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 - 2007, What's New - 2006 or What's New Archives.

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November 2008

November 25, 2008

• RSS Feeds from Library and Archives Canada
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/help/011-400-e.html

November 10, 2008

• Library and Archives Canada Partners with Ancestry.ca
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-362-e.html

November 3, 2008

• In Quarantine: Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/grosse-ile/index-e.html

October 2008

October 30, 2008

• LAC Launches Flickr/YouTube Project
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-359-e.html

October 27, 2008

• William James Topley: Reflections on a Capital Photographer
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/topley/index-e.html
• LAC Pays Tribute to Film Reconstruction Team on UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-358-e.html
• Library and Archives Canada celebrates Canadian Library Month
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-357-e.html

September 2008

September 4, 2008

• Eight New Biographies Celebrate Women's Achievements
  The lives of eight Canadian women document their contributions in a wide variety of fields.
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/index-e.html#a

September 2, 2008

• Launch Announcement for the Second World War Service Files

August 2008

August 11, 2008

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  Updated look! New functionality!
  Explore the biographies of individuals that helped form Canada.
  www.biographi.ca/index-e.html

August 6, 2008

• Census of Canada, 1881
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-350-e.html

July 2008

July 23, 2008

• Public Consultation
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/pcsab/005004-1002-e.html

July 9, 2008

• Sir John A. Macdonald: Canada's Patriot Statesman
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sir-john-a-macdonald/index-e.html

June 2008

June 27, 2008

• I Do: Love and Marriage in 19th-Century Canada
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/love-and-marriage/index-e.html

June 19, 2008

• New Hours of Operation
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-347-e.html

June 10, 2008

• Celebrate Asian Heritage Month
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-345-e.html

June 4, 2008

• Reflecting on Anne of Green Gables
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-on/anne-exhibition/index-e.html

June 2, 2008

• Orders-in-Council (1891-1900) (ArchivaNet Research Tool)
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/020157_e.html
• Academic Researchers
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/005-8000-e.html

May 2008

May 26, 2008

• Immigrants from China
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/chinese-immigrants/index-e.html

May 12, 2008

• A Nation's Chronicle: The Canada Gazette
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canada-gazette/index-e.html

April 2008

April 23, 2008

• Canada Book Day, April 23, 2008
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-339-e.html

April 21, 2008

• Archival Community Digitization Program Now Accepting Applications for 2008-09
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-336-e.html

April 10, 2008

• National Poetry Month
  Original works of distinguished Canadian poets part of LAC's collection
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-338-e.html

March 2008

March 31, 2008

• Tabling of the Government of Canada's 2008-09 Report on Plans and Priorities
  www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2008-2009/inst/bal/bal00-eng.asp

March 14, 2008

• 74th IFLA General Conference and Council 10  -  14 August 2008
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ifla2008/index-e.html

• Holiday Hours: Good Friday/Easter Monday
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-332-e.html

March 12, 2008

• Scanning and indexing project with Library and Archives Canada
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-331-e.html

March 6, 2008

• Closure of the Canadian Book Exchange Centre
  A Program of Library and Archives Canada
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-330-e.html

February 2008

February 13, 2008

• Canadian Digital Information Strategy - Responses are now posted
  Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce that the responses received to the Draft 2007 Canadian Digital Information Strategy are posted. The comment period is over; however, the Draft Strategy remains available.
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cdis/012033-1050-e.html

February 12, 2008

• Public Consultations and Services Advisory Board
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/pcsab/index-e.html

February 7, 2008

• Latest additions to Celebrating Women's Achievements:
  
  Anne-Marie Comeau
  Acadian Dance and Theatre Teacher, Choreographer
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/002026-616-e.html
  
  Sheila Watt-Cloutier
  Inuit leader, Activist, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/002026-310-e.html

February 1, 2008

• Black History Month
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/black-history/index-e.html

January 2008

January 17, 2008

• LAC Forum on Canadian Democracy: Aboriginal Treaties
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/democracy/023023-3202-e.html

January 16, 2008

• Under a Northern Star
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/northern-star/index-e.html

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For historical information visit:
What's New - 2007
What's New - 2006
Archived What's New