Library and Archives Canada explained

Library Name:Library and Archives Canada
Type:National library and
national archives
Location:395 Wellington Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Items Collected:Aboriginal magazines; albums and scrapbooks; architectural drawings; art; artifacts; Canadian children's literature; Canadian comic books; Canadian newspapers; Canadian periodicals; electronic publications; electronic records; English-language pulp literature; ethnic community newsletters; ephemera; fiction and non-fiction; films; globes; government publications; government records; government websites; Hebraica and Judaica; Indian residential school records; journals and diaries; livres d’artistes; manuscripts; maps; microfilms; photographs; poetry; portraits; rare books; sheet music; sketchbooks; sound recordings; stamps; textual archives; theses and dissertations; trade catalogues; videos[1]
Collection Size:22 million books and publications (periodicals, newspapers, microfilms, literary texts, and government publications); 250 km of government and private textual records; 3 million architectural drawings, maps, and plans; 30 million photos; 350,000 hours of film; 425,000 works of art (including paintings, drawings, watercolours, posters, prints, medals, and caricatures); 547,000 musical items; over 1 billion MB of digital content[2]
Criteria:Canadiana, documents published in Canada and materials published elsewhere of interest to Canada; records documenting the functions and activities of the Government of Canada; records of heritage value that document the historical development and diversity of Canadian society[3]
Legal Deposit:Yes[4]
Budget:CDN$98,346,695 (2013–14)[5] [6]
Director:Leslie Weir[7]
Num Employees:853 FTE (2021–22)[8]
Module:
Child:yes
Keydocument1:Library and Archives of Canada Act[9] [10]
Parent Agency:Canadian Heritage
Minister1 Name:Hon. Pascale St-Onge
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Canadian Heritage

Library and Archives Canada (LAC; French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.[9] The national archive and library is the 16th largest library in the world. The LAC reports to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

LAC traces its origins to the Dominion Archives, formed in 1872, and the National Library of Canada, formed in 1953. The former was later renamed as the Public Archives of Canada in 1912, and the National Archives of Canada in 1987. In 2004, the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were merged to form Library and Archives Canada.[11]

History

Predecessors

The Dominion Archives was founded in 1872 as a division within the Department of Agriculture tasked with acquiring and transcribing documents related to Canadian history. In 1912, the division was transformed into an autonomous organization, Public Archives of Canada, with the new responsibility of managing government documents on all types of media.[12] The organization would be renamed in 1987 as the National Archives of Canada.

With the efforts of people like Freda Farrell Waldon, the first president of the Canadian Library Association,[13] [14] the National Library of Canada was founded in 1953.

21st century

In 2004, under the initiative of former National Librarian Roch Carrier and National Archivist Ian E. Wilson, the functions of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were combined to form Library and Archives Canada.[15] [16] [17] LAC was established per the Library and Archives of Canada Act (Bill C-8), proclaimed on April 22, 2004, with a subsequent Order-in-Council on May 21, which formally united the collections, services, and personnel of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada.[18] Wilson assumed the position as the first Librarian and Archivist of Canada in July that year.

Modernization

In June 2004, LAC issued a discussion paper titled Creating a New Kind of Knowledge Institution;[19] after consultation in June 2006, it issued LAC Directions for Change, a document setting out five key directions to define the new institution, including being a new kind of knowledge institution; becoming a truly national institution, a collaborative institution that works to stregnthen Canada's documentary heritage; a learning destsination; and an institution in government information management.[20]

LAC's modernization policy provides for transformation from an institution focused on the acquisition and preservation of analogue (non-digital) materials to one that excels in digital access and digital preservation.[21] A Documentary Heritage Management Framework developed in 2009 seeks the right balance between resources dedicated to analogue and digital materials and is based on:

Eight pilot research projects were initiated to validate the framework, including projects on military documentary heritage, aboriginal documentary heritage, and stewardship of newspapers in a digital age.[22] [23] [24] In March 2010 LAC issued its final report on Canadian Digital Information Strategy stakeholder consultations initiated in accordance with its mandate to facilitate co-operation among Canadian knowledge communities.[25] In the same month it issued Shaping Our Continuing Memory Collectively: A Representative Documentary Heritage, a document which outlines how it plans to achieve its modernization objectives.[26]

Despite LAC's stated objectives of continuing to fulfill its mandate by adapting to changes in the information environment and collaboration with others, the actual experience since 2004 has been a reduction in both services and collaboration.[21] [22] [27] Federal funding cuts since 2004 have also impacted on LAC services and acquisitions.[27] A detailed timeline of relevant developments and the decline in LAC services since 2004 has been compiled by the Ex Libris Association.[28]

