What's New

This page provides information about recent additions to the Library and Archives Canada website, such as new projects and initiatives or updates to information on the site. Please visit our Media Room to see the latest news releases. For previous editions please visit: What's New - 2009, What's New - 2008, What's New - 2007, What's New - 2006 or What's New Archives.

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December 2010

December 22, 2010

• Management Accountability Framework (MAF) 2009-2010
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/012-500-e.html

December 16, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Major interruption of LAC computing services December 18
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-506-e.html

• ARCHIVED - For Government of Canada Institutions
  Changes in the Regional Service Centres
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-501-e.html

December 9, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Launch of "Medals, Honours and Awards" database
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-504-e.html

December 2, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Launch of Canadian Families database
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-500-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Launch of "Upper Canada Land Board"
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-502-e.html

• New address: MARC Standards
  www.marc21.ca/index-e.html

November 2010

November 25, 2010

• ARCHIVED - New Guide for Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-499-e.html

November 18, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Library and Archives Canada now offers digital reproductions of textual documents
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-492-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Major interruption of LAC computing services November 20
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-497-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Recordkeeping Day: The Disposition Edition
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-498-e.html

• New Tools for Immigration Records
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908.012-e.html

November 10, 2010

• Portraits in the Street: Year of the Métis Nation
  www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/portrait-portal/Pages/past-exhibitions.aspx?selected=1.3

• ARCHIVED - Digital file format guidelines now online
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-495-e.html

November 4, 2010

• Veteran's Week
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/veterans/index-e.html

• Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World - November Edition
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/government/news-events/007001-101000-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Library and Archives Canada Releases New Image Sets on Flickr
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-493-e.html

• Library and Archives Canada: Departmental Performance Report (DPR) and Financial Highlights 2009-2010
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/012-206-e.html

October 2010

October 28, 2010

• Local Digital Format Registry (LDFR): File Format Guidelines for Preservation and Long-term Access
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/digital-initiatives/012018-2210-e.html

October 27, 2010

• ARCHIVED - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage; LAC’s contribution towards the global effort to preserve audiovisual materials
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-491-e.html

October 25, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Library and Archives Canada Celebrates Canadian Library Month
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-490-e.html

October 21, 2010

• ARCHIVED - LAC Thought Papers on the Use and Impact of Web 2.0 on Recordkeeping
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-485-e.html

• Evaluation Framework for Modernization
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/audits-evaluations/012014-280-e.html

• ARCHIVED - List of Pre-Confederation Official Publications, 1534-1866
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-489-e.html

• Formative Evaluation of the Strategic Choices Framework
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/audits-evaluations/012014-285-e.html

October 14, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Film Festival Celebrates 40 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Canada and China
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-482-e.html

• ARCHIVED - New version of the Canadian Naturalization database
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-483-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Major interruption of LAC computing services October 16
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-484-e.html

October 12, 2010

• New Exhibition: Crossing Paths: The "Four Indian Kings" and the Work of Jeff Thomas and Shelley Niro. Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario
  www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/portrait-portal/Pages/past-exhibitions.aspx?selected=1.3

October 8, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Notice: Thanksgiving Closure
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-481-e.html

September 2010

September 24, 2010

• Presentations by the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Dr. Daniel J. Caron:
  • Modernization and the Documentation of Society in the Digital Environment
    www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac/012007-1000.009-e.html
  • Digital Relevancy: The Challenge of 21st Century Memory Institutions
    www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac/012007-1000.008-e.html

September 23, 2010

• Census of 1851 - update
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1851/index-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Launch of "Upper Canada Land Petitions"
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-479-e.html

September 17, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Major interruption of LAC computing services September 18
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-478-e.html

September 10, 2010

• Pathfinder Reports
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/modernization/index-e.html

September 2, 2010

• Aboriginal Documentary Heritage
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aboriginal-heritage/index-e.html

August 2010

August 20, 2010

• Microform Digitization: Passenger Lists (1925 - 1935)
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/index-e.html

August 12, 2010

• Risk Management. Audit Report, November 2009
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/audits-evaluations/012014-254-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Major interruption of LAC computing services August 21st, 2010
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-475-e.html

July 2010

July 29, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Canada's Got Treasures! The Four Indian Kings
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-473-e.html

• Digital Preservation in the Canadian Landscape
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/digital-initiatives/012018-5100-e.html

July 22, 2010

• Memory Institutions in the 21st Century: The Need for Convergence and Collaboration
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac/012007-1000.007-e.html

July 15, 2010

• National Archival Development Program: Funded Institutions

• ARCHIVED - Move of the Rare Book Collection
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-472-e.html

