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News Release: PM nominates next Parliamentary Librarian
Source: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&featureId=6&pageId=26&id=4871 18 June 2012 Ottawa, Ontario Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the nomination of Sonia L’Heureux...
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2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries Now Available
The 2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries: Pushing Boundaries: Mobility, Community, Accessibility is now available in PDF: 2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries in PDF. Best Practices...
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Expanded role for NRC-CISTI’s Pam Bjornson / Rôle élargi pour Pam Bjornson de...
Expanded role for NRC-CISTI’s Pam Bjornson The National Research Council Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Pam Bjornson as Director General, Knowledge Management. As you may know, NRC is...
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CLA Launches Advocacy Toolkit to Support Federal Libraries
In response to the survey conducted over the past summer on the impact of budget reductions to federal libraries and Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Library Association has produced an...
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News from Australia: ALIA and Government Library Cuts
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has created a follow up advocacy tool to our Dumb Idea campaign. Below are links to two prospectus on government libraries, one targeted a...
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CLA Member Advocacy Survey: The Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on Canada’s...
Full Report [PDF] Executive Summary In the spring of 2012 the federal government announced a series of budget cuts that raised serious concerns within the library community. Library and Archives Canada...
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Recent CLA Statements and Advocacy Tools
Updated: March 31, 2013 Looking for statements from the Canadian Library Association about current issues affecting the library community and its clients? Access Copyright CLA Statement on Licenses...
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Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal Launches
APLIC/ABPAC releases its Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal (GALLOPP/PPGPE): A key resource for locating Canadian and Provincial Government Publications Iqaluit, Nunavut...
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CFP: Information for Development Action: Governments, Civil Society and...
The Government Information and Official Publications Section and Government Libraries Section invite proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in the next IFLA General Conference on...
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Job Opportunity: Reference Coordinator (Canadian Museum of Immigration at...
Reference Coordinator (Bilingual) – 2 Positions Reports to: Reference Services Manager Grade: 3 Duration: 12 month contract position Purpose of Position This position requires a high level of...
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New Report on Information Management in the Government of Canada
A new report “Information Management in the Canadian Federal Government: Principles, Practices and the Role of Information Professionals“ by Isla Jordan and Ulla de Stricker is now available. A big...
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Questions from MPs on Issues of Interest to the Library Community
A number of Members of Parliament have submitted Written Questions on issues of interest to the library community: Q-12532 — March 20, 2013 — Mr. McCallum (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to...
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National Public Service Week
June 9, 2013 Message from the Governor General of Canada on the Occasion of National Public Service Week OTTAWA—The public service is an indispensable part of any modern nation-state, and Canadians...
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Library Science (LS) Positions in the Government of Canada, 1990 to 2012
Last month, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer published a Federal Employee Classification Dataset [XLS] with data about the Federal Public Service (i.e. Core Public Administration and...
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Minnesota Department of Transportation Library Return on Investment (ROI) Study
Introduction [The Minnesota Department of Transportation] Library undertook a library valuation/return on investment (ROI) study in 2013. While an abundance of research is available for the ROI of...
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Call for Papers: Government Libraries as Knowledge Platforms for Citizen...
IFLA World Library and Information Congress 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France The session is a co-sponsored program between IFLA Government Libraries Section and...
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Written Questions
A number of Members of Parliament have submitted Written Questions on issues of interest to the library community: 41st Parliament 2nd Session (October 16, 2013 – ) Q-36 — October 16, 2013 — Ms. Foote...
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CLA Statement regarding Federal Government Library Consolidation and Closure
The Canadian Library Association (CLA), the national voice for Canada’s library communities, is troubled about budget cuts to Library and Archives Canada and federal government library services. There...
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Information Management Results in the 2013-14 Departmental Performance Reports
On November 5, 2014, Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, tabled the 2013-14 Departmental Performance Reports for 92 government departments and agencies. Departmental Performance Reports are...
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Highlights from The Future Now: Canada’s Libraries, Archives, and Public Memory
The full report [PDF] is available from the Royal Society of Canada website. Executive Summary Purpose In Spring 2013 the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) struck this Expert Panel on the status and future...
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