Budget cuts

Following the announcement in the 2012 federal budget of a CDN$9.6 million funding cut over the three years commencing in 2012–13,[29] more than 400 LAC employees received notices which indicated their jobs may be affected and the department announced a 20% reduction of its workforce of about 1,100 over the following three years.[30] [31] [32] The "harsh" wording of a 23-page code of conduct for employees effective January 2013, which "spells out values, potential conflicts of interest and expected behaviours", has been criticized by the Association of Canadian Archivists and the Canadian Association of University Teachers among others. The code describes personal activities including teaching and speaking at or attending conferences as "high risk" activities "with regard to conflict of interest, conflict of duties and duty of loyalty" and participation in such activities is subject to strict conditions. In a section on duty of loyalty, it also cautions employees about expressing personal opinions in social media forums. Only authorized LAC spokespersons may issue statements or make public comments about LAC's mandate and activities, which includes controversial changes related to modernization and budget cuts.[33] [34] [35] [36]

Changes introduced under the management of Ian E. Wilson and Daniel J. Caron have been the subject of controversy and public criticism.[27] [37] Caron asserted that radical change is needed to cope with the influx and demand for digital material and they are subject to federal budget constraints.[36] [38]

Several individuals and organizations voiced concerns about these changes. In 2011, the Canadian Association of University Teachers launched the Save Library & Archives Canada campaign.[39] On May 2, 2012, the Canadian Library Association expressed concern about budget cuts to libraries, both in federal departments and at LAC.[32] [40] In August 2012, the Bibliographical Society of Canada wrote to every Member of Parliament urging them to ensure budget cuts do not compromise LAC's legislated mandate. In a follow-up letter to Heritage Minister James Moore in November 2012, the Society singled out the termination of interlibrary loans as a particularly harmful decision.[41] Bibliophile blogger Nigel Beale characterizes LAC as "Canada's national disgrace" in his blog Literary Tourist.[42] Academic Ian Milligan describes LAC's "rhetoric of modernization" as a "smokescreen" for cutting services in light of the insignificance of and limited accessibility to LAC's online collections on the ActiveHistory.ca website.[43] Historian Valerie Knowles outlines the impact of government cutbacks at LAC and federal government libraries in her article "Closing doors on Canada's history" on the iPolitics website.[44]

On May 31, 2012, the Association of Canadian Archivists announced its withdrawal from forums of LAC's Pan-Canadian Documentary Heritage Network, stating that it does not believe the network can meet the needs and interests of archives across Canada previously met by the National Archival Development Program abruptly terminated by LAC following the 2012 federal funding cut.[45] [46] [47]

Following Caron's resignation in May 2013, a stakeholder coalition issued a joint statement on the qualities of a successful Librarian and Archivist of Canada for official consideration in what they consider a "matter of great national significance":[37] [48]

In June 2013 the Heritage Minister said speeding up the digitization of records will be a priority for the new Librarian and Archivist of Canada. Moore also said he will ask the person appointed to revisit the termination of the National Archival Development Program.[45] [46]

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

During the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Library and Archives Canada initially failed to produce records requested by the commission in a timely and comprehensive manner and was ordered by an Ontario Superior Court judge to do so.[49] Ultimately, LAC did provide the records, but many were not in digitized and searchable formats as required by the commission.[50]

The Calls to Action of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission explicitly referenced Library and Archives Canada as follows:

We call upon Library and Archives Canada to: fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Joinet-Orentlicher principles, as related to Aboriginal peoples' inalienable right to know the truth about what happened and why, with regard to human rights violations committed against them in the residential schools; ensure that its record holding related to residential schools are accessible to the public; [and] commit more resources to its public education materials and programming on residential schools.[51] [52]
Library and Archives Canada has begun to address these concerns by dedicating funding to hire Indigenous archivists, build relationships with Indigenous communities, and support digitization efforts.[53] However, Indigenous-led organizations have drawn attention to the fact that Indigenous communities have been conducting this type of work for decades.[54]

LAC also holds and provides access to archival copies of the websites of organizations related to the TRC, in collaboration with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation,[55] the University of Winnipeg Library, and University of Manitoba Libraries.[56]

Facilities

The building at 395 Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa is the main physical location where the public may access the collection in person. The building was officially opened on June 20, 1967.[57] [58] With the de-emphasis on physical visits, in-person services have been curtailed—for example, since April 2012, reference services are by appointment only—and the role of this building is decreasing.[59] [60] [30] There are also administrative offices in Gatineau, Quebec, and preservation and storage facilities throughout Canada for federal government records.[57] [61]

