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2000


December 2000

December 22, 2000
Bulletin November/December 2000
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/202/301/bulletin_nlc/2000/no11-12/p2-0011-00-e.html

December 11, 2000
Public Programs brochure
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/index-e.html

Public Programs January 2001 brochure
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-201-e.html

December 8, 2000
Forthcoming Books, Febuary 2001
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

November 2000

In honour of Remembrance Day

November 10, 2000
Poppy FlowerFrom Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/military/

Poppy FlowerSheet Music from Canada's Past: First World War Era
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sheetmusic/m5-170-e.html

Poppy FlowerThe Virtual Gramophone: The First World War Era (1914-1918)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/m2-3010-e.html

News Release
The National Library’s Digital Library Program announces New Additions to Its Digital Collections.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-207-e.html

WebCast News Release
Governor General’s Literary Award Winners’ Reading at the National Library of Canada to Be Aired Live on the Web, November 15.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-206-e.html

November 8, 2000
Music Archives at the National Library of Canada: A Guide
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/4/7/index-e.html

National Library Activities and Projects: Semi-annual update September 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/006/012006-200-e.html

Sheet Music from Canada's Past: First World War Era
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sheetmusic/m5-170-e.html

The Virtual Gramophone: The First World War Era (1914-1918)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/m2-3010-e.html

November 6, 2000
News Release
Sixth Annual Agatha Bystram Award Presented to Industry Canada's Nora Hockin for Canada's Digital Collections
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-208-e.html

November 1, 2000
Bulletin September/October 2000
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/202/301/bulletin_nlc/2000/no9-10/sep2000e.htm

October 2000

October 31, 2000
News Release
Accepting the Challenge
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-209-e.html

October 26, 2000
News Release
Canadian Subject Headings Now on the Web
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-210-e.html

October 23, 2000
CSH on the Web
Do you have a book on B.C.'s Bugaboo Park or a treatise on the formation of the new territory of Nunavut in 1999 but do not know if there are subject headings to describe them? You can find your answer in Canadian Subject Headings (CSH), the National Library of Canada’s list of some 6,000 standard subject headings (in English) relating to Canada. The Canadian Subject Headings on the Web (CSH on the Web) is now available as a fully searchable database on the Web and free of charge.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/csh/index-e.htm

October 16, 2000
News Release
Canadian Children’s Literature Service Appointment
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-211-e.html

October 13, 2000
News Release
Library Week: Get Real!
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-212-e.html

October 4, 2000
In honour of the 100th anniversary of women's participation in the Olympic Games, the National Library has produced a Web site on Women in Canadian Sport. This is the newest addition to the main Web site Celebrating Women's Achievements, in recognition of Women's History Month.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/002026-239-e.html

Read Up On It 2000: A Symphony of Words
Canadian children's books with musical themes
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-2000-e.html

October 2, 2000
The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919 - 2000
The National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada are exhibiting a selection of documents and publications about The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau. They are on view at 395 Wellington St., Ottawa (3 blocks west of Parliament Hill) from October 3 to 31 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
For information please telephone 613-992-9988 or 1-866-578-7777

September 2000

September 25, 2000
The June 2000 issue of Canadiana CD-ROM is now available.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadiana/040005-1100-e.html

September 19, 2000
News Release
The National Library of Canada’s Theses Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-213-e.html

September 6, 2000
Forthcoming Books, November 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

Calendar of Events, September 2000, Public Programs
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-210-e.html

Calendar of Events, October 2000, Public Programs
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-211-e.html

August 2000

August 25, 2000
On the first anniversary of Access AMICUS on the Web, we have surpassed one million transactions! Launched August 16, 1999, the Access AMICUS on the Web service is used actively by hundreds of libraries across Canada -- over 700 libraries logged into the service in August alone.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus/index-e.html

August 2, 2000
Forthcoming Books, October 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

July 2000

July 20, 2000
News Release
Roch Carrier, National Librarian of Canada, Receives Generous Gift from Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-214-e.html

July 20, 2000
News Release
The National Library of Canada Now Subscribes to the Declassified Documents Reference System
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-215-e.html

July 19, 2000
Bulletin - July/August 2000
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/bulletin_bnc/2000/no6/index.htm

July 6, 2000
Forthcoming Books, September 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

July 5, 2000
News Release
History's What You Make It! Historica Exhibition Comes to the National Archives and the National Library
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-216-e.html

June 2000

June 30, 2000
The National Library has created a Web site that honours internationally acclaimed Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/oscarpeterson/

June 29, 2000
News Release
National Library's Oscar Peterson Exhibition to Open July 1, 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-217-e.html

Bulletin, June 2000
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/202/301/bulletin_nlc/2000/no6/index.htm

Calendar of Events, July/August 2000, Public Programs
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-209-e.html

June 23, 2000
The Special Editions of Canadian Newspapers
has been recently updated. A number of full issues of turn-of-the-century newspapers has been added.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/newspapers/index-e.html

June 19, 2000
News Release
Task Force on Access to Information for Print Disabled Canadians Formed
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-218-e.html

June 14, 2000
Network Notes #64
The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Protocol: The IPIG Generation
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/9/1/p1-263-e.html

June 12, 2000
An enhanced search engine, is now available on the National Library of Canada’s Web site. Improvements have been made to better serve site users. The NLC Site Search can be accessed at:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/5/4/a4-110-e.html

