Tom Nesmith challenges James Moore on NADP/LAC cuts

On 12 September 2012, Dr. Tom Nesmith attended an open interview with James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage. During the Q & A portion of the event, Dr. Nesmith challenged the Canadian government’s decision to make devastating cuts to the archival community of Canada, pointing out that archval resources are a major factor in developing/supporting the various cultural activities promoted by Moore earlier in the interview.

The interview can be watched here. Dr. Nesmith’s questions begin slightly after 34:30.

Budget squeeze on libraries impairs national memory

These are dark days for authors, genealogists, journalists, historians, academics and researchers seeking access to federal government libraries and archives in Ottawa.

Citing the need to cut costs, the government is slowly and stealthily wrecking Library and Archives Canada. If this were not bad enough, it is also closing many of its own departmental libraries and cutting service delivery in the remaining ones.