The Preservation Centre in the city centre of Gatineau, about 10 kilometres away from the Ottawa headquarters, was designed to provide a safe environment for the long-term storage and preservation of Canada's valuable collections. It was built at a cost of CDN$107 million, and the official opening took place on June 4, 1997. It is a unique building containing 48 climate-controlled preservation vaults and state-of-the-art preservation laboratories.[62] [63] [64] [65] In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada named it one of the top 500 buildings constructed in Canada during the last millennium.[66] A Nitrate Film Preservation Facility on the Communications Research Centre campus in Shirleys Bay, on the outskirts of Ottawa, houses Canada's cellulose nitrate film collection.[67] The collection contains 5,575 film reels dating back to 1912, including some of the first Canadian motion pictures and photographic negatives.[68] The film material is highly sensitive and requires precise temperatures for its preservation. The state-of-the-art facility, which was officially opened on June 21, 2011,[69] is an eco-designed building featuring an environmentally friendly roof that provides better insulation and minimizes energy expenditures.[70]

A planned key activity for 2013–14 was to rehouse analogue (non-digital) information resources in a new state-of-the-art high-density storage facility in Gatineau, where the national newspaper collection and records of Second World War veterans will be stored.[6] [71] The facility will feature a high bay metal shelving system with a suitable environment to better protect Canada's published heritage.[72] [73] [74] In January 2019, Library and Archives Canada announced that negotiations for a new facility to be built next to the existing one in Gatineau were starting, with an opening date in 2022.[75]

LAC's online collection is accessible via its website and LAC provides ongoing information online via its blog, podcasts, the Twitter and Facebook social networking services, the Flickr image-sharing site, and the YouTube video-sharing site. RSS feeds provide links to new content on the LAC website and news about LAC services and resources.[76] [77] A new modernized website is being developed and is scheduled for completion in 2013, with both new and old websites accessible during the transition period.[78]

Collection

The Library and Archives of Canada's holdings include:

Notable items in the collection include:[79]

De bello Judaico ('Antiquities of the Jews and the Judean War')—the oldest book in the collection—written by 1st-century historian Flavius Josephus and printed in 1470;[83] [84] [85]

Digitization

LAC also houses more than a petabyte of digital content.[87] [88] Some of this content is available online, primarily books, Canadian theses, and census material—equating to around 5 thousand terabytes of information in electronic format.[89] [90] Many items have not been digitized and are only available in physical form. As of May 2013, only about 1% of the collection had been digitized, representing "about 25 million of the more popular and most fragile items."[91] [92] [93]

Operations

Since its inception, LAC has reported to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage.[94] LAC's stated mandate is:[95]

LAC is expected to maintain "effective recordkeeping practices that ensure transparency and accountability".[96]

Management

The Librarian and Archivist of Canada has the same seniority level as a deputy minister of a federal department.[7]

On May 27, 2019, Leslie Weir was appointed Librarian and Archivist of Canada for a four-year term commencing August 30, 2019.[97] Weir is the first woman to hold this role.[98] Her term has been extended another four years to provide continuity through some major building projects.[99]

The head of Canada's national archives was known as the Dominion Archivist from 1872 to 1987 and the National Archivist from 1987 to 2004.[100]

Librarians and Archivists of Canada!Name!Period in office!Note
Librarian and Archivist of Canada
Leslie Weir2019–incumbentfirst woman to hold this role
Guy Berthiaume[101] 2014–19
Daniel J. Caron[102] 2009–13
Ian E. Wilson[103] [104] 2004–09Wilson held the position of National Archivist from 1999, and transitioned from there into the role of the Librarian and Archivist of Canada with the establishment of the LAC.
National Librarian of Canada
Roch Carrier[105] 1999–2004
Marianne Scott1984–99
Guy Sylvestre[106] 1968–83
William Kaye Lamb[107] 1953–68
National/Dominion Archivist
Ian E. Wilson[108] 1999–2004National Archivist until the role was merged with that of the National Librarian of Canada following the establishment of the LAC. Wilson would continue as the Librarian and Archivist of Canada until 2009.
Jean-Pierre Wallot1985–97Dominion Archivist until position was renamed National Archivist in 1987.
Wilfred I. Smith[109] [110] 1970–84Dominion Archivist
William Kaye Lamb1948–68Dominion Archivist
Gustave Lanctot[111] 1937–48Dominion Archivist
James F. Kenney[112] 1935-37Acting Dominion Archivist
Sir Arthur George Doughty[113] 1904–35Dominion Archivist. A statue of Doughty is located on the north side of the LAC building in Ottawa.
Douglas Brymner[114] 1872–1902Dominion Archivist

