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What's New

This page provides information about recent additions to the Library and Archives Canada website, such as new projects and initiatives or updates to information on the site. Please visit our Media Room to see the latest news releases. For previous editions please visit the What’s New Archives.

November 2007

November 19, 2007
 
List item LAC's Government of Canada Web Archive
LAC's Government of Canada Web Archive provides access to on-going harvests and snapshots of the Federal Government web domain.
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-315-e.html
 
List item Former RCMP Security Service File on René Lévesque Now Available
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-314-e.html
 
November 9, 2007
 
List item International Conference of the Round Table on Archives (CITRA)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-312-e.html
 
November 5, 2007
 
List item Veterans' Week 2007 - Lest We Forget
Veterans' Week runs from November 5-11 in Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/veterans/index-e.html
 

October 2007

October 31, 2007
 
List item Canadian Digital Information Strategy
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce that the Canadian Digital Information Strategy is currently issued in draft form for comment by any interested person or organization. Please note that comments are due by Nov 23, 2007.
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cdis/index-e.html
 
October 24, 2007
 
List item Library and Archives Canada Celebrates 30 Years of the Jacob M. Lowy Collection
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-308-e.html
 
October 23, 2007
 
List item Library and Archives Canada Partners with the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the National Library of Australia on RDA Implementation
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-307-e.html
 
October 9, 2007
 
List item October is Canadian Library Month
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-304-e.html
 
October 1, 2007
 
List item International Music Day: October 1, 2007 - Library and Archives Canada Acquires Rare Musical Recordings
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-303-e.html
 

September 2007

September 27, 2007
 
List item Stanley Grizzle Honoured at Rideau Hall for His Contributions and Donations to Library and Archives Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-302-e.html
 
September 24, 2007
 
List item Spirit and Intent: Understanding Aboriginal Treaties - A Fascinating New Exhibition at Library and Archives Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-305-e.html
 
September 11, 2007
 
List item Australians Delight in Canada's Gift of Historic Document
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-301-e.html
 

August 2007

August 31, 2007
 
List item The Canadian State: Documents & Dialogue
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-state/index-e.html
 
August 9, 2007
 
List item New Hours of Operation
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-298-e.html
 
List item Project Naming: Phase II
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/inuit/index-e.html
 
August 1, 2007
 
List item Canadian ISBN Service System (CISS)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/isn/041011-1000-e.html
 

July 2007

July 30, 2007
 
List item Lower Canada Land Petitions
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/lower-canada/index-e.html
 
July 12, 2007
 
List item The Battle of Passchendaele
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/passchendaele/index-e.html
 

June 2007

June 28, 2007
 
List item Celebrate Canada Day at Library and Archives Canada!
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-295-e.html
 
June 12, 2007
 
List item Our New Look!:Library and Archives Canada new website design will be launched the week of June 18, 2007.
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-291-e.html
 
June 7, 2007
 
List item Library and Archives Canada Pays Tribute to Order of Canada Recipients - Opening of the Exhibition The Order of Canada: They Desire a Better Country
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-294-e.html
 
June 1, 2007
 
List item Live at 395 - Doors Open Ottawa
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-292-e.html
 

May 2007

May 31, 2007
 
List item Communiqué to our clients regarding the LibQual survey
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-289-e.html
 
May 28, 2007
 
List item The Call to Duty: Canada's Nursing Sisters - Alice Isaacson's photo album
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/nursing-sisters/025013-2302-e.html
 
May 17, 2007
 
List item Major Interruption of LAC Web Services
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-290-e.html
 

April 2007

April 24, 2007
 
List item Search Library and Archives databases and website using Google Toolbar
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/help/011-300-e.html#j
 
April 2, 2007
 
List item Public Opinion Research Reports
Access the results of public opinion research conducted by Government of Canada departments
www.porr-rrop.gc.ca/index-e.html
 

March 2007

March 16, 2007
 
List item TD Summer Reading Club 2007
Lost Worlds
www.td-club-td.ca/2007/index-e.html
 
March 13, 2007
 
List item LAC Irish Studies Symposium
Presentations now available

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland/021019-1402-e.html
 
March 9, 2007
 
List item Vimy Ridge: Explore our First World War databases and virtual exhibitions
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-285-e.html
 
