Auditor general's fall 2014 report: $15M Library and Archives Canada system never used
Future generations may not be able to enjoy Canada's recorded heritage — including photos, maps and important documents — because Library and Archives Canada is not collecting all of the material it should from federal agencies, the auditor general says.
In a report tabled Tuesday, Michael Ferguson says Library and Archives doesn't even know what it already has due to a backlog of 98,000 boxes of records — almost one-quarter of them military files, some dating to 1890.
Poor finding aids for some of the material in its collection make it difficult to locate records — including documents on the Indian residential school system needed by the federal Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
In addition, the federal institution responsible for preserving Canada's collective memory has no corporate digital strategy or program in place to manage the coming tide of electronic documents from agencies, the audit report says.
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http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/a...d-archives-canada-system-never-used-1.2849260
Future generations may not be able to enjoy Canada's recorded heritage — including photos, maps and important documents — because Library and Archives Canada is not collecting all of the material it should from federal agencies, the auditor general says.
In a report tabled Tuesday, Michael Ferguson says Library and Archives doesn't even know what it already has due to a backlog of 98,000 boxes of records — almost one-quarter of them military files, some dating to 1890.
Poor finding aids for some of the material in its collection make it difficult to locate records — including documents on the Indian residential school system needed by the federal Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
In addition, the federal institution responsible for preserving Canada's collective memory has no corporate digital strategy or program in place to manage the coming tide of electronic documents from agencies, the audit report says.
..more....
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/a...d-archives-canada-system-never-used-1.2849260