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discover the Collection: Canada's Continuing Memory – Browse by Product Type . LAC . June 2, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603230331/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/discover/product/index-e.html . June 3, 2013 .
  2. "Infographic," Library and Archives Canada (November 9, 2016)
  3. Web site: Digital Collection Development Policy. LAC. February 1, 2006. June 2, 2013. Refer section on Selection and Acquisition Criteria applicable to both digital and other media.
  4. Web site: Legal Deposit . LAC . 28 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530060228/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/legal-deposit/041008-0200-e.html . May 30, 2013 .
  5. Web site: 2013–14 Estimates. Treasury Board Secretariat. II–201. May 26, 2013.
  6. Web site: Report on Plans and Priorities 2013–14. December 19, 2012. LAC. May 31, 2013.
  7. Web site: Organization Profile – Library and Archives of Canada. Government of Canada. Governor in Council Appointments. June 5, 2014. July 1, 2014.
  8. Web site: 2021-22 Departmental Results Report. August 2023. LAC. August 21, 2023.
  9. Web site: Justice Laws Website: An Act to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence . Government of Canada . May 26, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329035248/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-7.7/index.html . March 29, 2012 .
  10. Web site: House Government Bill – C-8, Royal Assent (37-3). Parliament of Canada. May 26, 2013.
  11. Web site: libraries.org: Library and Archives Canada. 2023-09-30. librarytechnology.org.
  12. Web site: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141011030549/http://bd.archivescanadafrance.org/acf/repo-bac.html . 11 Oct 2014 . 5 May 2024 . Archives Canada–France . In 1872, the Canadian government created an Archives Division within the Department of Agriculture; its mandate was to acquire and transcribe documents related to Canadian history. In 1912, parliamentary legislation transformed this division into an autonomous organization, the Public Archives of Canada, and confirmed its responsibility to manage government documents. The mandate of the new institution focused on the acquisition of documents on all types of media, putting into practice the innovative concept of 'total archives.' Further legislation in 1987 clarified and reinforced the role and responsibilities of the Public Archives of Canada, which was then renamed the National Archives of Canada. In October 2002, in order to improve access to Canada's documentary heritage, the government announced the creation of a new institution, Library and Archives Canada, which united the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada (founded in 1953).. mdy-all.
  13. Web site: Waldon, Freda Farrell. 2021-04-12. Hamilton Public Library. en.
  14. Web site: History of LH&A: Freda Farrell Waldon | HPL. 2016-08-11. Hpl.ca.
  15. Wilson. Ian E.. 'A Noble Dream': The Origins of the Public Archives of Canada. Archivaria. ACA. 1982. 15. 16–35. June 3, 2013.
  16. Web site: Speech – Posthumous Tribute to Jean-Pierre Wallot. March 26, 2012. Government of Canada. May 30, 2013. Following his appointment in the spring of 1985, he was given the task of reviewing the Public Archives Act of 1912, which led to the federal institution's first name change. The institution that had been known as the Public Archives of Canada since 1872 was renamed the National Archives of Canada..
  17. Snyder, Lorraine. [2006 February 7] 2015 June 5. "Library and Archives Canada." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada.
  18. Web site: House Government Bill C-8 (37-3). Parliament of Canada. 26 May 2013. Last Stage Completed: Royal Assent (2004-04-22). Coming Into Force: Her Excellency the Governor General in Council hereby fixes May 21, 2004 as the day on which that Act comes into force, other than sections 21, 53 and 54, which came into force on assent..
  19. Web site: Creating a New Kind of Knowledge Institution. LAC. June 5, 2013.
  20. Web site: LAC Directions for Change. LAC. June 5, 2013.
  21. Web site: Modernization . LAC . May 26, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130611165743/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/modernization/Pages/default.aspx . June 11, 2013 .
  22. Web site: Library and Archives Canada . Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat . June 5, 2013 . 2009 . Under the guidance of the new Deputy Head, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has identified new strategic directions for the organization and implemented a change management agenda. More broadly, LAC continues to adapt to technological changes in dealing with its mandate to preserve and make available the documentary heritage of Canada. LAC has commenced a modernization initiative and has also established a "Documentary Heritage Management Framework" to meet the challenges of collecting and preserving information in an environment that is transitioning from analogue production to digital production. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603124540/http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/maf-crg/assessments-evaluations/2009/bal/bal-eng.asp . June 3, 2013 .
  23. Web site: Documentary Heritage Management Framework. LAC. June 5, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20100328154945/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/modernization/012004-2010-e.html. March 28, 2010.