March 6, 2007
 
List item Virtual Vault: The "Four Indian Kings"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/virtual-vault/4-kings/index-e.html
 

February 2007

February 23, 2007
 
List item Canadian Historical Association Booklets
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cha-shc/index-e.html
 
February 8, 2007
 
List item Leaders in the Field - A Speakers Series - Dr. Cheryl Meszaros, a Getty Museum Scholar: "Interpretation in the reign of 'the whatever'"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-281-e.html
 
February 6, 2007
 
List item Virtual Vault
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/virtual-vault/index-e.html
 

January 2007

January 26, 2007
 
List item Funding now available for archival digitization projects for 2007-2008.
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-280-e.html
 
January 19, 2007
 
List item 1974 Cabinet Conclusions (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/conclusions/index-e.html
 
January 9, 2007
 
List item Temporary closure of consultation rooms
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-279-e.html
 

December 2006

December 29, 2006
 
List item Legal Deposit – Online Publications
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/6/25/index-e.html
 
December 19, 2006
 
List item Government of Canada Web Archive
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-278-e.html
 
December 5, 2006
 
List item Detecting the Truth: Fakes, Forgeries and Trickery
An interactive site for youth, about forgeries and facsimiles in Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/forgery/index-e.html
 
December 4, 2006
 
List item All Day Closure of 395 Wellington - Sunday, December 17, 2006
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-276-e.html
 

November 2006

November 28, 2006
 
List item Disclosure of Grant and Contribution Awards Over $25,000
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/disclosure/g-and-c/012028-200-e.html
 
List item Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2006
The Library and Archives Canada Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2006, was tabled in Parliament on Thursday, November 23, 2006.
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/0506/LAC-BAC/LAC-BAC_e.asp
 
November 23, 2006
 
List item ArchiviaNet Service Interruptions
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-275-e.html
 
November 7, 2006
 
List item Oral Histories of the First World War: Veterans 1914 - 1918
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/first-world-war/interviews/index-e.html
 
November 3, 2006
 
List item Building a Just Society: A Retrospective of Canadian Rights and Freedoms
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rights-and-freedoms/index-e.html
 
November 1, 2006
 
List item Library and Archives Canada Public Research Areas Are Now Open
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-273-e.html
 

October 2006

October 27, 2006
 
List item UNESCO World Day For Audiovisual Heritage
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-270-e.html
 
October 26, 2006
 
List item Judgement in Glenn Gould Case
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-269-e.html
 
October 23, 2006
 
List item Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game - Read Arthur Farrell's rare 1899 hockey handbook online!
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/hockey/024002-4000-e.html
 
October 20, 2006
 
List item Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience - Second phase: Traces of the Past
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/index-e.html
 
List item Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers (LI-RA-MA) Collection (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/li-ra-ma/index-e.html
 
List item Passenger Lists, 1865-1922 (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/passenger/index-e.html
 
List item Ward Chipman, Muster Master's Office (1777-1785) (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/ward-chipman/index-e.html
 
October 10, 2006
 
List item Symposium 2007 - Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches - September 24 to 28, 2007
www.cci-icc.gc.ca/symposium/index_e.aspx
 
List item Reopening of Public Research Areas: October 10, 2006
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-266-e.html
 
October 5, 2006
 
List item Canadian Library Month
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e-newsletter/index-e.html
 
October 4, 2006
 
List item Access and Preservation: Two Sides of the Same Coin
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/012-214-e.html
 
List item Raise-a-Reader Day at Library and Archives Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-268-e.html
 

September 2006

September 28, 2006
 
List item Canada by Design: Parliament Hill, Ottawa
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/structures/parliament/index-e.html
 
September 27, 2006
 
List item Library and Archives Canada: Report on Plans and Priorities 2006-2007
The Report on Plans and Priorities for Library and Archives Canada was tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday, September 26, 2006.
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/0607/LAC-BAC/LAC-BAC_e.asp
 
September 26, 2006
 
List item Celebrating hockey with the CBC!
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-267-e.html
 
September 25, 2006
 
List item Famous Canadian Physicians
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/physicians/index-e.html
 
September 7, 2006
 
List item Renovations at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-266-e.html
 
