Editing Library and Archives Canada (section)

==Operations==
Since its inception, LAC has reported to [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] through the [[Minister of Canadian Heritage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Financial Administration Act – Schedule I.1|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-11/page-71.html#h-74|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=May 31, 2013|archive-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530155237/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F%2D11/page-71.html#h-74|url-status=dead}}</ref> LAC's stated mandate is:<ref name="JLW" /><ref name="LACProfile" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Our Mandate|date=March 27, 2012|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/Pages/our-mandate.aspx|publisher=LAC|access-date=May 31, 2013 |last1=Canada |first1=Library Archives }}</ref>
*to preserve the documentary heritage of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations;
*to be a source of enduring knowledge accessible to all, contributing to the cultural, social and economic advancement of Canada as a free and democratic society;
*to facilitate in Canada co-operation among communities involved in the acquisition, preservation and diffusion of knowledge;
*to serve as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions.

LAC is expected to maintain "effective recordkeeping practices that ensure transparency and accountability".<ref>{{cite web|title=Directive on Recordkeeping|date = June 16, 2009|url=http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?section=text&id=16552|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref>

===Management===
The '''Librarian and Archivist of Canada''' has the same seniority level as a [[Deputy minister (Canada)|deputy minister]] of a federal department.<ref name=LACProfile/>

On May 27, 2019, [[Leslie Weir]] was appointed Librarian and Archivist of Canada for a four-year term commencing August 30, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2019/05/minister-rodriguez-announces-appointment-to-library-and-archives-canada.html|title=Minister Rodriguez Announces Appointment to Library and Archives Canada|last=Heritage|first=Canadian|date=2019-05-27|website=gcnws|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> Weir is the first woman to hold this role.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2014-01-07|title=Librarian and Archivist of Canada|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/Pages/librarian-archivist-canada.aspx|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref>  Her term has been extended another four years to provide continuity through some major building projects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heritage |first=Canadian |date=2023-03-15 |title=Minister Rodriguez announces reappointment of Leslie Weir as Librarian and Archivist of Canada |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2023/03/minister-rodriguez-announces-reappointment-of-leslie-weir-as-librarian-and-archivist-of-canada.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

