Editing Library and Archives Canada (section)

===21st century===
In 2004, under the initiative of former National Librarian [[Roch Carrier]] and National Archivist [[Ian E. Wilson]], the functions of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were combined to form Library and Archives Canada.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Ian E.|title='A Noble Dream': The Origins of the Public Archives of Canada|journal=[[Archivaria]]|publisher=ACA|year=1982|issue=15|pages=16–35|url=http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/article/view/10966/11899|access-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Speech – Posthumous Tribute to Jean-Pierre Wallot|date=March 26, 2012|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/speeches/Pages/Speech-Posthumous-Tribute-to-Jean-Pierre-Wallot.aspx|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=May 30, 2013|quote=Following his appointment in the spring of 1985, he was given the task of reviewing the Public Archives Act of 1912, which led to the federal institution's first name change. The institution that had been known as the Public Archives of Canada since 1872 was renamed the National Archives of Canada. |last1=Canada |first1=Library Archives }}</ref><ref>Snyder, Lorraine. [2006 February 7] 2015 June 5. "[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/library-and-archives-canada Library and Archives Canada]." ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Historica Canada.</ref> LAC was established per the ''Library and Archives of Canada Act'' (Bill C-8), proclaimed on April 22, 2004, with a subsequent [[Order in Council|Order-in-Council]] on May 21, which formally united the collections, services, and personnel of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=House Government Bill C-8 (37-3)|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=1188185&Mode=1&View=6&Language=E|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=26 May 2013|quote=Last Stage Completed: Royal Assent (2004-04-22). Coming Into Force: Her Excellency the Governor General in Council hereby fixes May 21, 2004 as the day on which that Act comes into force, other than sections 21, 53 and 54, which came into force on assent.}}</ref> Wilson assumed the position as the first Librarian and Archivist of Canada in July that year.

====Modernization====
In June 2004, LAC issued a discussion paper titled ''Creating a New Kind of Knowledge Institution'';<ref>{{cite web|title=Creating a New Kind of Knowledge Institution|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/012012/f2/01-e.pdf|publisher=LAC|access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> after consultation in June 2006, it issued ''LAC Directions for Change'', a document setting out five key directions to define the new institution, including being a new kind of knowledge institution; becoming a truly national institution, a collaborative institution that works to strengthen Canada's documentary heritage; a learning destination; and an institution in government information management.<ref>{{cite web|title=LAC Directions for Change|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/012016/f2/012016-1000-e.pdf|publisher=LAC|access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref>

LAC's modernization policy provides for transformation from an institution focused on the acquisition and preservation of analogue (non-digital) materials to one that excels in digital access and [[digital preservation]].<ref name=Mod>{{cite web|title=Modernization |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/modernization/Pages/default.aspx |publisher=LAC |access-date=May 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611165743/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/modernization/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=June 11, 2013 }}</ref> A Documentary Heritage Management Framework developed in 2009 seeks the right balance between resources dedicated to analogue and digital materials and is based on:
*three main business pillars: acquisition, preservation and resource discovery (''resource discovery'' includes description, discovery, access and services to the public)
*four guiding principles for fulfilling its documentary heritage mandate, i.e. significance, sufficiency, sustainability and society (broad social context)
*four key roles, i.e. foundation building (relationship building), collaboration, program (integrated collection management processes) and transfer (formal agreements with third parties to fulfill its legislated mandate).