July 8, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Interruption of LAC computing services on July 17, 2010
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-471-e.html

June 2010

June 28, 2010

• The Power of the Communities
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/communities/index-e.html

• Microform Digitization
  New digitized reels: Sir John Thompson fonds
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/index-e.html

June 21, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Library and Archives Canada Releases New Photo Album on Flickr
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-469-e.html

• Review of Governance: Service Delivery
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/014/012014-245-e.html

June 17, 2010

• ARCHIVED - View the Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-467-e.html

• New Exhibition: Portraits in the Street: Cupids 400, Newfoundland
  www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/portrait-portal/Pages/past-exhibitions.aspx?selected=1.3

June 10, 2010

• ARCHIVED - New Online Product: List of Abbreviations Used in Military Service Files
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-464-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Subject: FRBR and RDA: Advances in Resource Description for Multiple Format Resources
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-465-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Services on June 19, 2010
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-466-e.html

June 8, 2010

• Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM)
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rvm/index-e.html

May 2010

May 31, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Launch of Our Voices, Our Stories: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Stories
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-462-e.html

May 21, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Aboriginal Awareness Week
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-461-e.html

May 20, 2010

• Microform Digitization
  New digitized reels available: Form 30A, Ocean Arrivals, 1919-1924
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/index-e.html

• Canada's Got Treasures
  www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/infoCntr/cdm-mc/index-eng.cfm?action=doc&DocIDCd=DJM092980

• Study on the Emerging and Digital Media: Opportunities and Challenges
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac/012007-1000.005-e.html

May 6, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Library and Archives Canada Releases New Photo Album on Flickr
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-458-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Services on May 15, 2010
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-457-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Update: Digital Preservation in the Canadian Landscape
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-456-e.html

April 2010

April 29, 2010

• ARCHIVED - The Early Chinese Canadians: Educational Resources
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/chinese-canadians/021022-5000-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Canadiana Authorities
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-455-e.html

April 16, 2010

• TD Summer Reading Club 2010 - Booklists
  www.td-club-td.ca/2010/index-e.html

April 8, 2010

• ARCHIVED - LAC Commemorates Vimy Ridge Day
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-452-e.html

April 1, 2010

• ARCHIVED - For Government of Canada Departments: Changes to the Montréal Regional Service Centre
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-451-e.html

March 2010

March 25, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Digital Preservation in the Canadian Landscape
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-450-e.html

March 22, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Shaping our Continuing Memory Collectively: a Representative Documentary Heritage
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-449-e.html

March 18, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Move of part of the published material housed at 395 Wellington and at the Centre for Preservation at Gatineau
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-448-e.html

March 17, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Services from March 20th to March 21st
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-447-e.html

March 11, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Services from March 13th to March 14th
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-446-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Memory, Literacy and Democracy
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-445-e.html

• ARCHIVED - A Virtual Schoolhouse
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/schoolhouse/index-e.html

March 10, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Website Redesign
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-444-e.html

March 9, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Open Letter: Lest We Forget Project
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-443-e.html

March 4, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Computing Services from March 6th to March 7th
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-442-e.html

• Home Children (1869 - 1930): LAC's database of Home Children records
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html

February 2010

February 25, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Library and Archives Canada Releases New Photo Album on Flickr
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-441-e.html

February 19, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Canada and the First World War
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/firstworldwar/index-e.html

February 10, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Services on February 20
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-440-e.html

• ARCHIVED - The Portrait Gallery of Canada celebrates Olympic spirit of the 2010 Winter Games on Granville Island
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-439-e.html

February 4, 2010

• Celebrating the Vancouver Olympic Games: A Look into Canadian Sport at LAC
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sport/index-e.html

February 1, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Services from February 5^th to February 6^th
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-438-e.html

January 2010

January 22, 2010

• The Lest We Forget project enables the learning of Canada's military history
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/cenotaph/index-e.html

January 21, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Upcoming move of part of the published material housed at 395 Wellington and at the Gatineau Preservation Centre
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-436-e.html

January 19, 2010

• ARCHIVED - Black History Month: LAC honours the legacy of Black Canadians
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/black-history/index-e.html

• Earthquake in Haiti - Donate to Haiti relief
  http://www.international.gc.ca/humanitarian-humanitaire/earthquake_seisme_haiti_help_aide.aspx?lang=eng

January 7, 2010

• ARCHIVED - LAC Shares Images of Sir John A. Macdonald on Flickr
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-435-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Major Interruption of Library and Archives Canada Services on January 16
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-434-e.html

• ARCHIVED - Symposium on Recordkeeping and Web 2.0
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-433-e.html

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What's New - 2009
What's New - 2008
What's New - 2007
What's New - 2006
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