Post Tagged with: "library and archives canada"

Canada’s Digital Info Strategy Stuck in an Analog World

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 12, 2007 as Digitization Strategy Stuck in a Time Warp Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on November 13, 2007 as Canada Has To Move Its Digital Strategy out of the Analog World Appeared in the Thyee on November 13, 2007 as Digitize Our […]

November 13, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

LAC Opening Hours Raised in the Senate

Readers may recall the storm over cutbacks to the Library and Archives opening hours. That issue was elevated yesterday as it was raised during the Senate's Question Period.

November 1, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

LAC Releases Draft Canadian Digital Information Strategy

Library and Archives Canada has released a draft version of its Canadian Digital Information Strategy. Comments are due by November 23, 2007. I'll have more to say soon.

October 30, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

The CARFAC – LAC Copy-Fight

Jeremy deBeer provides some much needed perspective on the CARFAC warning over a Library and Archives Canada copyright license. DeBeer notes that the contract is indeed overbroad, yet so too were CARFAC's exaggerated claims over the impact of signing the license.

October 11, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

Library and Archives Canada Faces Storm Over Opening Hours

The Internet and new technologies provide some terrific opportunities for new efficiencies, but do they mean that libraries should start curtailing their hours? That is the question at the heart of a brewing storm involving Library and Archives Canada. Last month, the LAC announced that it cutting back most services […]

September 14, 2007 — 3 comments — News