  24. Web site: Levene . Mark . Documentary Heritage Development Framework . LAC . June 5, 2013 . 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140703074415/http://www.interpares.org/display_file.cfm?doc=aca-ubc_symposium_2010--levene_2-2.pdf . July 3, 2014 .
  25. Web site: Canadian Digital Information Strategy (CDIS): Final Report of consultations with stakeholder communities 2005 to 2008. https://www.webcitation.org/6M3NUTR2P?url=http://datalib.library.ualberta.ca/data/CDIS_FinalReport_eng_REVISED_Final.pdf. dead. December 22, 2013. LAC. June 5, 2013.
  26. Web site: Shaping Our Continuing Memory Collectively: A Representative Documentary Heritage. LAC. June 5, 2013.
  27. News: Stephen Harper should appoint a pro to head Canada's library and archives: Editorial. June 5, 2013. Toronto Star. May 21, 2013. Caron oversaw $10 million in budget cuts in recent years, laying off dozens of staff, eliminating grants to independent archives across the country and, most controversially, ending an interlibrary loan program that massively expanded the reach of the government collections..
  28. Web site: Ex Libris Association Timeline on Library and Archives Canada Service Decline. Ex Libris Association. March 18, 2017.
  29. News: National museums, Canada Council spared cuts. March 29, 2012. CBC News. May 26, 2013. The federal government's 2012 budget outlined cuts of $9.6 million over three years to Library and Archives Canada.
  30. News: Curry. Bill. Visiting Library and Archives in Ottawa? Not without an appointment. May 31, 2013. The Globe and Mail. May 1, 2012. A spokesman for Library and Archives Canada confirmed to The Globe and Mail that the current workforce of 1,065 will be reduced to 850 people over the next three years, as a result of the 2012 federal budget cuts..
  31. News: Federal libraries, archives shutting down. May 31, 2013. CBC News. May 2, 2012. The federal government is eliminating a series of libraries and archives throughout different departments as part of the latest budget cuts. Library and Archives Canada alone has received or will still receive more than 400 affected notices and the department announced 20 per cent of its workforce would be let go..
  32. Fontaine . Alana . CLA dismayed by impact of budget cuts on federal libraries . May 2, 2012 . CLA . May 31, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121116025527/http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=12920&TEMPLATE=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm . November 16, 2012 .
  33. News: Munro. Margaret. Federal librarians fear being 'muzzled' under new code of conduct that stresses 'duty of loyalty' to the government. May 26, 2013. National Post. March 15, 2013.
  34. Web site: Fodden. Simon. The Loyalty Policy at Library and Archives Canada. March 19, 2013. Slaw. May 26, 2013.
  35. News: Munro. Margaret. Federal librarians face new 'behaviour regulation' code. June 4, 2013. The Regina Leader-Post. March 20, 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130629160245/http://www.leaderpost.com/technology/story.html?id=8123506. June 29, 2013. mdy-all.
  36. News: Cobb . Chris . Library and Archives boss chastised by heritage minister for taxpayer-funded Spanish lessons . May 31, 2013 . Ottawa Citizen . May 12, 2013 . The code says employees may accept speaking invitations as long as they don't speak about LAC's mandate and activities. Caron has countered criticism by saying he has to work within the budget imposed by the federal government and his focus must be less on collecting artifacts and books and more on preserving Canada's digital record. . https://archive.today/20130630022949/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Library+Archives+boss+chastised+heritage+minister+taxpayer+funded/8373968/story.html . June 30, 2013 . dead .
  37. News: Karstens-Smith . Gemma . Librarians give heritage minister wishlist for top job . May 31, 2013 . Ottawa Citizen . May 24, 2013 . 'The community has great concerns about the direction of Library and Archives Canada, and has had for a few years now.' ... Those concerns include where cuts are being made and how modernization is occurring, Marrelli said. . https://archive.today/20130630024630/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Library+archival+organizations+across+country+have+made/8433091/story.html . June 30, 2013 . dead .
  38. News: Cobb . Chris . Librarian community calls on minister to appoint professional librarian to replace Caron as head of LAC . May 26, 2013 . Ottawa Citizen . May 16, 2013 . Hervé Déry, assistant deputy minister of policy and collaboration at LAC, will temporarily replace Caron, who had been critical of the archivist and librarian community for resisting the necessary push to collecting digital born material and digitizing more popular items at LAC. . https://archive.today/20130630032554/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+librarians+archivists+urging+federal+government/8397103/story.html . June 30, 2013 . dead .
  39. Web site: Save Library & Archives Canada . CAUT . April 22, 2013.
  40. News: Kirkup . Kristy . Librarians fighting mad over federal cuts . Ottawa Sun . May 2, 2012 . April 22, 2013.
  41. Web site: President's Letters about Library and Archives Canada. Bibliographical Society of Canada. May 26, 2013. September 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130907224620/http://bsc-sbc.ca/en/news.html#lac. dead.