September 1, 2006
 
List item Canada Gazette - Legal deposit
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/6/25/index-e.html
 

August 2006

August 29, 2006
 
List item The Kids’ Site of Canadian Settlement: Phase two
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/index-e.html
 
August 25, 2006
 
List item Maynard Ferguson (1928-2006)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-265-e.html
 
August 17, 2006
 
List item Library and Archives Canada Irish Studies Symposium: September 22-23, 2006, Ottawa
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-264-e.html
 
August 1, 2006
 
List item Codex canadiensis
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/codex/index-e.html
 

July 2006

July 25, 2006
 
List item Renovations at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-263-e.html
 
July 24, 2006
 
List item Framing Canada - Phase two
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/framingcanada/index-e.html
 
July 10, 2006
 
List item Proactive Disclosures - Position Reclassifications
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/disclosure/reclassifications/012031-0405-e.html
 

June 2006

June 29, 2006
 
List item The Virtual Gramophone: Turning Points
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/m2-121-e.html
 
June 20, 2006
 
List item Aboriginal Documentary Heritage
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aboriginal-heritage/index-e.html
 
List item Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/treaties/index-e.html
 
List item Red and Black Series
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/red-black/index-e.html
 

May 2006

May 31, 2006
 
List item Mail Management in Government Departments and Agencies
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/information-management/002/007002-3019-e.html
 
May 24, 2006
 
List item CISTI signs Memorandum of Understanding with Library and Archives Canada to ensure business continuity for Csi
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-259-e.html
 
May 11, 2006
 
List item Made in Canada. Patents of Invention and the Story of Canadian Innovation
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/innovations/index-e.html
 
List item Canadian Patents, 1869-1894
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/patents/index-e.html
 
List item Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/1851/index-e.html
 
May 1, 2006
 
List item Notice to users - New fees in effect as of June 1, 2006
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/copies/005010-5020-e.html
 

April 2006

April 27, 2006
 
List item Proactive Disclosures - Contracts
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/disclosure/contracts/012030-200-e.html
 
List item Bonspiel! The History of Curling in Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/curling/index-e.html
 
List item Library and Archives Canada / Depository Services Program Web Link Update
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-257-e.html
 
April 13, 2006
 
List item Digital Collection Development Policy
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/collection/003-200-e.html
 
April 3, 2006
 
List item Proactive Disclosures - Travel and Hospitality Expenses Reports
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/disclosure/expenses/index-e.html
 

March 2006

March 31, 2006
 
List item 2006 Census -- A message from Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-256-e.html
 
List item Moving Here, Staying Here: the Canadian Immigrant Experience
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/index-e.html
 
List item Montreal Emigrant Society Passage Book (1832) (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/mes/index-e.html
 
List item Upper Canada and Canada West Naturalization Records (1828-1850) (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/naturalization/index-e.html
 
List item Port of New Westminster Register of Chinese Immigration (1887-1908) (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/new-westminster/index-e.html
 
March 29, 2006
 
List item Services to the Public: New Look and New Content
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/index-e.html
 
List item Information Management: Revised and updated
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/information-management/index-e.html
 
March 22, 2006
 
List item New Directions in Description
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-254-e.html
 
March 10, 2006
 
List item The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland/index-e.html
 
March 9, 2006
 
List item Search All - Field Trial
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-250-e.html
 
March 2, 2006
 
List item Renovations at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-251-e.html
 

February 2006

February 23, 2006
 
List item Learning Centre, Toolkits
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3000-e.html
 
February 18, 2006
 
List item Election 2006 - Harvested Web sites
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/003-100-e.html
 
February 14, 2006
 
List item SOS! Canadian Disasters at Library and Archives Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sos/index-e.html
 
List item Shipwreck Investigations at Library and Archives Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sos/shipwrecks/index-e.html

January 2006

January 25, 2006
 
List item Mozart's 250th Birthday
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-248-e.html
 
List item From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/military/index-e.html
 
January 11, 2006
 
List item TD Summer Reading Club Executive Summary / Key Findings
www.td-club-td.ca/2005/009003-05-600-e.html
 
January 5, 2006
 
List item Irving Layton (1912-2006)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-247-e.html

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