Eight pilot research projects were initiated to validate the framework, including projects on military documentary heritage, aboriginal documentary heritage, and stewardship of newspapers in a digital age.<ref name=DHMF>{{cite web|title=Library and Archives Canada |url=http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/maf-crg/assessments-evaluations/2009/bal/bal-eng.asp |publisher=Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |access-date=June 5, 2013 |date=2009 |quote=Under the guidance of the new Deputy Head, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has identified new strategic directions for the organization and implemented a change management agenda. More broadly, LAC continues to adapt to technological changes in dealing with its mandate to preserve and make available the documentary heritage of Canada. LAC has commenced a modernization initiative and has also established a "Documentary Heritage Management Framework" to meet the challenges of collecting and preserving information in an environment that is transitioning from analogue production to digital production. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603124540/http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/maf-crg/assessments-evaluations/2009/bal/bal-eng.asp |archive-date=June 3, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Documentary Heritage Management Framework|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/modernization/012004-2010-e.html|publisher=LAC|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328154945/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/modernization/012004-2010-e.html|archive-date=March 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Levene |first=Mark |title=Documentary Heritage Development Framework |url=http://www.interpares.org/display_file.cfm?doc=aca-ubc_symposium_2010--levene_2-2.pdf |publisher=LAC |access-date=June 5, 2013 |date=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703074415/http://www.interpares.org/display_file.cfm?doc=aca-ubc_symposium_2010--levene_2-2.pdf |archive-date=July 3, 2014 }}</ref> In March 2010 LAC issued its final report on Canadian Digital Information Strategy stakeholder consultations initiated in accordance with its mandate to facilitate co-operation among Canadian knowledge communities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Digital Information Strategy (CDIS): Final Report of consultations with stakeholder communities 2005 to 2008|url=http://datalib.library.ualberta.ca/data/CDIS_FinalReport_eng_REVISED_Final.pdf|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6M3NUTR2P?url=http://datalib.library.ualberta.ca/data/CDIS_FinalReport_eng_REVISED_Final.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2013|publisher=LAC|access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> In the same month it issued ''Shaping Our Continuing Memory Collectively: A Representative Documentary Heritage'', a document which outlines how it plans to achieve its modernization objectives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaping Our Continuing Memory Collectively: A Representative Documentary Heritage|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/013/f2/013-449-e.pdf|publisher=LAC|access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref>

Despite LAC's stated objectives of continuing to fulfill its mandate by adapting to changes in the information environment and collaboration with others, the actual experience since 2004 has been a reduction in both services and collaboration.<ref name=Mod/><ref name=DHMF/><ref name=TSEd>{{cite news|title=Stephen Harper should appoint a pro to head Canada's library and archives: Editorial|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2013/05/21/stephen_harper_should_appoint_a_pro_to_head_canadas_library_and_archives_editorial.html|access-date=June 5, 2013|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=May 21, 2013|quote=Caron oversaw $10 million in budget cuts in recent years, laying off dozens of staff, eliminating grants to independent archives across the country and, most controversially, ending an interlibrary loan program that massively expanded the reach of the government collections.}}</ref> Federal funding cuts since 2004 have also impacted on LAC services and acquisitions.<ref name=Hall/><ref name=CobbMay3/><ref name=TSEd/><ref name=MooreNADP/><ref name=CobbJune10/> A detailed timeline of relevant developments and the decline in LAC services since 2004 has been compiled by the Ex Libris Association.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex Libris Association Timeline on Library and Archives Canada Service Decline|url=https://www.exlibris.ca/doku.php?id=activities:archive:library-and-archives-canada-service-decline|publisher=Ex Libris Association|access-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref>

====Budget cuts====
