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Learning Literacy in Canada: Evidence from the International Survey of Reading Skills

"Canada's future economic prosperity depends on success in trade in an increasingly global knowledge economy."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2008-01-09

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To Read or Not To Read : A Question of National Consequence

"In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts published Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America.sis detailed study showed that Americans in almost every demographic group were reading fiction, poetry, and drama—and books in general—at significantly lower rates than 10 or 20 years earlier. The declines were steepest among young adults."
Creator(s): Office of Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts | Date Published: 2007-11

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A portrait of Canadian periodical publishing

"When Bill C-55, the Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act, was passed in June 1999,1 Canadian periodical publishers feared that the increased competition would cause their revenues and profits to plummet."
Creator(s): Tom Gorman, Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2007-05-11

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The Book Retail Sector in Canada

"Commissioned by the Department of Canadian Heritage and conducted from April to July 2007, this study aims to create a comprehensive overview of the changing book retail sector in Canada."
Creator(s): Turner-Riggs | Date Published: 2007-03

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Ownership of Canadian Papers

"Ownership of Canadian Newspapers is an ongoing study tracing the changes in ownership of Canadian newspapers. Data were collected in conjunction with the OMPP Ottawa Press Gallery Study. Initial information on ownership was gathered mainly from the report of the Royal Commission on Newspapers (Canada, 1981), from newspapers articles reporting on the different mergers and acquisitions, from the official websites of the different newspapers or from the newspapers’ own archives."
Creator(s): Observatory on Media and Public Policy (OMPP) | Date Published: 2005-08

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Survey on Succession Planning of Owners of Publishing Companies

"The main purpose of the survey was to establish to what extent, and with what degree of urgency, shareholders of Canadian publishing companies are facing challenges related to succession."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2005

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Succession Planning for Book Publishers: An Overview

"This guide is intended for owners, managers and employees of Canadian publishing firms who may be facing the challenge of ownership succession in the next several years. No guide could cover all cases of succession. Each is unique. This guide, however, will introduce you to the succession planning process and help you to identify resources you will need to create your own succession plan."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2005

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Literary Reading in Dramatic Decline

"Literary reading is in dramatic decline with fewer than half of American adults now reading literature, according to a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) survey ."
Creator(s): National Endowment for the Arts | Date Published: 2004-07-08

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Final Report - Evaluation of the Public Lending Right Program

"The Public Lending Right Program is a program introduced by the federal government in 1986 to compensate Canadian writers for the use of their works through Canadian libraries."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2003-07-04

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Printed Matters

"The Publishing Policy and Programs Branch administers funding programs and other policy instruments in support of the Canadian book and magazine publishing industries, carries out research and analysis, and provides industry-related advice and recommendations to the Minister of Canadian Heritage."
Creator(s): Publishing Policy and Programs Branch of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2003

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English-language Canadian Literature in High Schools

"Commissioned by The Canada Council for the Arts. Prepared by The Writers' Trust of Canada."
Creator(s): Canada Council for the Arts | Date Published: 2002-04

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Electronic Publishing Guide to Best Practices for Canadian Publishers

"Welcome to the National Library of Canada's Best Practices Manual for online publishing. In Canada as elsewhere, the nascent field of electronic publishing is confusing and fraught with unanswered questions."
Creator(s): National Library of Canada | Date Published: 2001


 

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New Technologies and Cultural Policies in the Publishing Sector

"There is no longer any doubt today that North American and other societies have entered an era in which new technologies dictate new ways of doing things in most areas of endeavour."
Creator(s): Marcel Ouellette, Edinova Inc. | Date Published: 2007-05

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Arts Council England Publications Online Catalogue.

"A new on-line catalogue of all current publications of Arts Council England"
Creator(s): Arts Council England | Date Published: 2004

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Cultural Diversity and Economic Convergence: The Dialectics of Canadian Cultural Policy

"The paper will examine the contradictions and challenges that such assumptions and practices face in the context of international trade agreements, investment in the cultural and particularly in the book and magazine sectors, technological development (Internet mediastores, the e-book), consolidation, and multimedia corporatism."
Creator(s): Sabine Milz | Date Published: 2002-04

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Digital Tranformations I:
Digital Evolution and New Publishing Models
January 2007

    

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