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/
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
Academic librarians in CAPAL join in voicing our concerns for the closure of a major scientific collections housed in five of seven libraries under the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Harper Government “has dismantled one of the world’s top Continue reading Suppressing Scientific Knowledge -Dismantling of Fishery Library ‘Like a Book Burning,’ Say Scientists
