Thursday, September 27, 2007

Library and Archives Canada hours and service cuts

... producing waves of complaints, public meetings, letters of complaint from writers, historians, the Canadian Historical Association. Some of the detail here.

The Archives has said cutting service is part of a plan to provide better online access ("So there, you spoiled Ottawans, this is for the country.") But it seems it's really a spending cut, and shorter hours of service must inconvenience researchers all over the country.
 
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