Media advisory: More free data on the Statistics Canada website December 8, 2011 http://www42.statcan.gc.ca/smr09/smr09_035-eng.htm OTTAWA — On February 1, 2012, self-serve standard products available on the Statistics Canada website—including CANSIM and census data products—will become free of charge. Statistics Canada will maintain current pricing practice […]
Government Libraries Section (GLS); Government Information and Official Publications Section (GIOPS); Law Libraries Section & Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section Theme: The Surprising World of Government Libraries: trends in survival and prospect of new services The above IFLA Sections invite proposals for papers to be presented at a tw […]
Under CLA’s new Constitution and Bylaws (approved at the CLA 2011 Annual Meeting & Conference, May 2011 Halifax NS) the work of the association formerly conducted by Interest Groups and Divisions will now be undertaken by Networks. A proposal has been sumitted to the CLA Executive to form a “Government Information Network” to carry o […]
Access to Government Information Interest Group Meetings Agendas (CLA 2011 Halifax) Thursday May 26, 2011, 7:00am – 9:00 am – Business Meeting 1. Meeting notes from 2010 (short review and questions) 2. Report from Convener on ALA Midwinter 2011 GODORT meetings and CASLIS September 2010 event. (Rollins) 3. Olga Bishop Award – Report from the [...]
Link: http://capdu.wordpress.com/ The CAPDU website is collecting media stories, interest group responses, links to the Parliamentary Committee web casts, and the statement released July 26 by the National Statistics Council on the changes to the 2011 Census. Read the Canada Gazette announcement, the Statistics Canada announcement, and the Industry Canada an […]
I would like to update you on three AGIIG conference activities at CLA 2010, June 2-5 in Edmonton, AB. http://www.cla.ca/conference/2010/ A difference from previous years is that we will attempt a meeting prior to the CLA Interest Group Breakfast meeting. We never have enough time at the breakfast meeting, to get through issues., such as [...]
Hi everyone, Caron and I, your co-convenors, would like to know what you think our interest group should put forward as a program proposal for the CLA conference in Edmonton. If you have any thoughts as to what topics would be good to have discussed or you have an idea for a program related to [...]
“News from the North” by Mike McCaffrey discusses the Government of Canada’s Common Look and Feel for the Internet 2.0 policy, Government of Canada Publications and the Depository Services Program, and the Ontario Digitization Initiative. Mike McCaffrey, “News from the North,” Dttp: Documents to the People 37, no. 2 (2009): 10 Fulltext […]