New institutions New landscapes

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New institutionsNew landscapes

• LAC BAnQ
• Two original experiences

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New institutions,New landscapes

• Mindful of a social, economic and technological
  environment undergoing deep-seated
  transformation, the documentary communities have
  been engaged for some 10 years now in in-depth
  reflection on the content of their missions

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New institutions,New landscapes

• The library has changed considerably in its role,
  from
• a place of services and promotion of reading
• to
• a place of culture
• a place of life and sociability
• a place for the people, a place of free expression

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New institutions,New landscapes

• The role of archives has also changed profoundly
• In the beginning, strong emphasis was placed on
  preservation, clients were researchers
• Today, there is openness to making resources
  available to broad publics

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New institutions,New landscapes

• Users are at the heart of these reflections
• How can they be provided with truly democratic
  access to knowledge?
• Documentary heritage
• Collections of universal scope
• Lending collection
• Public and private archives
• Self-education tools
• How can there be continuity in the responses to
  users' various requests?

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New institutions,New landscapes

• A consensus was reached around
• one-stop service
• the network concept
• local or regional network
• national network
• international network

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New institutions,New landscapes

• This new dynamic implies an active convergence
  between
• libraries
• archives
• museums
• other cultural institutions

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New institutions,New landscapes

• To support this convergence, some countries have
  chosen to create common supervisory bodies for
• libraries
• archives
• museums

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New institutions,New landscapes

• Breaking new ground, Canada and Québec chose
  instead to merge their institutions in the field
• In 2004, LAC merged library-science, archival and
  museum-related activities within a single
  institution
• Between 2002 and 2006, BAnQ merged the missions
  of national library, public library and archives
  within a single institution

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New institutions,New landscapes

• While implementing approaches based on a common
  inspiration, LAC and BAnQ nevertheless applied
  two distinct, equally interesting models

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• Founding moments
• 1920 Creation of Québec's provincial archives
  (Archives de la province de Québec)
• 1967 Creation of the Bibliothèque nationale du
  Québec
• 1998 Creation of the Grande bibliothèque du
  Québec (a public and virtual library for all
  Quebecers)
• 2002 Merger of the BNQ and the GBQ
• 2006 Merger of the new BNQ with the Archives
  nationales du Québec

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• A new government corporation
• 11 facilities spread across Québec
• Over 700 employees
• Active partnerships with all library networks in
  Québec
• 30 accredited archival agencies

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• Action based on two key words
• De-compartmentalization
• Harmonization
• between two formerly distinct cultures
• library science and archival science

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• The structural model chosen by BAnQ respects the
  boundaries between these two disciplines
• To the two main library science branches
  (preservation, library services) a new archives
  branch was added, responsible for historical
  private archives and the administration of the
  Archives Act, which provides a framework for all
  government departments and agencies
• Maintenance of distinct collections

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• This choice to respect the specific nature of
  each component brings a number of major
  challenges to prevent the institution from
  splitting apart
• Learning to work together
• Having a constant vision of the interconnections
  between preservation, library services and
  archives

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• To support this interactivity
• A core of common services
• Information and telecommunications technologies
• Administration and internal services
• Buildings management
• Financial resources
• Human resources
• Legal affairs
• Cultural programming
• Communications and public relations

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• To support this interactivity
• Setting up of multidisciplinary teams
• Digitization of the published and unpublished
  heritage
• A documentary charter
• Remote reference
• Exhibitions and showcasing of collections

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• To support this interactivity
• Creation of new reference tools
• Review of institutional policies
• Adoption of harmonized rules and regulations

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• Launch of a new portalthe glue of this
  convergence and symbol of the mergerthat
• integrates all of the information relating to the
  missions of the institution
• provides access to the digital collections and
  data banks
• acts as a single point of entry to
• all catalogues (meta-search engine)
• all remote services

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New institutions,New landscapesThe BAnQ model

• The portala powerful synthesizing toolis poised
  for major development in the short and medium
  terms
• Exponential growth of a true virtual library
  covering all fields of library and archival
  science
• Participation in the national and international
  digital networks
• Coordination mandate for all of Québec
• Canadian digitization strategy
• French-speaking network of national digital
  libraries

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Library and Archives Canada

• A new institution for a changing environment

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Our commitment to Canadians

•   That Canada be served by an institution that
  is a source of enduring knowledge, accessible to
  all, contributing to the cultural, social and
  economic advancement of Canada as a free and
  democratic society. 
• Library and Archives of Canada Act,
• May 2004

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An ambitious adventure

• Canadas newest, Canadas oldest
• Combines the National Library and the National
  Archives
• One of the first such organizations in the world
• Unique, integrated, knowledge-based
• The meaning of documentary heritage

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The inheritance of a nation the challenge of
access

