03 August 2013

LAC: History for Sale

From CTV Two Alberta, a discussion on Library and Archives Canada and digitization initiatives first broadcast on July 17.

http://www.albertaprimetime.com/Stories.aspx?pd=5361

2 comments:

Cecil Turcotte said...

Same old government double-dipping...
The 1921 Census was indexed on the tax payer's tab, digitized by the tax payer, and is now being sold to private interests to be 'digitized and indexed' and sold back to Canadians ...

David Reed said...

Very interesting discussion.