Library and Archives Canada welcomed the launch of the LAC Foundation and presented five distinguished individuals with the first LAC Scholars Awards. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-4589.
Library and Archives Canada announced the recent acquisition of a rare 1944 book previously owned by Adolf Hitler. The 137-page German language report, Statistik, Presse und Organisationen des Judentums in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada (Statistics, Media, and Organizations of Jewry in the United States and Canada), was compiled in 1944 by Heinz Kloss. The data contained … Read more
Library and Archives Canada announced the launch of the 2019–2020 funding cycle for its Documentary Heritage Communities Program. Eligible libraries, archival centres and other memory institutions can now apply for a portion of the $1.5 million that will be allocated in 2019–2020. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-4589.
Library and Archives Canada, along with the Toronto Public Library and TD Bank Group, announced the 2017 TD Summer Reading Club Library Award winners. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-4589.
Library and Archives Canada will provide $1.5 million to support 39 projects (including 30 new projects) by archives, libraries and documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada. The recipients of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program for 2018–2019 were announced at the McCord Museum in Montréal. Twelve projects submitted by Quebec organizations will be funded under the program. The full release … Read more
Library and Archives Canada announced that the Galactic Empire, plagued by a series of malicious data breaches, has unilaterally declared that LAC’s new Gatineau 2 Preservation Facility will be the permanent repository of all future Death Star plans. Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Guy Berthiaume, publically lauded the sudden acquisition arrangement as “a great step … Read more
Library and Archives Canada announced the launch of Co-Lab, a crowdsourcing tool that will allow contributors to reveal our history, page by page. Canadians are invited to transcribe, translate and describe digitized records in LAC’s collection, as well as to tag them with keywords, to make them more searchable for users of LAC’s website and its new … Read more
Her Excellency Kareen Rispal, Ambassador of France to Canada, appointed Dr. Guy Berthiaume to the rank of Officer of the Order of the Arts and Letters of the French Republic at a ceremony in Ottawa. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-4589.
Library and Archives Canada announced the launch of the 2018–2019 funding cycle for its Documentary Heritage Communities Program. LAC will invest $1.5 million through the DHCP. LAC invites all eligible organizations to submit their applications as soon as possible. The deadline for the 2018–2019 funding cycle is February 7, 2018. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-4589.
Library and Archives Canada announced the launch of a procurement process for the construction of a second archival preservation centre in Gatineau, Que. The new state-of-the-art facility will be located immediately behind the existing Preservation Centre. With ideal conditions for preserving archives, the new building will reduce operating costs, increase and maximize the space required, and … Read more