  42. Web site: Beale. Nigel. Library and Archives, Canada's National disgrace (Part 1 of 3) . Literary Tourist . March 18, 2012 . April 22, 2013.
  43. Web site: Milligan. Ian. The Smokescreen of 'Modernization' at Library and Archives Canada. ActiveHistory.ca. May 31, 2013. May 22, 2012.
  44. Web site: Knowles . Valerie . Closing doors on Canada's history . iPolitics . August 10, 2012 . April 22, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130619120805/http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/08/10/val-knowles-closing-doors-on-canadas-history/ . June 19, 2013 .
  45. News: Heritage minister looks at restoring local archives program. June 11, 2013. CBC. June 10, 2013.
  46. News: Cobb . Chris . Heritage Minister James Moore wants axed Library and Archives Canada NADP program restored . June 11, 2013 . Ottawa Citizen . June 10, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130619222633/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Library+Archives+Canada+needs+change+hints+Heritage+Minister/8506142/story.html . June 19, 2013 . dead .
  47. Web site: Letter from the Association of Canadian Archivists to the Director General of LAC. May 31, 2012. ACA. May 26, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130514101103/http://archivists.ca/sites/default/files/Attachments/Advocacy_attachments/pcdhn_forum-lac_may-12-web.pdf. May 14, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
  48. Web site: Joint Statement on Qualities of a Successful Librarian and Archivist of Canada. June 6, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130907123818/http://cdncouncilarchives.ca/Joint_Statement_24May_EN.pdf. September 7, 2013. mdy-all.
  49. News: Federal budget cuts to the Library & Archives of Canada stall Truth and Reconciliation Commission The Nation: Cree News. 2013-09-23. The Nation: Cree News. 2018-03-01. en-US. March 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301220334/http://www.nationnews.ca/federal-budget-cuts-to-the-library-archives-of-canada-stall-truth-and-reconciliation-commission/. dead.
  50. News: Truth and Reconciliation Commission gets access to thousands more documents. Rennie. Steve. 2014-04-22. The Toronto Star. 2018-03-01. en-CA. 0319-0781.
  51. News: 94 ways to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance reconciliation. CBC News. 2018-03-01. en.
  52. Web site: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action. 2015. February 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150615202024/http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf. June 15, 2015. dead.
  53. News: Archivists look to 'decolonize' Canada's memory banks. 2018-02-19. CTVNews. 2018-03-01. en-CA.
  54. Web site: Indigitization Commentary on LAC Initiatives [Thread]]. February 27, 2018. Twitter. February 28, 2018.
  55. Web site: University of Manitoba - National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation . umanitoba.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003005115/http://umanitoba.ca/nctr . 2015-10-03.
  56. News: Library and Archives Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Web Archive - Library and Archives Canada. Canada. Library and Archives. 2018-03-01. en.
  57. Web site: Visit Us. LAC. June 3, 2013. Much of Library and Archives Canada's collection has not been digitized and is only available in physical form. To use this material, you will have to visit one of our locations..
  58. Web site: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at LAC: Services for the Public Available in Ottawa. November 15, 2012. LAC. June 4, 2013.
  59. Web site: LAC begins implementation of new approach to service delivery . LAC . June 5, 2013 . Our website now gets close to half a million visits per month. In contrast, LAC's in-person service hub located at 395 Wellington Street, receives about 2,000 visits per month. These two service points are also trending in opposite directions, with online consultations increasing rapidly, and in-person visits declining slowly but steadily. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130529195737/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-560-e.html . May 29, 2013 .
  60. Web site: Reference by Appointment. LAC. June 3, 2013.
  61. Web site: Government Records Accessible Outside Ottawa. LAC. June 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130529202003/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/005-3050-e.html. May 29, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
  62. Web site: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at LAC: The Gatineau Preservation Centre. January 19, 2012. LAC. June 3, 2013.
  63. Web site: 1997 December Report of the Auditor General of Canada. Office of the Auditor General of Canada. June 3, 2013. As part of a composite project to respond to the needs of the National Archives of Canada, including the need to arrest the deterioration of records in existing storage facilities, a new conservation and laboratory building was constructed in the city centre of Gatineau, Quebec, at a total project cost of $107 million..
  64. Web site: The LAC Preservation Centre: What's there? . LAC . 27 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530033557/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/preservation/003003-2000-e.html . May 30, 2013 .
  65. Web site: Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre. LAC. June 3, 2013.
  66. News: Cultural consequence. Cook. Maria. May 11, 2000. Ottawa Citizen. October 11, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606070316/http://www.ty-a.ca/Citizen/top500.htm. June 6, 2013.
