It
appears that the Federal Heritage Minister James Moore isn’t too happy with the
way that the layoffs at the Library and Archives Canada has turned out.
One
impact that the cuts have had is that the digitization program has been severely
cut as the staff has been cut – and the digitization of records was suppose
to take the place of inter-library loans, for example.
All
of this is in a story carried by the Huffington Post this morning. The online newspaper
says that “The heritage minister says speeding up the digitization of records
will be a priority for the new head of Library and Archives”.
Read
the full report at the Huffington post is at www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/10/heritage-minister-conside_n_3414200.html
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