September 2012 Campaign Update of Save Library and Archives Canada

The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) launched a campaign this year called Save Library and Archives Canada (LAC) because of its fear that recent federal budget cuts would hamper the institution's many collections and activities.

The campaign has just published a September 2012 Campaign Update. Among some of the items:

• Archival organizations across Canada withdraw from Library and Archives Canada’s Pan-Documentary Heritage Network
• LAC withdraws from the Association of Research Libraries
• The real scoop on digitization at LAC (based on an access to information request by CAUT
• and more

Earlier Library Boy posts on the topic:

• Canadian Library Association Dismayed by Federal Budget Impact (May 2, 2012): "The Canadian Library Association (CLA) today released a statement criticizing the 2012 federal budget which it believes will hit federal libraries and Libraries and Archives Canada very hard."
• Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2012 Conference Resolutions (May 10, 2012): "A number of resolutions were adopted yesterday at the Annual General Meeting ... of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries in Toronto (...) members also voted to support the Save Libraries and Archives Canada campaign ..."