Science Library Pad: Council of Federal Libraries 2005 - 09:00

September 14, 2005

September 14, 2005

room is packed
no wireless

09:10 opening by Mary Low (CISTI)

176 people (record)

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09:15
Mr. Ian Wilson
Collaboration and Transformation in the Public Sector
Librarian and Archivist of Canada

paraphrase "all of our problems lie in the future, all of our experience lies in the past"

LAC - a new type of knowledge-based institution of Canada,
systematically preserve the documentary heritage of Canada

documentary heritage
- properly described
- accessible (interpret and present)

"government is simply a very large information processing machine"

challenge the notion that libraries all deal with books

LAC exists to serve its mandate, not library and archiving professionals

from librarians and archivists to community of experts
change how we think about ourselves

Four Catalytic Initiatives
#1 metadata

#2 digital collection

Canadian Digital Information Strategy (CDIS) - discussion across government

AMICUS as common database?

#3 AMICAN: merge AMICUS and MECAN

#4 service delivery transformation

"seamless user service, ... digital delivery of content, ..."

speaker series

Also Government of Canada service transformation.
We must link up with government-wide initiatives.

concerned about the state of information management in government

proper record creation and record keeping is critical for the public service

One Strategic Outcome: Information and knowledge are effectively managed in the GoC

strategy to increase capacity of federal libraries to provide high-quality information

Science Library Pad