Contents

Introduction

• Message from the National Librarian

Library Community

• Saskatchewan Provincial Library Donates Large Collection to CBEC


• Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives Promotes Digital Collections


• National Library of Canada, Library of Congress, and British Library Agree on Format Convergence


• Proyecto Adrienne Created


• Staff News


• AMICUS: A Treasure to Tap Into!

Public Programs

• Read Up On It: The Nature of Words


• Good News about Old News!


• Celebrating Women's Achievements: Canadian Women in Science


• SAVOIR FAIRE
  
  • The Past in Prime Time: Canada: A People’s History
  
  

From Our Collections

• Roger Lemelin, a Witness to His Time

Announcements

• The National Library of Canada Donates Books and Periodicals to the University of Guyana


• An International Visitor

Did You Know...

• that the National Library of Canada’s Canadian Book Exchange Centre sent four skids of law material to the Zagreb Law School... ?


• that the National Library of Canada has acquired the remainder of the 33 biographical archives currently available in the K.G. Saur World Biographical Information System?

AMICUS

• AMICUS Training Schedule

On the Cover

The First Red Maple Leaf by Ludmila Zeman (Toronto: Tundra Books, ©1997)