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The Canadian Cultural Observatory lists publications and resources as a public service only and does not promote or endorse them in any way.
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"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): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2003
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"The Library Book Rate was introduced as part of the Publications Assistance Program in 1939. Its public policy objective at the time was to provide equal access to library books for all Canadian readers."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2002
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"The purpose of this paper is to promote discussion on outsourcing issues among the stakeholders of heritage institutions."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage/ASM Advanced Strategic Management Consultants | Date Published: 1999-08-21
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"There are great differences among nations in the organization of national libraries and archives. As noted above, each nation seems to show its own "uniqueness" in the mandates of these institutions."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 1998
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"ViFaOst provides extensive specialist academic information on the history, culture, politics and society of the countries and regions of Eastern Europe."
Lead Managing Organization: East European Studies | Start Date: 2003-18-06
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« L'Association internationale des archives francophones (AIAF) vous souhaite la bienvenue sur son Portail international archivistique francophone (PIAF). Ce site se veut un carrefour de formation et d'échanges au service de tous les archivistes de la Fran
Lead Managing Organization: L'Association internationale des archives francophones (AIAF) | Start Date: 2001
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"CoOL... is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials."
Lead Managing Organization: Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries | Start Date: 1987
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"ARCHEION is a searchable gateway to online descriptions of archival fonds and collections found in archives across Ontario."
Creator(s): ARCHEION | Date Published: 2006
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"Welcome to literature.org. This site is here to try to bring real books to people through the Internet."
Creator(s): Knowledge Matters | Date Published: 2006
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"Gabriel is the World Wide Web service of Europe's National Libraries represented in the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). In Gabriel you can find information about all the National Libraries of Europe, their services and the online exhibitions they offer."
Creator(s): Conference of European National Librarians | Date Published: 2006
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"Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to over 1,410,000 pages of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century."
Creator(s): Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions | Date Published: 2006
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"The Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) was established in 1978 to locate early printed Canadian materials (books, annuals, and periodicals), preserve their content on microfilm, and make the resulting Early Canadiana Research Collection available to libraries and archives in Canada and abroad."
Creator(s): Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions | Date Published: 2006
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"The Canadian Literature Archive has been online since October 4, 1994 and is a repository for information about Canadian writers, novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, Canadian literary organizations, magazines, publications, texts and library archives."
Creator(s): Canlit | Date Published: 2006
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"The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick collects, preserves, and makes available for research, documents and records bearing upon the history of New Brunswick."
Creator(s): New Brunswick Provincial Archives | Date Published: 2006
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"Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it."
Creator(s): Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) | Date Published: 2006
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"The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects."
Creator(s): Historical Text Archive | Date Published: 2006
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"An international gateway to information for librarians and library users."
Creator(s): UNESCO | Date Published: 2006
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"ArchWay is the Council of Nova Scotia Archives' on-line guide to archival records in Nova Scotia."
Creator(s): ArchWay: Council of Nova Scotia Archives | Date Published: 2006
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"Within the framework of its activities for WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) and in order to contribute to the ongoing and long term presence of libraries in the world, IFLA has set up a database that aims to showcase the value of libraries to society as a whole."
Creator(s): International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions | Date Published: 2005
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"Online research tool."
Creator(s): National Archives of Canada | Date Published: 2005
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"The Canadian Literature Research Service (CLRS) offers researchers specialized reference, research, advisory and bibliographic services and prepares material for exhibitions on Canadian literature and literary publishing and reading lists featuring selected Canadian authors and themes in Canadian literature."
Creator(s): National Library of Canada | Date Published: 2005
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"The Observatory takes particularly care of the relationships with the European Union, to the purpose to spread in the Italian cultural Institutions news on programs and international projects and to promote the participation of all interested subjects."
Creator(s): OPIB - Observatory for International Library Programmes | Date Published: 2005
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"Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world."
Creator(s): Library of Congress | Date Published: 2005
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"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."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2004-08-03
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« ntic.org est une réalisation de La Vitrine APO (Applications Pédagogiques de l'Ordinateur) qui regroupe plus de 90 établissements (commissions scolaires, collèges et universités). »
Creator(s): ntic.org | Date Published: 2004-05-28
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"Containing millions of collection records and over 329,000 images from hundreds of museums across the country."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2004
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"Library and Archives Canada is an innovative knowledge institution that combines the collections, services and staff expertise of the former National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada."
Creator(s): National Library of Canada | Date Published: 2004
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"Search for Canadian library websites, catalogues, and directory information."
Creator(s): National Library of Canada | Date Published: 2004
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"The objective of the National Library of Canada's Canadian Information By Subject service is to provide links to information about Canada, arranged by subject, from Internet resources around the world."
Creator(s): National Library of Canada | Date Published: 2003-11-28
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"IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession."