Following the announcement in the [[2012 Canadian federal budget|2012 federal budget]] of a [[Canadian dollar|CDN$]]9.6 million funding cut over the three years commencing in 2012–13,<ref>{{cite news|title=National museums, Canada Council spared cuts|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/national-museums-canada-council-spared-cuts-1.1236064|date=March 29, 2012|newspaper=CBC News|access-date=May 26, 2013|quote=The federal government's 2012 budget outlined cuts of $9.6 million over three years to Library and Archives Canada}}</ref> more than 400 LAC employees received notices which indicated their jobs may be affected and the department announced a 20% reduction of its workforce of about 1,100 over the following three years.<ref name=Curry>{{cite news|last=Curry|first=Bill|title=Visiting Library and Archives in Ottawa? Not without an appointment|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/visiting-library-and-archives-in-ottawa-not-without-an-appointment/article2418960/|access-date=May 31, 2013|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=May 1, 2012|quote=A spokesman for Library and Archives Canada confirmed to The Globe and Mail that the current workforce of 1,065 will be reduced to 850 people over the next three years, as a result of the 2012 federal budget cuts.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Federal libraries, archives shutting down|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/federal-libraries-archives-shutting-down-1.1139085|access-date=May 31, 2013|newspaper=CBC News|date=May 2, 2012|quote=The federal government is eliminating a series of libraries and archives throughout different departments as part of the latest budget cuts. Library and Archives Canada alone has received or will still receive more than 400 affected notices and the department announced 20 per cent of its workforce would be let go.}}</ref><ref name=CLAPR>{{cite press release|last=Fontaine |first=Alana |title=CLA dismayed by impact of budget cuts on federal libraries |date=May 2, 2012 |url=http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=12920&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm |publisher=CLA |access-date=May 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116025527/http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=12920&TEMPLATE=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm |archive-date=November 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=Kirkup/> The "harsh" wording of a 23-page code of conduct for employees effective January 2013, which "spells out values, potential conflicts of interest and expected behaviours", has been criticized by the [[Association of Canadian Archivists]] and the [[Canadian Association of University Teachers]] among others. The code describes personal activities including teaching and speaking at or attending conferences as "high risk" activities "with regard to conflict of interest, conflict of duties and duty of loyalty" and participation in such activities is subject to strict conditions. In a section on duty of loyalty, it also cautions employees about expressing personal opinions in [[social media]] forums. Only authorized LAC spokespersons may issue statements or make public comments about LAC's mandate and activities, which includes controversial changes related to modernization and budget cuts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Munro|first=Margaret|title=Federal librarians fear being 'muzzled' under new code of conduct that stresses 'duty of loyalty' to the government|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/15/library-and-archives-canada|access-date=May 26, 2013|newspaper=National Post|date=March 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fodden|first=Simon|title=The Loyalty Policy at Library and Archives Canada|date=March 19, 2013|url=http://www.slaw.ca/2013/03/19/the-loyalty-policy-at-library-and-archives-canada/|publisher=Slaw|access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Munro|first=Margaret|title=Federal librarians face new 'behaviour regulation' code|url=https://leaderpost.com/technology/story.html?id=8123506|access-date=June 4, 2013|newspaper=The Regina Leader-Post|date=March 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629160245/http://www.leaderpost.com/technology/story.html?id=8123506|archive-date=June 29, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=CobbMay12>{{cite news|last=Cobb |first=Chris |title=Library and Archives boss chastised by heritage minister for taxpayer-funded Spanish lessons |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/Library+Archives+boss+chastised+heritage+minister+taxpayer+funded/8373968/story.html |access-date=May 31, 2013 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=May 12, 2013 |quote=The code says employees may accept speaking invitations as long as they don't speak about LAC's mandate and activities. Caron has countered criticism by saying he has to work within the budget imposed by the federal government and his focus must be less on collecting artifacts and books and more on preserving Canada's digital record. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630022949/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Library+Archives+boss+chastised+heritage+minister+taxpayer+funded/8373968/story.html |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Changes introduced under the management of [[Ian E. Wilson]] and [[Daniel J. Caron]] have been the subject of controversy and public criticism.<ref name=TSEd/><ref name=KarstensSmith>{{cite news|last=Karstens-Smith |first=Gemma |title=Librarians give heritage minister wishlist for top job |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Library+archival+organizations+across+country+have+made/8433091/story.html |access-date=May 31, 2013 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=May 24, 2013 |quote='The community has great concerns about the direction of Library and Archives Canada, and has had for a few years now.' ... Those concerns include where cuts are being made and how modernization is occurring, Marrelli said. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630024630/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Library+archival+organizations+across+country+have+made/8433091/story.html |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Caron asserted that radical change is needed to cope with the influx and demand for digital material and they are subject to [[Canadian federal budget|federal budget]] constraints.