Category Archives: What’s New at LAC?

What’s New? The Launch of the Library and Archives Canada Podcast Series

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We are pleased to announce the release of the new podcast series, Discover Library and Archives Canada: Your History, Your Documentary Heritage.

With new episodes released monthly, the podcasts will guide you through our many services and introduce you to the people who acquire, safeguard and make known Canada’s rich documentary heritage.

Subscribe to episodes using RSS or iTunes, or just tune in at:

www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/podcasts/Pages/podcasts.aspx

The series, developed and produced by the Resource Discovery Sector at LAC, showcases treasures from our vaults and explores topics such as Aboriginal peoples, transportation, immigration, genealogy, government, as well as military and peacekeeping.

For more information, please contact us at podcast@bac-lac.gc.ca.

For more information on recent announcements at LAC, visit “News”.

Prime Minister Louis Stephen St-Laurent images now on Flickr

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Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie images now on Flickr

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Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King images now on Flickr

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What’s New? The Launch of “Royal Canadian Navy Ledger Sheets” Database

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Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has recently announced the launch of a new online database, “Royal Canadian Navy Ledger Sheets”.

Through this online database, researchers can access more than 16,700 references to individuals who served in the Royal Canadian Navy and the Naval Reserve between 1910 and 1918. It also includes some records for those who enlisted between 1919 and 1941.

Access the Royal Canadian Navy Ledger Sheets database today!

For more information on recent announcements at LAC, visit “News”.

Welcome to the Library and Archives Canada blog!

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Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to present our new blog, a project developed by the Resource Discovery Sector.

Monitored and answered by multidisciplinary teams, the Library and Archives Canada Blog provides useful tips and recommends tools to help you discover your documentary heritage and navigate the LAC website.

This four-month pilot project is just one of a number of modernization initiatives that focuses on providing you with quick and easy access to the LAC collection. The blog also connects you with LAC and other people who share an interest in Canadian history.

For more information, we invite you to visit the About the Blog section or contact us at blog@bac-lac.gc.ca. You may also subscribe to our RSS feed.

We hope you enjoy the blog and we wish you many happy discoveries!

– The Library and Archives Canada Blog Team