Caron the very best in his future endeavours, and thanks him for the support and faith he showed in CULC/CBUC during his tenure. CULC/CBUC will continue to collaborate with LAC and other library groups and looks forward to contributing ideas and work to the National Library and […]
LAC-BAC seeks input on ILL Future Iterations
Happy New Year – CULC/CBUC along with a number of member libraries, and many other industry associations (CLA, CARL, Federal Libraries, OLA, among others) have participated in a couple of working sessions with LAC-BAC staff to create some documents for the broader community to respond too. This has been going on also for the National […]
Summary Documents from Pan Canadian Documentary Heritage
The meetings were held in early November. CULC/CBUC had Vice-Chair Maureen Sawa and ED Jefferson Gilbert as official delegates. Jane Pyper was also in attendance as was Moe Hosseini-Ara from Markham Public Library. Both Maureen and Moe contributed as presenters. ––––––––––––– MESSAGE FROM DANIEL J. CARON ––––––––––– Bonjour, Au nom de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada […]
CULC/CBUC participating with the eye to better understanding the challenges facing LAC-BAC
On May 22, the Executive Director will attend, at LAC’s invitation, a day-long program on how they are planning on fulfilling their mandate in these ever changing times. Documentary heritage institutions face key challenges in the 21st Century. Traditional assumptions and practices that held fast for many years no longer hold true, as the ways […]
Second Round of Lest We Forget Pilots to Begin Across Canada
CULC/CBUC is again pleased to be a program delivery partner with Library Archives Canada (LAC) in delivering series of workshops in CULC/CBUC member communities using the war records from the Library and Archives Canada. The first set of pilots took place in 2010 with the public libraries in Burlington (ON); Winnipeg (MB); Fraser Valley/Abbotsford (BC) […]