Libraries Staff Publications
This collection contains publications of staff at the University of Alberta Libraries.
Items in this Collection
- 9Government information
- 7Web archiving
- 6Digital preservation
- 5Government of Canada
- 2Digitization
- 2Government information librarianship
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“Why is this link dead? Aren’t government publications all online?” Preserving digital federal content with the Canadian Government Information Private LOCKSS Network (CGI-PLN)
Download2009-09-26
The vast majority of federal government information is digital and susceptible to both technological obsolescence and changes in information policy. In the past, content on government web sites has been lost to both factors. Concern about the lack of comprehensive web archiving or digital...
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2014-10-16
The University of Alberta Libraries is working with the Internet Archive and other partners to digitize Government of Alberta publications weeded by Library and Archives Canada. Additionally, scholars are trying to identify what web content has been - and continues to be - weeded by Government of...
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2014-04-28
Access to government information in Canada is changing. This session provided a brief overview of new policies and initiatives that impact the way information professionals access government documents and publications in Canada. Topics included the Depository Services Program's move away from...
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Here today, where tomorrow? Monitoring and making sense of Government of Canada web content changes in a post-depository environment.
Download2015-06-04
Wakaruk, Amanda, McGoveran, Catherine, Lake, Michelle
The Government of Canada’s web presence is constantly changing. From early Common Look and Feel Protocols to the recent Web Renewal Action Plan, content has been removed and/or replaced, sometimes captured by the Depository Services Program (DSP) or Library and Archives Canada and sometimes...
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The Role of Grey Literature in Academic Library Collections: Discovering, Capturing, Preservation, & Access
Download2014-10-01
Luyk, Sean, Sherbaniuk, Patricia
Slides from presentation at 2014 Netspeed Conference (October 16, 2014). Also presented at the Ontario Library Association Superconference (January 29, 2015).
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What do you mean you don’t have a copy? An attempt to document Government of Canada web content removed from open access.
Download2015-04-24
Presentation created for Government Information Day 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia hosted by Simon Fraser University Libraries. Provides an overview of the database sub-project of the the Government of Canada web content research project.