21 January 2014

Carleton University Library steps up

As genealogists we find resources in some of the most unlikely places. I've used the libraries of the Agriculture and the Natural Resources departments.
This poster documents the rescue efforts of Carleton University Library to save parts of collections of Canada's federal department libraries being eliminated. It also shows collections that are of unknown status, dispersed elsewhere or in jeopardy. Other department library collections are being eliminated according to news reports.
While the government is intent on slaying the federal economic deficit other types of deficit, provincial, infrastructure and knowledge to name three, are accumulating.

Read these 28 Beautiful Quotes About Libraries, via Stephen's Lighthouse.

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