Earlier this week, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) opened offices inside the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax.
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
East coast residents will now have easier access to LAC reference specialists and will benefit from this collaboration by being able to access the services of both organizations in one location. LAC’s offices are located in Pier 21’s Family History Centre near the main entrance.
In addition to Pier 21’s expertise in family history research, visitors will experience LAC’s on-site digital tools and resources through a digital kiosk. The Halifax location will also provide a wide range of access to the LAC collection through joint exhibitions and public programming.
This move is part of LAC’s goal to provide in-person service points in Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Vancouver.
Pier 21 is a national historic site and the last surviving ocean immigration terminal in Canada.
Signatures magazine
This week, LAC also released the fourth issue of Signatures magazine that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the LAC Preservation Centre. “It provides readers with a look at LAC’s exceptional endeavours, unique treasures as well as the technical expertise involved in acquiring, preserving, and supporting access to our shared history.”
The fourth issue of ‘Signatures’ magazine marks the 20th anniversary of the Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre.
Contents of this Spring/Summer 2017 issue include:
- The history behind the concept, design and construction of the Preservation Centre
- Treasures gifted by the British government to the National Library and Public Archives of Canada on the occasion of the Centenary of Confederation
- LAC’s first enhanced e-Book Lingua Franca: A Common Language for Conservators of Photographic Materials
- The enchanted world of children’s book illustrator Elizabeth Cleaver
- The many successes of Project Naming
- Little-known, fun and interesting facts about the Preservation Centre
- The Dominion Archives—its origins and architects
- Fifty years of preserving memory at 395 Wellington Street
- LAC’s plans for a second preservation centre
- How libraries help us become better citizens
