CAPAL-RSC-Statement (PDF file) Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)[1] CAPAL’s Statement to the Royal Society of Canada, Expert Panel “The Status and Future of Canada’s Libraries and Archives” March 1, 2014 Thank you for the opportunity to participate in Continue reading CAPAL’s Report to Royal Society of Canada
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
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/purge-of-canadas-fisheries-libraries-a-historic-loss-scientists-say/article16237051/ The facts on library consolidation at Fisheries and Oceans http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2014/20140107-en.html Scientists say DFO library closure defence “doesn’t add up” http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/01/08/Scientists-Say-DFOs-Library-Closure-Defence-Doesnt-Add-Up/ [Canadian] government cutting more than $100 million related to protection of water http://o.canada.com/technology/environment/harper-government-cutting-more-than-100-million-related-to-protection-of-water/
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&
