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About the Collection
Statistics Canada publications
The Statistics Canada Library and Information Centre collects
and provides access to the complete collection of Statistics Canada's
documents produced in paper and electronic form. This collection is
diverse and contains numbered publications as well as research papers,
working papers, user guides, CD-ROMs and associated documentation
and internal documents. This collection dates to the founding of the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics in 1918. Also included in this collection
are documents and publications of the various statistical divisions
which merged in 1918 to become the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
These documents include census, foreign trade, industrial production,
births/deaths and institutional statistics dating back to 1841.
Canadian official publications and
documents
The Statistics Canada Library and Information Centre collects
monographs, serials and annual reports published by the Canadian federal
and provincial governments, in accordance with the selection standards
set out in the Library Collection Policy. It also collects all statistics
published by federal and provincial governments, the Statutes of Canada
and of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, the Gazettes for each
province, and selected parliamentary papers of the Canadian government.
Foreign official statistical publications
The Statistics Canada Library and Information Centre holds
an extremely valuable and unique collection of foreign statistical
publications, including census, vital and trade statistics, prices,
financial data, and many other documents in both economic and social
statistics. The collection was begun in 1918 during the development
of the science of statistics. In many cases, the collection parallels
the growth and changes in the practice of collecting and publishing
statistical information. The collection was built using exchange agreements
with 146 individual countries in order to fulfill the Library's goal
of developing its collection as a national resource in the general
subject area of statistics. The foreign collection consists primarily
of official statistical publications, "official" here meaning
the documents are published by or for the departments or agencies
of national governments (e.g. France's Ministry of Industry, or Sweden's
National Central Bureau of Statistics). The number of exchange agreements
were reduced to agreements with 37 governments and agencies in the
late 1980's. Currently the collection is in a process of rationalization,
with some of the historical material being repatriated to countries
of origin, some being replaced by microfilm and some discarded. The
emerging collection will be catalogued and will appear in BiblioCat
over time.
International official publications
Statistical publications of international organizations
are collected on a selective basis, as they relate to the interests
of the Agency. The Statistics Canada Library and Information Centre
has documents from such organizations as the World Bank, International
Monetary Fund, Eurostat, World Health Organization, and the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development.
U.S. Bureau of the Census publications
The Statistics Canada Library and Information Centre, as
a result of an exchange agreement with the U.S. Bureau of the Census,
keeps at least one copy of each of the latter's publications. The
historical collection, where possible, will be acquired in microform
and current materials will be kept in the most usable format.
Employee Resource Centre
In support of the mandate of the Statistics Canada Employment
Equity Committee to ensure equitable representation and treatment
of employees in designated groups, the objectives of the Employee
Resource Centre (ERC) are:
- to provide employees and managers of Statistics Canada, at headquarters
and in the regions, with access to information on equity and diversity
issues and other related subjects of current interest to all employees
of Statistics Canada;
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to maintain a current, relevant and comprehensive
collection on equity and diversity issues, and a selective collection
on related subject matters and other information of interest to
employees;
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to make available a meeting place for employees
at headquarters and visitors from regional offices;
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to be a resource for employees on leave.
The ERC actively collects information in several areas
of professional and personal interest to Statistics Canada employees:
employment equity and diversity in the workplace,
women's issues,
visible minorities issues,
disability issues,
enabling technologies,
aboriginal concerns and cultures,
career development and management,
stress management,
balancing career and family obligations,
communication skills,
plus more!
Access to the ERC collection can be obtained through
BiblioCat.
The ERC accepts inter-library loan requests.
We can be reached at biblionet@statcan.ca
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