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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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