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What’s Past is Prologue: National Collections in a Digital World CLA Pre-Conference : Collections 2006: Collections, Communities and the Future June 14, 2006 Ingrid Parent Library and Archives Canada LAC’s Strategic Direction:
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What’s Past is Prologue:National Collections in a Digital World CLA Pre-Conference : Collections 2006: Collections, Communities and the Future June 14, 2006 Ingrid Parent Library and Archives Canada
LAC’s Strategic Direction: • The LAC Collection is a part of a larger national collection, with shared responsibilities • LAC is mainstreaming digital
Our Collections • 19 million items: books, official publications, newspapers, music collection, rare books and the Lowy collection • 170 linear KM of Government and private textual records • 3 million maps and architectural drawings • 270,000 hours of film, sound and video recordings • 370,000 documentary art items • 25 million photographs, and • 1 million items of philately
LAC Digital Environment • Digital archives, publications, theses, websites • Census and military records • Virtual Gramophone • Legal deposit of online publications – January 2007 • Federated search
Canadian Digital Information Strategy • Inclusive, collaborative • Four thematic meetings • National summit – fall 2006
Canadian Digital Initiatives • Archives Canada http://www.archivescanada.ca • AMICUS web http://www.collectionscanada.ca/amicus • Knowledge Ontario http://knowledgeontario.ca • Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca • Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec http://www.banq.qc.ca • Canada’s scientific infostructrue (CSI) http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/media/press/udem-print_e.html • Alouette Canada http://www.AlouetteCanada.ca
La Francophonie et le numérique Five Principles: • Agreements with private sector partners to publish or digitize significant collections will be non-exclusive in nature, in both a legal and a de facto sense. • The digital images will be prepared to a suitable preservation standard and maintained in the public sector with a commitment to long-term preservation and accessibility. • The integrity and authenticity of the original source material will be maintained and cannot be altered in the online environment. • Public access online to publicly owned resources will remain free. Information providers may develop and charge for value-added features but the source material should be accessible and free. • As far as possible, online access will be multi-lingual and multi-cultural as appropriate for the source material.
Overview of a National Collection in a Digital Environment • Decentralized (local) // Centralized (national) • Projects (short term) // Programs (long term) • Thematic collections // Primary source material • Technical opportunity // Institutional capacity