Bibliography: Library and Archives Canada cuts

Members of PLG London have been following the discussion concerning LAC cuts and keeping a list of articles relating to the topic.

We decided to share the list to encourage discussion and to help MLIS students who will be writing papers over the Spring term.

You’ll find articles, position statements, and Parliamentary proceedings where LAC was discussed.

Please send any articles you think are significant that we may have missed to plglondon@gmail.com and we will add them to the bibliography.

John Dupuis published a list of articles relating to the cuts in September 2012 that is chronological and more exhaustive for the period it covers.

Daniel J. Caron, current Librarian and Archivist of Canada

• Caron’s CLA Speech: “Finding Our Place on the Digital Shelf”
• Video: “Finding Our Place on the Digital Shelf”

Caron in Parliament

• Caron at Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, 15/06/2006
• Caron at Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, 22/10/2009
• Caron at Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, 4/5/2010
• Caron at Standing Committee on Official Languages, 30/11/2010
• Caron at Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, 28/2/2011
• Caron at Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, 6/12/2011
• Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, Department of Canadian Heritage, 28/5/2012 (other LAC staff in attendance)
• Caron at the Standing Committee on on Official Languages 6/11/2012

Statements on LAC cuts

• CLA letter to Industry Minister – 16/04/2012
• “CLA dismayed by impact of budget cuts on federal libraries” – 02/05/2012
• CLA letter to Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages  – 07/05/2012
• “CLA Continues Dialogue with LAC” – 08/06/2012
• CAUT’s Canada’s Past Matters campaign
• Archivists’ On to Ottawa Trek’s Blog
• Canadian Deans on LAC – 08/11/2012
• PLG Edmonton on LAC – 19/11/2012
• PLG London on LAC/NADP – 23/05/2012
• Mike Ridley on LAC: “Library and Archives Canada is not like any other department of the government. LAC serves Canadians not the government. Big difference. Transport Canada does what it needs to do to run its business; if it wants to reduce its library and staff, so be it. I might express disappointment but not moral outrage. LAC is different. It belongs to me.” – 09/11/2012
• The Bibliographical Society of Canada on LAC part 1 – 07/08/2012
• The Bibliographical Society of Canada on LAC part 2 – 18/11/2012
• Canadian Council of Archives: “Immediate Call to Action!” – 30/04/2012
• Association of Canadian Archivists on LAC – 09/05/2012
• Archives Society of Alberta: Position on the Elimination of NADP Funding
• Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists on LAC
  
• Prince Edward Historical Society on LAC – 05/05/2012
• Canadian Association of Research Libraries on LAC – 10/05/2012
• Documentary Organization of Canada on LAC – 19/09/2012

Bibliocracy articles

• “Infomanifesto?“
• “LAC Modernisation: Does it Add Up?“
• “LAC Announces Withdrawl from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)“
• “Reclassification at LAC: What Does It Really Mean?”

Association des Professeur(e)s de l’Université d’Ottawa articles

• “Librarians Silenced at CLA Conference” – 01/06/2012
• “’Living Dead’ Take Over Libraries and Archives Canada” – 19/11/2012
• “Peer Review Dashed at LAC by Email” – 29/11/2012

Literary Tourist

• “Library and Archives, Canada’s National disgrace Part 1” – 18/03/2012
• “Audio: Interview with Terry Cook on the Importance of History, and the neglect of Library and Archives Canada” – 26/07/2012
• “Audio: Naomi Wolf on fascism, and cuts to Library and Archives Canada” – 30/09/2012

Other articles

• The Hill Times: “Library and Archives Canada laments deterioration” – June 2012
• J. L. Granatstein in the Globe and Mail: “Who will preserve the past for future generations?”: “But, as Mr. Caron implies, the new technologies, and especially digitization, will mean that everyone with Internet access anywhere in Canada will be able to access LAC’s holdings. Maybe in some halcyon future world, but not in this one. Estimates are that only 4 per cent of LAC’s massive holdings are now digitized, and since half of the digitization staff are among those being let go, progress toward “enhanced, modern access” will surely be even slower.”
• Bill Curry in the Globe and Mail: “Visiting Library and Archives in Ottawa? Not without an appointment” – 01/05/2012
• CAUT: “Backgrounder – Canada’s Past Matters”
• CAUT: Save Library and Archives Canada Campaign May Update
• CAUT: Save Library and Archives Canada Campaign September Update
• Valerie Knowles: “Closing doors on Canada’s history” – 10/08/2012: “
• UT Librarians: “Library and Archives Canada (LAC) to withdraw from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)” – 31/08/2012
• PLG London: “UWO Funeral for Archival Funding in Canada: Post Funeral Summary” – 07/06/2012
• The Prince George Citizen: “National library cuts severing ties with past” – 08/01/2013