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What
is LibraryNet?
Canadian
public libraries have been providing information, education, and recreation
to Canadians for over a century and a half. Today they are defining new
roles for themselves as economic incubators, community development agents,
distributors of electronic information, and centres for life-long learning.
The purpose of LibraryNet is to encourage the growth of these new roles
and to help Canadian libraries connect to the information highway and
to one another. This is a cooperative venture on the part of Canada's
public libraries, library jurisdictions and agencies, librarians, and
Industry Canada.
About
LibraryNet
- Library
Community Consultation Report
- At a meeting
of the library community with Industry Canada on April 19, 1996, the
first proposal for a "LibraryNet" project was made. This report
presents the notes from that meeting.
- A
Concept Paper for LibraryNet
- A more
in-depth paper was written shortly after, describing the mission and
vision behind LibraryNet; why it exists and what its purpose is.
- LibraryNet
Visioning Meeting Notes
- In June
1997, a meeting of the LibraryNet Advisory Committee and other members
of the library community took place in Cantley, Québec. Discussion
centred on the new roles libraries are playing in the information society,
and how LibraryNet could best support these roles.
- LibraryNet
Advisory Committee
- A list
of the current members of LibraryNet's Advisory Committee, drawn from
the library community across Canada, and the positions they hold.
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