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What's New at the NLC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Tue Oct 8 20:45:15 1996
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 16:37:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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From: Sigouin Linda <las@nlo.nlc-bnc.ca>
Subject: WHAT'S NEW AT THE NLC
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WHAT'S NEW AT THE NLC WWW SITE
National Library of Canada
URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/
If you have any comments regarding NLC*NET*BNC, please send
an e-mail to:
webadmin@nlc-bnc.ca
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS RELEASES
* Savoir Faire - Monthly seminars focussing on scholarly activities at
the National Library.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/announce/esavoire.htm
* International conference on "The Future of Communication Formats",
October 7-11, 1996
announcement
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/announce/efuture.htm
preliminary program
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/announce/eprogbfr.htm
registration form
http://www.acctbief.org/cgi-bin/dbml.exe?Template=/acct/inscripa.dbm
* See Z39.50 in Action: A Z39.50 Information Session
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/announce/e-z39-50.htm
* Visit our newly updated VIRTUAL TOUR!
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/vtour/evtour.htm
OTHER ADDITIONS
* Canadian Information By Subject
additional links to sites in the following subject areas: Architecture,
Arts, Canada, Canada--History, Canadian drama (English), Canadian
literature (French), Canadian poetry (English), Canadian poetry (French),
Language and languages, Medical sciences, Mental health, Music, Northwest
Territories, Publishers and publishing, Yukon Territory, Zoology
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ecaninfo.htm
* Celebrating Women's Achievements
1996 marks the 50th anniversary of both the Canadian Library Association
(CLA) and the Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC). To honour the
occasion and to celebrate Women's History Month in Canada, the National
Library of Canada chose to highlight the achievements of 10 women who
have made significant contributions to the development of library
services and bibliographical research in Canada.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/digiproj/women/ewomen.htm
* The National Library of Canada is engaged in digitization activities in
order to create a collection of electronic resources and research tools
to support the study of Canada and Canadians and ensure a strong Canadian
presence on the information highway.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/digiproj/edigiact.htm
Newest Digital Collections
Index to Federal Royal Commissions
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifrc/
An Internet-accessible database providing author, subject and
keyword access to Federal Royal Commissions and committee reports.
Canadian Music Periodical Index
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cmpi/
A searchable database for identifying articles in Canadian music
literature created by merging the pre-1993 manual Canadian Music
Periodical Index with the previously automated post-1992 CMPI data.
North: Landscape of the Imagination
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/north/
An exhibition based on the catalogue and selected materials from the
North exhibition, held at the National Library in 1993, which presented
the Canadian North as seen by artists and authors represented in the
Library's collections.
Glenn Gould Archive
http://www.gould.nlc-bnc.ca/
A multimedia virtual exhibition based on the Glenn Gould 88
exhibition materials and catalogue, together with a detailed chronology
and links to related sites.
* Exhibition "New Wave Canada: The Coach House Press and the Small Press
Movement in English Canada in the 1960s" from June 21, 1996 to February
20, 1997
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/events/coach/e-chp.htm
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
* Electronic Publications Pilot Project (EPPP) (June 1996)
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/e-coll-e/edown.htm
* Forthcoming Books - November 1996
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/forthbks/efbintro.htm
* National Library News - September 1996, vol. 28, no. 9
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/pubs/nl-news/1996/sept96e/sept-96e.htm
* Public Programs - October 1996 - Calendar of events at the National
Library
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/pubs/pp-broch/eoctcal.htm