Creator(s): International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions | Date Published: 2003
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"Images Canada provides central search access to the thousands of images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions."
Creator(s): National Library of Canada | Date Published: 2002
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"An Act respecting the National Archives of Canada and records of government institutions of Canada and to amend other Acts in relation thereto."
Creator(s): Department of Justice Canada | Date Published: 1985
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Statistics |
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"A primary goal of the study is to provide the library community with current information that describes public library activities in the networked environment. The report summarizes findings at the library outlet system level for all questions on the survey."
Creator(s): Information Use Management and Policy Institute, College of Information, Florida State University | Date Published: 2005-06-01
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"This paper examines student-educator ratios and per-capita education expenditures within the context of the presence of a teacher-librarian."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2005-05-04
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Canadian Libraries: Bibliography - Statistics
Creator(s): Library and Archives Canada | Date Published: 2005
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"The Heritage and Libraries Branch of the Ministry of Culture maintains statistics on public libraries in Ontario. These statistics are compiled using data from the Annual Survey of Public Libraries."
Creator(s): Ontario Ministry of Culture | Date Published: 2004-01-24
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"Library Boards and Service Points: 232 municipal and community library boards responsible for serving Albertans."
Creator(s): Alberta Government | Date Published: 2004
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"The Public Library Services Branch compiles statistical and financial data summarizing the activities of British Columbia's public libraries."
Creator(s): British Columbia Ministry of Education | Date Published: 2003
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"In New Brunswick, public library services are offered through a partnership between the provincial government and participating municipalities."
Creator(s): Government of New Brunswick | Date Published: 2001
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Related Materials
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"The Heritage Health Index, the first comprehensive survey ever to assess the condition and preservation needs of U.S. collections, concludes that immediate action is needed to prevent the loss of millions of irreplaceable artifacts. These findings were announced at a news conference in New York City on December 6 and are detailed in A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections. "
Creator(s): Heritage Preservation - The National Institute for Conservation | Date Published: 2005-12
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"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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"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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"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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"This paper is based on the transcript of a largely extemporaneous keynote address given at the Web-Wise 2002 Conference on March 20, 2002 at Johns Hopkins University."
Creator(s): Clifford Lynch | Date Published: 2002
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"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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"Through the multilingual MICHAEL service people will be able to find and explore European digital cultural heritage material using the Internet."
Lead Managing Organization: France, Italy and the UK are working together on MICHAEL | Start Date: 2004-07
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"The directory lists library and cultural institutions with collections related to First Nations, Métis and the Inuit in Canada."
Creator(s): University of Saskatchewan | Date Published: 2006
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"Information for book and music publishers in Canada."
Creator(s): National Library of Canada | Date Published: 2003-11-05
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"AMIA is the largest non-profit professional membership association for individuals and institutions concerned with the preservation of moving images."
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"An Chomhairle Leabharlanna (The Library Council) was established by the Public Libraries Act, 1947."
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"Archives Canada is a gateway to archival resources found in over 800 repositories across Canada--it's your gateway to Canada's collective memory!"
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"Archives New Zealand acts as the memory of government. We ensure that there is an authentic and reliable record of government. And we preserve and provide access to these archives."
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"Conferences, Consulting, Publishing and Training for Cultural Heritage Professionals."
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"Founded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is North America's oldest and largest national archival professional association."
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"Founded in 1969 ARLIS/UK & Ireland became an educational charity in 1995. It aims to promote all aspects of the librarianship of the visual arts, including architecture and design."
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"Founded in 1972, the Art Libraries Society of North America represents a creative diversity of expertise and interests. Producers, purveyors, and users of all types of art information join in dynamic collaboration!"
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"Founded in 1978, the SODEP is a non profit organization legally incorporatedc since 1920. For almost 25 years now, we have been offering to avid readers and thinkers a variety of cultural magazines, which are witnesses to our history as well as essential research reference tools."
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"General membership is open to any individual or institution wishing, through the payment of membership dues, to support the objectives of the Council."
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"Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is the international association representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in over seventy countries."
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"Our Mandate is to serve the archival community of the province by providing assistance, training and services such as the Archives Advisor programme, an archival supplies co-op, the Conservation Library, and the distribution of information received from the national institutions."
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"Our mission is to enable the collections and services of the museums, archives and libraries sector to touch the lives of everyone."
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"The AABC provides educational opportunities and advisory services, coordinates grant programs and undertakes projects to promote and strengthen a provincial archival network."
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"The Archives Council of Prince Edward Island was formed in January 1987. Its first Executive consisted of Marilyn Bell, President, Irene Rogers as Vice-President and Nicolas de Jong, Secretary-Treasurer."
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"The Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives (ANLA) represents archives,archivists and individuals committed to the preservation of archival records in the province."
