Editing Library and Archives Canada (section)

{{Short description|National library and archive}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox library
| library_name = Library and Archives Canada
| image = Library and Archives Canada.JPG
| caption = Library and Archives Canada building in Ottawa
| type = [[National library]] and<br />[[List of national archives|national archives]]
| established = {{start date and age|2004|5|21}}{{notetag|Library and Archives Canada was formed in May 2004, as a result of a merger between National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada. The former National Archives traces its origins to the Dominion Archives established in 1872, while the former National Library was established in 1953.}}
| ref_legal_mandate = 
| location = 395 [[Wellington Street (Ottawa)|Wellington Street]],<br>[[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada{{notetag|The main building is situated on Wellington Street. The institution operates several other facilities throughout the [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]].}}
| num_branches = <!-- number of public library branches not offices or storage locations -->
| items_collected = Aboriginal magazines; albums and scrapbooks; architectural drawings; art; artifacts; Canadian children's literature; Canadian comic books; Canadian newspapers; Canadian periodicals; electronic publications; electronic records; English-language pulp literature; ethnic community newsletters; ephemera; fiction and non-fiction; films; globes; government publications; government records; government websites; Hebraica and Judaica; Indian residential school records; journals and diaries; livres d’artistes; manuscripts; maps; microfilms; photographs; poetry; portraits; rare books; sheet music; sketchbooks; sound recordings; stamps; textual archives; theses and dissertations; trade catalogues; videos<ref>{{cite web|title=Discover the Collection: Canada's Continuing Memory – Browse by Product Type |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/discover/product/index-e.html |publisher=LAC |access-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603230331/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/discover/product/index-e.html |archive-date=June 3, 2013 }}</ref>
| collection_size = 22 million books and publications (periodicals, newspapers, microfilms, literary texts, and government publications); 250 km of government and private textual records; 3 million architectural drawings, maps, and plans; 30 million photos; 350,000 hours of film; 425,000 works of art (including paintings, drawings, watercolours, posters, prints, medals, and caricatures); 547,000 musical items; over 1 billion [[megabyte|MB]] of digital content<ref name=Collection/><ref>"[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/stay-connected/Pages/infographic.aspx Infographic]," Library and Archives Canada (November 9, 2016)</ref>
| criteria = Canadiana, documents published in Canada and materials published elsewhere of interest to Canada; records documenting the functions and activities of the Government of Canada; records of heritage value that document the historical development and diversity of Canadian society<ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Collection Development Policy|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/collection/003-200-e.html|publisher=LAC|date=February 1, 2006|access-date=June 2, 2013}} Refer section on Selection and Acquisition Criteria applicable to both digital and other media.</ref>
| legal_deposit = Yes<ref>{{cite web|title=Legal Deposit |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/legal-deposit/041008-0200-e.html |publisher=LAC |access-date=28 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530060228/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/legal-deposit/041008-0200-e.html |archive-date=May 30, 2013 }}</ref>
| annual_circulation = 
| budget = [[Canadian dollar|CDN$]]98,346,695 (2013–14)<ref>{{cite web|title=2013–14 Estimates|url=http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/20132014/me-bpd/me-bpd-eng.pdf|publisher=Treasury Board Secretariat|page=II–201|access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name=RPP201314>{{cite web|title=Report on Plans and Priorities 2013–14|date=December 19, 2012|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/report-plans-priorities/rpp-2013-2014/Pages/rpp-2013-14.aspx#b6|publisher=LAC|access-date=May 31, 2013 |last1=Canada |first1=Library Archives }}</ref>
| director = [[Leslie Weir]]<ref name=LACProfile>{{cite web|title=Organization Profile – Library and Archives of Canada|url=http://appointments.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?lang=eng&OrgID=LAC%20%20%20#PersonID_23889|publisher=Government of Canada|work=Governor in Council Appointments|date=June 5, 2014|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
| num_employees = 853 [[Full-time equivalent|FTE]] (2021–22)<ref name=RPP202122>{{cite web|title=2021-22 Departmental Results Report|date=August 2023|url=https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/corporate/transparency/reports-publications/departmental-results-reports/2021-2022-drr/Pages/2021-2022-drr.aspx#toc5b|publisher=LAC|access-date=August 21, 2023}}</ref>
| website = {{url|https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx|bac-lac.gc.ca}}
| module = {{Infobox government agency
| child = yes
| name =  
| keydocument1 = ''Library and Archives of Canada Act''<ref name=JLW>{{cite web|title=Justice Laws Website: An Act to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence |url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-7.7/index.html |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=May 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329035248/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-7.7/index.html |archive-date=March 29, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=House Government Bill – C-8, Royal Assent (37-3)|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?doc=C-8&File=24&language=E&parl=37&pub=bill&ses=3|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref>
| parent_agency = [[Department of Canadian Heritage|Canadian Heritage]]
| minister1_name  = [[Hon.]] [[Pascale St-Onge]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Canadian Heritage]]
}}
}}

'''Library and Archives Canada''' ('''LAC'''; {{langx|fr|Bibliothèque et Archives Canada}}) is the [[Government of Canada|federal]] institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the [[documentary heritage]] of [[Canada]].<ref name=JLW/> The [[national archive]] and [[national library|library]] is the [[List of largest libraries|16th largest library in the world]]. The LAC reports to the [[Parliament of Canada]] through the [[Minister of Canadian Heritage]].

LAC traces its origins to the '''Dominion Archives''', formed in 1872, and the '''National Library of Canada''', formed in 1953. The former was later renamed as the '''Public Archives of Canada''' in 1912, and the '''National Archives of Canada''' in 1987. In 2004, the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were merged to form Library and Archives Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|title=libraries.org: Library and Archives Canada|url=https://www.librarytechnology.org/library/1926|access-date=2023-09-30|website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref>