Library and Archives Canada Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Library and Archives Canada is the national library of Canada. Originally founded in 1953, it is a result of a merger between the National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada in 2003. Its purpose is to preserve the history of Canada through texts, pictures and other documents relevant to the culture of Canada and the politics of Canada. Archival and library material are acquired from government departments, national groups or organizations, private donors, and legal deposit. The maximum fine for not obeying legal deposit defined by article 735 of the Canadian Criminal Code deposit is $100,000.The building of Library and Archives Canada was opened on June 20, 1967 by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson with 400,000 volumes of information which has grown to over 18,000,000. After the merger there are now a bit more than 1,100 employees in the Library and Archives.
The official entrance and the public services are located in Ottawa, Ontario at 395 Wellington Street, near other significant buildings such as Parliament Hill, the Supreme Court of Canada and others. Located at the front of the building is a scuplture named The Secret Bench of Knowledge by Lea Vivot. The building has five floors and covers 52,600 square metres. It was built for a cost of $1313,000,000. The administrative units, including the sections responsible for acquisitions (gifts, purchases, and legal deposit), cataloguing, ISBN numbering, conservation and other matters, have long ago overflowed from the main building to several other venues on or around Wellington Street. As of autumn 2004 the 600 or 700 employees in these units will be consolidated in a temporary building in Gatineau, Quebec about 12 km to the North and to the East.
The National Librarian and Archivist of Canada is Ian E. Wilson.
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