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"The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (BNQ) has a two-fold mission. Using the highest standards, it collects and conserves Québec's documentary heritage as well as all Québec-related documents published outside Québec. It also constitutes a physical and virtual user-friendly site providing all Québecers with free and easy access to Québec's documentary heritage as well as culture and universal knowledge."
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"The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries."
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"The Canadian Association of Research Libraries was established in 1976 and consists of 27 university libraries plus the National Library of Canada, and the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)."
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"The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a not-for-profit organization initiated by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make primary sources of Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. CanLII seeks to gather legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions on a single Web site."
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"The CLA membership consists of a diverse group of individuals and organizations involved or interested in library or information sciences."
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"The collections held by the Archives of Ontario are a rich resource for the study of the history of Ontario and its people."
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"The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), established in 1985, is a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)."
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"The International Council on Archives (ICA) is dedicated to the advancement of archives worldwide. Archives, by providing evidence of human activities and transactions, underlie the rights of individuals and states, and are fundamental to democracy and good governance."
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"The Library Association of Ireland (LAI), founded in 1928, is the professional body representing libraries and those engaged in librarianship and information management in Ireland."
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"The Library serves as the research arm of Congress and is recognized as the national library of the United States. Its collections comprise the world's most comprehensive record of human creativity and knowledge."
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"The mission of a well governed and administered ACA is to provide strong and diversified professional leadership and support to the Canadian archival community."
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"The Museums Act (1990) establishes the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC) as a national institution responsible for preserving and promoting the heritage of Canada, and contributing to the collective memory and sense of identity of all Canadians. The Corporation is responsible for two museums, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum."
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"The National Archives is not a dusty hoard of ancient history. It is a public trust on which our democracy depends. It enables people to inspect for themselves the record of what government has done. It enables officials and agencies to review their actions and helps citizens hold them accountable."
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"The National Library's collections focus primarily on Canadiana, works in all subjects written by, about or of interest to Canadians, published in Canada or abroad."
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"The Smithsonian Institution Libraries unites 20 libraries into one system supported by an online catalog of the combined collections."
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"The Society exists to promote the care and preservation of archives and the better administration of archive repositories to advance the training of its members and to encourage relevant research and publication."
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"To explore the needs of the archival community and to give it guidance, the Canadian Council of Archives has established several committees: the Standards committee, the Canadian Committee on Archival Description, and the Preservation Committee. As required, the CCA may create other committees responding to specific needs."
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The Archives Society of Alberta (ASA) was formed to advocate and meet the needs of archivists and those interested in archives."
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« Fondée en 1989 par une vingtaine de directeurs d'Archives nationales d'États francophones présents à la Conférence internationale de la Table ronde des Archives à Madrid, l'AIAF regroupe des directions nationales, des services d'archives et des associations d'archivistes des États qui ont en commun l'usage de la langue française. »
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« L'association des libraires du Québec étant un intervenant majeur dans l'industrie du livre a pour mission de contribuer au développement professionnel des libraires et à l'essor économique de la librarie comme lieu essentiel de diffusion de la culture. »
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« La nomination du premier archiviste du gouvernement de la province de Québec, le 2 septembre 1920, marque la naissance officielle des Archives nationales du Québec qui conservent des documents historiques remontant jusqu’au XVIIe siècle. »
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« Le Comité des affaires professionnelles (CAP) de l'Association des archivistes du Québec contribue aux activités de l'Association en matière de développement et de reconnaissance de la profession, voit à la garde et à la promotion de la mission et des valeurs fondamentales de l'Association adoptées par l'assemblée générale et conseille les autorités de l'Association sur ces questions. »
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« Lieux de connaissance, de découvertes et de plaisir, accessibles à tous, les bibliothèques publiques du Québec sont plus de 1 000 réparties dans autant de municipalités sur le territoire. Elles desservent 91,5 % de la population dans toutes les régions du Québec. »
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"An Act respecting the National Archives of Canada and records of government institutions of Canada and to amend other Acts in relation thereto."
Creator(s): Department of Justice Canada | Date Published: 2005-08-09
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"An Act respecting the National Library."
Creator(s): Department of Justice Canada | Date Published: 2005-08-09
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"An Act to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence... Passed by the House of Commons October 28, 2003."
Creator(s): House of Commons of Canada | Date Published: 2003-10-28
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"This guide is published by the Human Rights Directorate of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Its aim is to increase understanding of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to heighten awareness of its importance in our daily lives."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2002
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"This document was prepared to explain the purpose and provisions of the 1988 Official Languages Act, which reflects and implements the language rights recognized by the Constitution and, in particular, by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 1993
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Library and Archives Canada E-Newsletter
Creator(s): National Library of Canada
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International Council on Archives Newsletter
Creator(s): International Council on Archives
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Association of Canadian Archivists Bulletin
Creator(s): Association of Canadian Archivists
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