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2014/01/28

TIME LINE: The Closure of Canadian Government Libraries, Archives and Research Collections

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Documents:  First LAC Code of Conduct (has since been revised) LAC Code of Conduct Jan 2013 Since 2007-2008 the argument of digitizing collections by politicians as a solution for cutting […]

2014/01/08

More information on the closing of the science libraries…

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  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/purge-of-canadas-fisheries-libraries-a-historic-loss-scientists-say/article16237051/ The facts on library consolidation at Fisheries and Oceans http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2014/20140107-en.html Scientists say DFO library closure defence « doesn’t add up » http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/01/08/Scientists-Say-DFOs-Library-Closure-Defence-Doesnt-Add-Up/ [Canadian] government cutting more than $100 million related […]

2014/01/04

New Information about the closure of major science research libraries in Canada…

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For what has been financially gained, the loss is scandalous. See the report in the Huffington Post, Jan. 3, 2014  entitled, « How the Harper Government Committed a Knowledge Massacre » which […]

2013/12/11

Access to Information – Vital for Economic Growth and Holding Governments Accountable

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On Dec. 9, 2013, IFLA, the International Federation of Libraries Association, launched a joint statement on the need for access to information in globally to ensure there is development, advancement, […]

2013/12/10

Suppressing Scientific Knowledge -Dismantling of Fishery Library ‘Like a Book Burning,’ Say Scientists

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Academic librarians in CAPAL  join in voicing our concerns for the closure of a major scientific collections housed in five of seven libraries under the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. […]