Charlotte Gray is a biographer, historian and adjunct research professor at Carleton University. For the past 30 years, one of my favourite places in Ottawa has been the third-floor Reading Room of ...

When the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal was offered the video archives of Québécois television channel Musique Plus, Nicolas Dulac and his acquisitions team reluctantly turned it down. On offer ...

It’s hard to imagine a scenario in which Nazi Germany, despite its military strength and stamina, would have had the resources to cross the Atlantic and take control of North America (even in The Man ...

Libraries and public archives have played a central role in the life and art of internationally celebrated novelist and poet Jane Urquhart. Her mother founded the first library in Little Longlac, Ont.

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the LAC Foundation are pleased to announce the 2024 LAC Scholar Awards recipients GATINEAU, QC, May 30, 2024 /CNW/ - During a special ceremony held at Library and ...

An internal document from Library and Archives Canada suggests the department is considering a paywall to help pay for digitizing its content, but that plan has been delayed until at least the fall.

At the end of 2022, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) unveiled a new archival facility and library in Gatineau, Quebec, to provide additional storage and security for the country’s national ...

Stay-at-home orders mean no eating at restaurants, attending shows or visiting friends and family. It also means that Canadian archives institutions and facilities, following public health orders, ...

Library and Archives Canada is in the process of digitizing all soldiers' records from the First World War, the most requested items in its collection. And it's not easy work. Sylvain Bélanger, ...

Prior to these changes, the building's design already complied with the LEED Gold standard, an independent certification that takes into account ecological land and water use, energy efficiency, and ...

Some of Canada’s historic archives suffered water damage while other documents were bagged and kept in freezers after mould was discovered, according to a report. And other newly-acquired collections ...