  67. Web site: Nitrate Film Preservation Facility. January 1994. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. June 4, 2013.
  68. Web site: Library and Archives Canada Marks the Opening of the New Nitrate Film Preservation Facility. June 21, 2011. LAC. May 28, 2013.
  69. Official Opening of Library and Archives Canada's Nitrate Film Preservation Centre. June 17, 2011. LAC. May 28, 2013.
  70. Web site: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at LAC: The Nitrate Film Preservation Facility. January 24, 2012. LAC. June 4, 2013.
  71. News: Library and Archives Canada preparing for big move. June 3, 2013. CBC News. July 28, 2012.
  72. Web site: Minutes of the Depository Services Program Library Advisory Committee (DSP-LAC) Meetings, 2009. Government of Canada. August 24, 2009. May 28, 2013. It was recently announced that funding was received from Treasury Board to convert a building (formerly, a Zellers department store) in Gatineau into a high-density storage facility..
  73. Web site: Montel Awarded the Library and Archives Canada New Collection Storage Facility High Bay Metal Storage Shelving Contract. January 18, 2012. Montel. May 27, 2013.
  74. News: Butler . Don . Museums mostly unconcerned about loss of federal funding . 27 May 2013 . Ottawa Citizen . February 28, 2013 . Much of the $20-million decrease in the Library and Archives Canada budget is accounted for in the conversion of the building in Gatineau to a high-density shelving collection storage facility, which is nearly complete. . https://archive.today/20130630024923/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Museums+mostly+unconcerned+about+loss+federal+funding/8031905/story.html . June 30, 2013 . dead .
  75. News: Pilieci . Vito . Government moves closer on $400-million document preservation facility . March 23, 2019 . Library and Archives Canada . January 31, 2019.
  76. Web site: Stay Connected. June 8, 2012. LAC. May 26, 2013.
  77. Web site: The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf. LAC. May 26, 2013.
  78. Web site: Library and Archives Canada Revamped Web Presence. LAC. June 5, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130611175552/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/lac-revamped-web-presence.aspx. June 11, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
  79. News: May 3, 2013. Library and Archives Canada – By the numbers. Ottawa Citizen. dead. June 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130527011049/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Library+Archives+Canada+numbers/8335604/story.html. May 27, 2013. mdy-all.
  80. Web site: Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982. dead. https://archive.today/20130628051937/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=3782519. June 28, 2013. June 3, 2013. LAC. This original copy of the Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982 is the one which was signed by HM Queen Elizabeth II on Parliament Hill, 17 April 1982. Damaged slightly by rain during the signing ceremony, this version is informally known as the 'raindrop' copy..
  81. Web site: Sir John A. Macdonald: Canada's Patriot Statesman. June 3, 2013. LAC.
  82. Web site: Constitutional Achievements. June 3, 2013. LAC.
  83. Web site: Jacob M. Lowy Collection. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130604071608/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lowy-collection/index-e.html. June 4, 2013. June 3, 2013. LAC.
  84. Web site: Israeli Foreign Minister Views Rare Book Collection During Visit to Library and Archives Canada. June 3, 2013. LAC.
  85. Web site: Josephus. June 3, 2013. LAC.
  86. Web site: The Glenn Gould Archive. June 3, 2013. LAC.
  87. Web site: LAC at a glance – About Us. LAC. May 29, 2013. The LAC collection... 20 million books, periodicals, newspapers, microfilms, literary texts and government publications; 167,000 linear metres of government and private textual records; 3 million architectural drawings, maps and plans; 24 million photographs; 350,000 hours of film; 425,000 pieces of art, including paintings, drawings, watercolours, posters, prints, medals and caricatures; 547,000 musical items; more than a billion megabytes of digital content.
  88. Web site: Overview – About the Collection. LAC. May 29, 2013.
  89. Web site: Electronic Collection. LAC. June 2, 2013.
  90. Web site: Canada. Library and Archives. 2013-08-30. About the Collection. 2021-05-08. www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  91. News: Library and archives interlibrary loans soon eliminated. June 2, 2013. CBC News. Nov 7, 2012.
  92. News: Hall. Joseph. Historical letters not wanted at Library and Archives Canada, critics say. May 26, 2013. Toronto Star. March 10, 2013.
  93. News: Cobb. Chris. Record breaking. June 2, 2013. Ottawa Citizen. May 3, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130530100159/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Record+breaking/8335572/story.html. May 30, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
  94. Web site: Financial Administration Act – Schedule I.1. Government of Canada. May 31, 2013. May 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130530155237/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F%2D11/page-71.html#h-74. dead.
  95. Web site: Our Mandate. March 27, 2012. LAC. May 31, 2013.
  96. Web site: Directive on Recordkeeping. June 16, 2009. Government of Canada. May 31, 2013.
