National Library News

September 1995, vol. 27, no. 9

Did You Know...

that the National Library has recently published Federal Government Publications Issued in Alternative Format, 1993-1994? The bibliography, first in a new National Library series of bibliographies, updates the list of alternative- format federal government publications issued between 1981 and 1992 that was published in May 1993. Both works were prepared by Diane Bays, and are available free in print or alternative format from:

Marketing and Publishing
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Telephone: (613) 995-7969
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that the ENVOY/GEMDES address for the National Library's Information Technology Services (ITS) has been changed? The Library's ENVOY/GEMDES account, which used the address its.cic, has been closed. Those who wish to get in touch with ITS via ENVOY should use the Library's X.400 address: [its-cic]gc+nlc.bnc\govmt.canada\ca

that the last record in the National Library's DOBIS system was input on May 25, 1995? The record was created for a children's book, Mopi est invité à l'école, by Jean-Pierre Pille, and the staff member who did the job was Diane Belley of the Union Catalogue Division. The first online DOBIS records were created in 1979 by staff of the National Library's Union Catalogue of Serials as part of the DOBIS pilot project. Four years later, in January 1983, staff in the Union Catalogue of Books added the one millionth location to DOBIS. After more than 15 years of service, it is time to say hail and farewell to an old familiar friend, and hello and welcome to AMICUS!

that a new series of books on Canadian theatre history, edited by Denis Johnston and published by the Academy of the Shaw Festival, has been launched with Also in the Cast, an autobiography by Canadian actor Tony Van Bridge? Distribution costs will be supported by the eighth annual Heather McCallum schol-arship, awarded by the Association for Canadian Theatre Research (ACTR) in Montreal at its recent conference. The scholarship is named for Heather McCallum, author of Directory of Canadian Theatre Archives (1992), who established the Theatre Section of the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library and headed it for 25 years.

For grant criteria and applications, contact:

Paula Sperdakos
Secretary, Heather McCallum Fund
Division of Humanities
Scarborough Campus
University of Toronto
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, Ontario
M1C 1A4
telephone (416) 287-7188.

To make tax-deductible donations to the scholarship fund, contact:

Anne Nothof
Treasurer, ACTR
90 Beauvista Drive
Sherwood Park, Alberta
T8A 3X1.

For other information, contact:

David Gardner
Chair, Heather McCallum Fund Committee
25381 Kennedy Road, R.R. 1
Sutton West, Ontario
L0E 1R0
telephone (905) 722-5357.

that 50 universities now participate in the program of the Canadian Theses Service? And that the Service is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year?

The Canadian Theses Service began in 1965 with four participating universities, and now receives theses from most major Canadian universities. More than 140 000 theses representing over 80 percent of all masters and doctoral theses submitted to Canadian universities have been published.

The theses are microfilmed and sold by commercial vendors both in Canada and abroad. The microform copies also become part of the National Library's collection of Canadiana. Researchers can buy, borrow on interlibrary loan or consult a thesis at the National Library. Information on theses is available in Canadiana, the National Bibliography, Canadian Theses (Microfiche), DAI (Dissertation Abstracts International) and MAI (Master Abstracts International).

For more information about the Service, see "Making Canadian Theses Accessible and Available" by Patrice Landry, National Library News, vol. 27, no. 6, June 1995, pp. 17-18, or contact:

Canadian Theses Service
National Library of Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N4
Telephone: (819) 953-6221
Fax: (819) 953-8508
TTY: (613) 992-6969
Internet: theses@nlc-bnc.ca

that October is "Women's History Month"? The Canadian federal government first celebrated "Women's History Month" in October 1992 to foster an appreciation for the past and present contributions of women in Canada and to recognize the achievements of women as vital to the national heritage. This year the theme is "Leaders, Scholars, Mentors: The History of Women and Education". Education is one of the critical areas of concern to be addressed at the Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women being held in China in September 1995.

For more information, contact:

Karen Robertson
Status of Women Canada
360 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1C3
Telephone: (613) 995-3817 or (613) 943-2386
TTY: (613) 996-1322