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AMANDA WAKARUK AND SAM-CHIN LI, Editors Government Information in Canada Access and Stewardship 3 Published by This publication is licensed under The University of Alberta Press a Creative Commons licence, Ring House 2 Attribution–Noncommercial–No Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1 Derivative Works 4.0 International: see www.uap.ualberta.ca www.creativecommons.org. The text may be reproduced for noncommercial Copyright © 2019 purposes, provided that credit is The University of Alberta Press given to the original author. To obtain Copyright in individual chapters permission for uses beyond those © 2019 The authors outlined in the Creative Commons licence, please contact University of Library and archivEs canada Alberta Press. caTaLoGuinG in PubLicaTion University of Alberta Press supports Title: Government information in copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, Canada : access and stewardship / encourages diverse voices, promotes Amanda Wakaruk and Sam-chin Li, free speech, and creates a vibrant editors. culture. Other titles: Government information in Canada (Edmonton, Alta.) University of Alberta Press gratefully Names: Wakaruk, Amanda, 1973– acknowledges the support received editor. | Li, Sam-chin, 1960– editor. for its publishing program from Description: Includes bibliographical the Government of Canada, the references and index. Canada Council for the Arts, and the Identifiers: Government of Alberta through the Canadiana (print) 20190051108 | Alberta Media Fund. Canadiana (ebook) 20190051159 | isbn 9781772124064 (softcover) | University of Alberta Press gratefully isbn 9781772124446 (PdF) acknowledges and thanks the Subjects: Lcsh: Government University of Alberta Libraries for its information—Canada. | Lcsh: financial support of this book, which Government information— allows for the electronic edition to be Access control—Canada. | Lcsh: available as an Open Access title. Government information agencies— e r w Canada. Classification: Lcc KE5325 .G68 2019 | Lcc KF5753 .G68 2019 kfmod | ddc 323.4450971—dc23 | 342.7108/53—dc23 First edition, first printing, 2019. First electronic edition, 2019. Copyediting and proofreading by Angela Wingfield. Indexing by JoAnne Burek. Book design by Alan Brownoff. ▶This collection is dedicated to government information librarians whose commitment to democratic engagement, professional values, and intellectual curiosity inspire stewardship and service for the betterment of the public good. Special thanks go to Peter Hajnal (University of Toronto), Vivienne Monty (York University), and Gay Lepkey (Government of Canada) for their leadership, passion, and years of perseverance in connecting Canadians with the works of their government. Contents Abbreviations ▹ xi inTroducTion: The Evolution of Government Information Services and Stewardship in Canada ▹ xiii Amanda Wakaruk and Sam-chin Li I▶HISTORICAL OVERVIEWS 1 Government Publication Deposit Programs: The Canadian Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Landscapes ▹ 3 Graeme Campbell, Michelle Lake, and Catherine McGoveran 2 Library and Archives Canada: Official Publications and Select Digital Library Collections, 1923–2017 ▹ 47 Tom J. Smyth 3 Parliamentary Information in Canada: Form and Function ▹ 79 Talia Chung and Maureen Martyn 4 Commissions and Tribunals ▹ 117 Caron Rollins II▶PROVINCIAL LANDSCAPE 5 Alberta Government Publishing ▹ 153 Dani J. Pahulje 6 Saskatchewan Government Publications Deposit in the Legislative Library ▹ 189 Gregory Salmers 7 Inside Track: Challenges of Collecting, Accessing, and Preserving Ontario Government Publications ▹ 211 Sandra Craig and Martha Murphy 8 Digitization of Government Publications: A Review of the Ontario Digitization Initiative ▹ 227 Carol Perry, Brian Tobin, and Sam-chin Li III▶LOOKING FORWARD: COLLABORATIVE STEWARDSHIP 9 GaLLoP Portal: Making Government Publications in Legislative Libraries Findable ▹ 259 Peter Ellinger 10 The Canadian Government Information Digital Preservation Network: A Collective Response to a National Crisis ▹ 275 Amanda Wakaruk and Steve Marks 11 Web Harvesting and Reporting Fugitive Government Materials: Collaborative Stewardship of At-Risk Documents ▹ 295 Susan Paterson, Nicholas Worby, and Darlene Fichter Contributors ▹ 325 Index ▹ 331