• 19 million books, periodicals, newspapers,
  microfilms, government publications
• 156 km of unique textual records
• 21 million photos 350,000 works of art
• Portraits of Canadians since 1710
• Canadian theses and dissertations
• 11.4 terabytes of information in electronic
  formats
• 71,000 hours of short and full-length films
• Over 2.5 million architectural drawings, plans
  and maps
• Over 270,000 hours of video and sound recordings
• The largest collection of Canadian sheet music in
  the world
• Stamps, editorial cartoons, posters and pamphlets
• New and traditional media

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Serving Canadian society

• To know ourselves as we plan for the future
• To offer a meaningful experience to individuals,
  families and communities - to help them
  understand their contribution to Canada
• To create and sustain a nation of learners
• To contribute in a measurable way to the
  economic, social and cultural success of Canadian
  society
• To maintain the documentary basis for sovereignty
  and human rights

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Working together the professional challenge

• Builds on the best of our professions
• Combines staff strengths while respecting
  specialization
• Librarians, archivists and other information
  professionals learn from each other and work
  together
• A continuum of service to Canadians

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Navigating the 21st century

• Driven by digital
• Transformed by the Internet
• New role of information
• Diverse society
• Greater expectations of access
• Connected through networks

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The road less travelled our new mandate

• To preserve the documentary heritage of Canada
• To serve as a source of enduring knowledge,
  accessible to all
• To facilitate co-operation among knowledge
  communities
• To serve as the continuing memory of the
  Government of Canada

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The biggest, single change how people access
information

• Traditional environment
• Willingness to search
• Traditional sources of information
• Geographic communities
• Fragmented world
• Standard sources or references

• New expectations
• Fast access
• Web availability
• Communities of interest
• Networked world
• Many competing sources

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Reaching our audience the challenges

• How to manage digital?
• How to meet user expectations?
• How to be relevant to Canadians?
• How to address diversity?
• How to increase access?
• How to provide service?

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The library as an ecosystem new ways to do
business

• Combining resources, expertise and ideas
• Connecting with new and traditional partners,
  nationally and internationally
• Building and enhancing community networks
• Ensuring widespread access
• Enabling learning and research
• Providing leadership in the development
• of standards

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The community living room libraries and archives
at the local level

• On the frontlines of information search
• Highly visible to the public
• Cultural centres
• Key service providers
• Often the first stop for government access
• Reflect community needs

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LAC and the communitybuilding on natural
synergies

• Connecting Canadians with collections
• Building a national reference desk, community by
  community
• Moving beyond books the digital gateway
• Promoting learning and research
• Travelling exhibitions
• Technology partnerships to broaden reach
• Selection of digital content

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Providing support to traditional partners

• Interlibrary loans
• ISBN, ISSN
• AMICUS, including the Union Catalogue
• Cataloguing in Publication Program
• New Books Service
• Legal Deposit/Electronic Collection
• Gateway to Canadian Libraries
• Reference and Consultation Services
• Canadian Book Exchange Centre

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Providing support to traditional partners

• Canadian Subject Headings
• The National Bibliography of Canada
• Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives
• Standards for bibliographic description
• MARC 21 Standards translation and distribution
• MARC Records Distribution Service
• Répertoire de vedettes-matières with the
  Bibliothèque de lUniversité Laval
• Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada

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Whats New

• Canadian Digital Information Strategy
• Extension of Legal Deposit
• Winkworth Exhibition
• LAC Portrait Program
• Genealogy Strategy
• New nitrate storage facility
• Digitization of census records

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Getting it off the shelf the world of digital

• Digital Collection Development Policy
• Virtual loading dock
• Web archiving
• Metadata framework
• Canadian Digital Information Strategy
• Trusted Digital Repositories
• Digitizing the LAC collection
• Virtual gallery

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On the Web

• Project Naming
• Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the
  Residential Schools
• First Among Equals
• Backcheck A Hockey Retrospective
• Moving Here, Staying Here

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Creating access-driven partnerships

• BAnQ
• CBC
• Google
• Ancestry.ca
• Ancestors in the Attic
• TD Bank

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Combining services for greater access

• AMICAN single point of access
• Search-all interface
• Web archiving
• Traditional library services (interlibrary loan,
  cataloguing, bibliographic standards)
• Simplified Web content
• Resource sharing
• Information management

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Raising our profile Canada and the world

• Hosting IFLA 2008 Libraries without Borders
• Welcoming CITRA in 2007
• Réseau francophone des bibliothèques nationales
  numériques

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Making strategic choices

• Take full advantage of digital opportunities
• Make our collection and expertise more relevant,
  accessible
• Focus on effective record keeping in the
  Government of Canada
• Provide leadership for government libraries
• Deliver our mandate through partnerships
• Use client research to inform management
  decisions

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Moving towards where we want to be creating
opportunities

• Thinking ahead, sharing information
• Making our resources relevant and accessible
• Working together with libraries and archives
• Creating dynamic communities for the future, both
  real and virtual

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Building a dream

• It may be a dream, but it is a noble dream. It
  has often sustained me when the daily drudgery,
  for it is drudgery, was telling on mind and body.
• Douglas Brymner, Canadas first National
  Archivist, 1888