Documents: First LAC Code of Conduct (has since been revised) LAC Code of Conduct Jan 2013 Since 2007-2008 the argument of digitizing collections by politicians as a solution for cutting costs and closing libraries in Canada has resulted in the Continue reading TIME LINE: The Closure of Canadian Government Libraries, Archives and Research Collections
The Royal Society of Canada’s panel on the status and future of Canada’s libraries and archives is holding a consultation at the University of Toronto on the afternoon of January 16 from 1:30 to 4:30 in Room 4422 at OISE, Continue reading Royal Society of Canada, Expert Panel on Future of Library and Archives Canada at UofT
See today’s opinion piece in the New York Sunday Times, Jan. 5, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/opinion/sunday/silencing-scientists.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&
For what has been financially gained, the loss is scandalous. See the report in the Huffington Post, Jan. 3, 2014 entitled, “How the Harper Government Committed a Knowledge Massacre” which states: “Scientists are calling it “libricide.” Seven of the nine Continue reading New Information about the closure of major science research libraries in Canada…
On Dec. 9, 2013, IFLA, the International Federation of Libraries Association, launched a joint statement on the need for access to information in globally to ensure there is development, advancement, transparency and accountability, see http://www.ifla.org/node/8210 . As part of the Continue reading Access to Information – Vital for Economic Growth and Holding Governments Accountable
