LAC-BAC has again, as announced at the meeting in Halifax, agreed to fund up to 4 more pilot libraries to offer Lest We Forget. The hope building on the success of the first four (thank you Fraser Valley, Winnipeg, Burlington and Toronto) is that LAC-BAC can then develop some simple operational plan for all libraries […]
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Lest We Forget Pilots Wrap-Up
The three pilot library systems (Fraser Valley, Burlington and Winnipeg) are finishing their final reports on their experiences with the Lest We Forget program. These libraries offered Lest We Forget workshops in their communities to local high school students as a partnership with CULC/CBUC and Library and Archives Canada. Toronto Public Library was also a […]
LAC-BAC identifies 12 key modernization initiatives
Following the last October Stakeholder’s Forum at LAC-BAC that CULC/CBUC participated in, which National Librarian and Archivist Daniel J. Caron described as ”a valuable opportunity to gather some of the most engaged and innovative voices of the library, archival and historical research communities to examine the challenges we face together in assessing, acquiring and preserving […]
Burlington Public Library hosts national launch of LAC’s Lest We Forget
It was a proud moment in Burlington today. BPL hosted, as a pilot library, a workshop for 30 students from Nelson High School (Halton District School Board), using WWI and WWII military records that are part of the National Library and Archives. The students were greeted by National Librarian and Archivist Daniel J. Caron and […]
LWF Update and Pilot Locations
The CULC/CBUC and LAC/BAC partnership to pilot the deliver of Lest We Forget Workshops outside of the National Capital Region is proceeding. All pilot centres had representatives trained, in Ottawa, in late September. The pilot centres are Fraser Valley Regional Library; Winnipeg Public Library; Burlington Public Library, and Toronto Public Library. Contact with local schools […]