The head of Canada's national archives was known as the '''Dominion Archivist''' from 1872 to 1987 and the '''National Archivist''' from 1987 to 2004.<ref name="Chabot">{{cite web|last=Chabot|first=Victorin|title=Jean-Pierre Wallot, The Historian Archivist, 1985-1997|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/015/002/015002-2150-e.html|access-date=May 29, 2013|publisher=LAC|quote=After lengthy consultations with government departments, a Bill was tabled in the House of Commons and was enacted into law on March 25, 1987. The institution which had been known as the Public Archives of Canada since 1872 was renamed the National Archives of Canada, and the Federal Archivist became the National Archivist.}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Librarians and Archivists of Canada
!Name
!Period in office
!Note
|-
! colspan="3" |Librarian and Archivist of Canada
|-
|[[Leslie Weir]]
|2019–''incumbent''
|first woman to hold this role<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Guy Berthiaume]]<ref>{{cite press release|title=Guy Berthiaume appointed as Librarian and Archivist of Canada|url=http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=838739|date=April 14, 2014|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref>
|2014–19
|
|-
|[[Daniel J. Caron]]<ref name="CobbMay16" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Dr. Daniel J. Caron|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-395-e.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511070928/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-395-e.html|archive-date=May 11, 2017|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=LAC|quote=He was appointed the Librarian and Archivist of Canada on April 24, 2009.}}</ref>
|2009–13
|
|-
|[[Ian E. Wilson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. Wilson's Biography|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-391-e.html|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=LAC|quote=Ian E. Wilson has just retired as the first Librarian and Archivist of Canada. Appointed as National Archivist in 1999, he and the National Librarian, Roch Carrier, OC, developed and led the process to create a new knowledge institution for Canada in the 21st century, the integrated Library and Archives of Canada. When the legislation came into force in May, 2004, Ian Wilson took on this new responsibility.}}</ref><ref name="WilsonTerm">{{cite web|title=Fellows of ICA: Ian E. Wilson|url=http://www.ica.org/?lid=12673&bid=1089|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608121739/http://www.ica.org/?lid=12673&bid=1089|archive-date=June 8, 2013|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=International Council on Archives|quote=Dr. Wilson served as National Archivist of Canada, 1999 to 2004, and then as head of the newly amalgamated Library and Archives Canada. He retired in 2009 and received the unusual honour of being named Librarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus.|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|2004–09
|Wilson held the position of National Archivist from 1999, and transitioned from there into the role of the Librarian and Archivist of Canada with the establishment of the LAC.
|-
! colspan="3" |National Librarian of Canada
|-
|[[Roch Carrier]]<ref name="CarrierScott">{{cite press release|last=Gagnaire|first=Catherine|title=Appointments to the Positions of National Archivist and of National Librarian|date=July 5, 1999|publisher=Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage|quote=Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps announced today the appointments of Ian Wilson to the position of National Archivist of Canada and Roch Carrier as National Librarian of Canada. Mr. Carrier will replace the current National Librarian, Marianne Scott, who has held the position since 1984.}}</ref>
|1999–2004
|
|-
|[[Marianne Scott]]<ref name="CarrierScott" />
|1984–99
|
|-
|[[Guy Sylvestre]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Guy Sylvestre fonds|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/literaryarchives/027011-200.130-e.html|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=LAC|quote=He was Associate National Librarian (1956-1968) and then National Librarian (1968-1983) at the National Library of Canada.}}</ref>
|1968–83
|
|-
|[[William Kaye Lamb]]<ref>{{cite web|title=W. Kaye Lamb fonds [multiple media]|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=fre&rec_nbr=99199|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628050829/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=fre&rec_nbr=99199|archive-date=June 28, 2013|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=LAC|quote=Dr. Lamb was appointed as Canada's first national librarian in 1953 ... Dr. Lamb retired as national librarian in 1968 and as Dominion archivist in January 1969.}}</ref>
|1953–68
|
|-
! colspan="3" |National/Dominion Archivist
|-
|[[Ian E. Wilson]]<ref name="WilsonTerm" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Ian E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_L3dTD3H6QC|title=Archives, documentation, and institutions of social memory : essays from the Sawyer Seminar|publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=2005|isbn=9780472114931|editor=Blouin, Francis X.|edition=1st pbk.|location=Ann Arbor|page=341|chapter='The Gift of One Generation to Another': The Real Thing for the Pepsi Generation|quote=The position of national archivist was vacant for more than two years, from the retirement of Dr. Jean-Pierre Wallot on June 6, 1997, to the announcement of my appointment on July 5, 1999.|editor2=Rosenberg, William G.}}</ref>
|1999–2004
|''National Archivist'' until the role was merged with that of the National Librarian of Canada following the establishment of the LAC. Wilson would continue as the Librarian and Archivist of Canada until 2009. 
|-
|[[Jean-Pierre Wallot]]<ref name="Chabot" />
|1985–97
|''Dominion Archivist'' until position was renamed ''National Archivist'' in 1987.
|-
|[[Wilfred I. Smith]]<ref name="LambSmith">{{cite web|last=Laplante|first=Normand|title=Before Mr. Lamb and Mr. Smith went to Ottawa|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/015/002/015002-2140-e.html|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=LAC|quote=The first is known as a pioneer of archival administration in Canada whose work as Dominion Archivist from 1948 to 1968 made the Public Archives of Canada a truly modern institution ... Most of their personal papers kept at the NA relate to the period in which they led the institution from 1948 to 1984.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wilfred I. Smith fonds [multiple media]|url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2013-05-30T14%3A50%3A52Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=106930&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Apam&lang=eng|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628050206/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2013-05-30T14:50:52Z&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=106930&rfr_id=info:sid/collectionscanada.gc.ca:pam&lang=eng|archive-date=June 28, 2013|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=LAC|quote=He joined the Public Archives of Canada in Ottawa in 1950. From 1963 to 1968, Smith held various managerial positions within the Archives: chief of the Manuscript Division (1963-1964), director of the Historical Branch (1964-1965), Assistant Dominion Archivist (1965-1968) and Acting Dominion Archivist (1968-1970). In 1970, he was appointed Dominion Archivist, a position he held until his retirement in 1984.}}</ref>
|1970–84
|''Dominion Archivist''
|-
|[[William Kaye Lamb]]<ref name="LambSmith" />
|1948–68
|''Dominion Archivist''
|-
|[[Gustave Lanctot]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Bélanger|first=Claude|title=Quebec History – Gustave Lanctot (1883-1975)|url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/bios/gustavelanctotbio.htm|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=Marianopolis College|quote=In 1937 he was appointed deputy minister and Dominion Archivist, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1948.}}</ref>
|1937–48
|''Dominion Archivist''
|-
|James F. Kenney<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/10966/11899|access-date=October 18, 2020|journal=Archivaria|title="A Noble Dream": The Origins of the Public Archives of Canada|date=January 1982|pages=16–35|last1=Wilson|first1=Ian E.}}</ref>
|1935-37
|''Acting Dominion Archivist''
|-
|Sir [[Arthur Doughty|Arthur George Doughty]]<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=Sir Arthur George Doughty (1860-1936)|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/king/023011-1050.16-e.html|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=LAC}}</ref>
|1904–35
|''Dominion Archivist''. A statue of Doughty is located on the north side of the LAC building in Ottawa.<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Douglas Brymner]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online – Brymner, Douglas|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=6586|access-date=May 30, 2013|publisher=University of Toronto}}</ref>
|1872–1902
|''Dominion Archivist''
|}