  97. Web site: Minister Rodriguez Announces Appointment to Library and Archives Canada. Heritage. Canadian. 2019-05-27. gcnws. 2019-05-27.
  98. Web site: 2014-01-07. Librarian and Archivist of Canada. 2021-04-12. Library and Archives Canada.
  99. Web site: Heritage . Canadian . 2023-03-15 . Minister Rodriguez announces reappointment of Leslie Weir as Librarian and Archivist of Canada . 2023-04-14 . www.canada.ca.
  100. Web site: Chabot. Victorin. Jean-Pierre Wallot, The Historian Archivist, 1985-1997. May 29, 2013. LAC. After lengthy consultations with government departments, a Bill was tabled in the House of Commons and was enacted into law on March 25, 1987. The institution which had been known as the Public Archives of Canada since 1872 was renamed the National Archives of Canada, and the Federal Archivist became the National Archivist..
  101. Guy Berthiaume appointed as Librarian and Archivist of Canada. April 14, 2014. Government of Canada. 16 April 2014.
  102. Web site: Biography of Dr. Daniel J. Caron. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170511070928/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-395-e.html. May 11, 2017. May 30, 2013. LAC. He was appointed the Librarian and Archivist of Canada on April 24, 2009..
  103. Web site: Mr. Wilson's Biography. May 30, 2013. LAC. Ian E. Wilson has just retired as the first Librarian and Archivist of Canada. Appointed as National Archivist in 1999, he and the National Librarian, Roch Carrier, OC, developed and led the process to create a new knowledge institution for Canada in the 21st century, the integrated Library and Archives of Canada. When the legislation came into force in May, 2004, Ian Wilson took on this new responsibility..
  104. Web site: Fellows of ICA: Ian E. Wilson. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130608121739/http://www.ica.org/?lid=12673&bid=1089. June 8, 2013. May 30, 2013. International Council on Archives. Dr. Wilson served as National Archivist of Canada, 1999 to 2004, and then as head of the newly amalgamated Library and Archives Canada. He retired in 2009 and received the unusual honour of being named Librarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus.. mdy-all.
  105. Gagnaire. Catherine. Appointments to the Positions of National Archivist and of National Librarian. July 5, 1999. Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps announced today the appointments of Ian Wilson to the position of National Archivist of Canada and Roch Carrier as National Librarian of Canada. Mr. Carrier will replace the current National Librarian, Marianne Scott, who has held the position since 1984..
  106. Web site: Guy Sylvestre fonds. May 30, 2013. LAC. He was Associate National Librarian (1956-1968) and then National Librarian (1968-1983) at the National Library of Canada..
  107. Web site: W. Kaye Lamb fonds [multiple media]]. dead. https://archive.today/20130628050829/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=fre&rec_nbr=99199. June 28, 2013. May 30, 2013. LAC. Dr. Lamb was appointed as Canada's first national librarian in 1953 ... Dr. Lamb retired as national librarian in 1968 and as Dominion archivist in January 1969..
  108. Book: Wilson, Ian E.. Archives, documentation, and institutions of social memory : essays from the Sawyer Seminar. University of Michigan Press. 2005. 9780472114931. Blouin, Francis X.. 1st pbk.. Ann Arbor. 341. 'The Gift of One Generation to Another': The Real Thing for the Pepsi Generation. The position of national archivist was vacant for more than two years, from the retirement of Dr. Jean-Pierre Wallot on June 6, 1997, to the announcement of my appointment on July 5, 1999.. Rosenberg, William G..
  109. Web site: Laplante. Normand. Before Mr. Lamb and Mr. Smith went to Ottawa. May 30, 2013. LAC. The first is known as a pioneer of archival administration in Canada whose work as Dominion Archivist from 1948 to 1968 made the Public Archives of Canada a truly modern institution ... Most of their personal papers kept at the NA relate to the period in which they led the institution from 1948 to 1984..
  110. Web site: Wilfred I. Smith fonds [multiple media]]. dead. https://archive.today/20130628050206/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2013-05-30T14:50:52Z&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=106930&rfr_id=info:sid/collectionscanada.gc.ca:pam&lang=eng. June 28, 2013. May 30, 2013. LAC. He joined the Public Archives of Canada in Ottawa in 1950. From 1963 to 1968, Smith held various managerial positions within the Archives: chief of the Manuscript Division (1963-1964), director of the Historical Branch (1964-1965), Assistant Dominion Archivist (1965-1968) and Acting Dominion Archivist (1968-1970). In 1970, he was appointed Dominion Archivist, a position he held until his retirement in 1984..
  111. Web site: Bélanger. Claude. Quebec History – Gustave Lanctot (1883-1975). May 30, 2013. Marianopolis College. In 1937 he was appointed deputy minister and Dominion Archivist, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1948..
  112. "A Noble Dream": The Origins of the Public Archives of Canada. October 18, 2020. Archivaria. January 1982. 16–35. Wilson. Ian E..
  113. Web site: Sir Arthur George Doughty (1860-1936). May 30, 2013. LAC.
  114. Web site: Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online – Brymner, Douglas. May 30, 2013. University of Toronto.

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