June 9, 2000
National Library Activities and Projects: Semi-annual update June 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/006/index-e.html

News Release
National Librarian of Canada Announces Government On-Line (GOL) Task Force.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-219-e.html

June 2, 2000
Forthcoming Books, August 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

May 2000

May 24, 2000
The Canadian Library Gateway is a one-stop shop for Canadian library information. The Gateway provides, via the Web, access to Canadian library catalogues, Canadian library interlending and charging policies, the directory of Canadian Z39.50 targets, the Directory of Special Collections of Research Value held in Canadian libraries, Canadian library Web sites, and other Web sites of interest.
URL : http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gatepasse/

May 19, 2000
News Release
Do Great Minds Think Alike?
The National Library of Canada to provide live audio webcast of John Ralston Saul and David Malouf.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-220-e.html

News Release
National Library of Canada Now Offers Toll-Free Telephone Number.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-221-e.html

May 15, 2000
Consultation on Online Publications
Includes reports from a recent forum of publishers and National Library staff, to identify key issues for collecting and giving access to online publications.
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/consultation_online_publications-ef/8/7/index-e.html

May 12, 2000
Celebrating Dayal Kaur Khalsa - A Retrospective at the National Library of Canada
This Web site provides a rare opportunity to admire Dayal Kaur Khalsa's paintings, illustrations, drawings and other documents pertaining to the publication of her books.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/3/7/index-e.html

May 11, 2000
Canversations
The National Library of Canada and the Association of Canadian Studies are launching Canversations, a reading and discussion series that will bring Canadians together to exchange views on issues and ideas as presented in Canadian books.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canversations/index.html

News Release
Canversations at the National Library of Canada.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-223-e.html

The National Librarian of Canada Welcomes a New Federal Library.
The Larkin-Kerwin Library, the library of the Canadian Space Agency, will join the formidable information network that consists of 21 000 libraries throughout Canada.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cfl-cbgf/index-e.html

May 10, 2000
News Release
Digital Library of Canada: New Initiative at the National Library of Canada.
The Digital Library of Canada Task Force will ensure the production of a rich, national multimedia resource documenting Canadian heritage and culture by digitizing content in both official languages, as well as in the other languages spoken by Canadians.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-222-e.html

May 5, 2000
Forthcoming Books, July 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

Public Programs, June 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-208-e.html

May 1, 2000
Pathfinder for Genealogical Research
Includes descriptions of National Library collections, including city directories, parish registers, newspapers, etc., and provides links to services such as our online catalogue, resAnet, and other useful genealogical Web sites.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/6/5/index-e.html

April 2000

April 14, 2000
National Library News, May 2000
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/nlnews/nlnews-h/2000/may00e/may2000e.htm

April 5, 2000Liaison March/April 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cfl-cbgf/index-e.html

March 2000

March 29, 2000
Forthcoming Books, June 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

March 22, 2000
Why Information Matters, Monday, April 3
In celebration of Information Rights Week in Ottawa, provocative panel presentations will be held on issues of authenticity, accuracy, validation, and veracity of information in both traditional and new media. The event is sponsored by the Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services, Ottawa Chapter; the Canadian Library Association; and the National Library of Canada.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-206-e.html#1a

Upcoming lecture, April 12, on the topic Documents, Digital Libraries and the Search for Order
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-238-e.html

March 21, 2000
The Canadian Poetry Archive is a digitized collection of French and English Canadian poetry dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It features over 1 500 poems by more than 100 early Canadian poets and includes biographies of some of the period's most prominent poets.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canvers/

First-ever World Poetry Day to be celebrated 21 March 2000
http://www.unesco.ca/english/poetrypres.htm

The December 1999 issue of Canadiana CD-ROM is now available.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadiana/040005-1100-e.html

March 16, 2000
National Library News, March/April 2000
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/nlnews/nlnews-h/2000/mar00e/mar2000e.htm

March 14, 2000
Collection Management Policy of The National Library of Canada
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/nlc-bnc/collection_management-ef/ecmp.htm

February 2000

February 29, 2000
Public Programs, April 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-206-e.html

February 28, 2000Upcoming lecture on the topic Documents, Digital Libraries and the Search for Order
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-238-e.html

February 24, 2000Forthcoming Books- May 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

February 21, 2000
National Library of Canada Acquires Seventeenth-Century Ballad
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-224-e.html

February 8, 2000
Public Programs, March 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-205-e.html

February 7, 2000
National Library News, January/February 2000
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/nlnews/nlnews-h/2000/jan00e/jan2000e.htm

Liaison, January/February 2000
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cfl-cbgf/index-e.html

January 2000

January 31, 2000
Forthcoming Books, April 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

January 26, 2000
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/lac-bac/passages/2007-07-31/passages/index-e.html

January 14, 2000
Information about Canadian Subject Headings
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/csh/index.html

January 11, 2000
News Release 99-10
MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data: Including Guidelines for Content Designation is now available
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-226-e.html

News Release 2000-01
The Third Annual National Core Library Statistics Program Statistical Report Now Available
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/007/013007-225-e.html

January 5, 2000
Forthcoming Books, February 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

Forthcoming Books, March 2000
http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/202/301/forthcoming/index.html

January 4, 2000
Public Programs, February 2000, Calendar of Events
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/calendar/n2-204-e.html