<ref name=CobbMay12/><ref name=CobbMay16>{{cite news|last=Cobb |first=Chris |title=Librarian community calls on minister to appoint professional librarian to replace Caron as head of LAC |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+librarians+archivists+urging+federal+government/8397103/story.html |access-date=May 26, 2013 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=May 16, 2013 |quote=Hervé Déry, assistant deputy minister of policy and collaboration at LAC, will temporarily replace Caron, who had been critical of the archivist and librarian community for resisting the necessary push to collecting digital born material and digitizing more popular items at LAC. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630032554/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+librarians+archivists+urging+federal+government/8397103/story.html |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Several individuals and organizations voiced concerns about these changes. In 2011, the [[Canadian Association of University Teachers]] launched the Save Library & Archives Canada campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.savelibraryarchives.ca/ |title=Save Library & Archives Canada |publisher=CAUT |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> On May 2, 2012, the [[Canadian Library Association]] expressed concern about budget cuts to libraries, both in federal departments and at LAC.<ref name=CLAPR/><ref name=Kirkup>{{cite news|last=Kirkup |first=Kristy |url=http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/05/02/librarians-fighting-mad-over-federal-cuts |title=Librarians fighting mad over federal cuts |newspaper=Ottawa Sun |date=May 2, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> In August 2012, the [[Bibliographical Society of Canada]] wrote to every [[Member of Parliament]] urging them to ensure budget cuts do not compromise LAC's legislated mandate. In a follow-up letter to Heritage Minister [[James Moore (Canadian politician)|James Moore]] in November 2012, the Society singled out the termination of [[interlibrary loan]]s as a particularly harmful decision.<ref>{{cite web|title=President's Letters about Library and Archives Canada|url=http://www.bsc-sbc.ca/en/news.html#lac|publisher=Bibliographical Society of Canada|access-date=May 26, 2013|archive-date=September 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907224620/http://bsc-sbc.ca/en/news.html#lac|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bibliophile blogger Nigel Beale characterizes LAC as "Canada's national disgrace" in his blog ''Literary Tourist''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beale|first=Nigel|url=http://literarytourist.com/2012/03/library-and-archives-canadas-national-disgrace/ |title=Library and Archives, Canada's National disgrace (Part 1 of 3) |publisher=Literary Tourist |date=March 18, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> Academic Ian Milligan describes LAC's "rhetoric of modernization" as a "smokescreen" for cutting services in light of the insignificance of and limited accessibility to LAC's online collections on the ActiveHistory.ca website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Ian|title=The Smokescreen of 'Modernization' at Library and Archives Canada|url=http://activehistory.ca/2012/05/the-smokescreen-of-modernization-at-library-and-archives-canada/|publisher=ActiveHistory.ca|access-date=May 31, 2013|date=May 22, 2012}}</ref> Historian Valerie Knowles outlines the impact of government cutbacks at LAC and federal government libraries in her article "Closing doors on Canada's history" on the ''[[iPolitics]]'' website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knowles |first=Valerie |url=http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/08/10/val-knowles-closing-doors-on-canadas-history/ |title=Closing doors on Canada's history |publisher=iPolitics |date=August 10, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619120805/http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/08/10/val-knowles-closing-doors-on-canadas-history/ |archive-date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref>

On May 31, 2012, the [[Association of Canadian Archivists]] announced its withdrawal from forums of LAC's Pan-Canadian Documentary Heritage Network, stating that it does not believe the network can meet the needs and interests of [[archive]]s across Canada previously met by the National Archival Development Program abruptly terminated by LAC following the 2012 federal funding cut.<ref name=MooreNADP>{{cite news|title=Heritage minister looks at restoring local archives program|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/heritage-minister-looks-at-restoring-local-archives-program-1.1415052|access-date=June 11, 2013|newspaper=CBC|date=June 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name=CobbJune10>{{cite news|last=Cobb |first=Chris |title=Heritage Minister James Moore wants axed Library and Archives Canada NADP program restored |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/business/Library+Archives+Canada+needs+change+hints+Heritage+Minister/8506142/story.html |access-date=June 11, 2013 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=June 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130619222633/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Library+Archives+Canada+needs+change+hints+Heritage+Minister/8506142/story.html |archive-date=June 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="archivists.ca">{{cite web|title=Letter from the Association of Canadian Archivists to the Director General of LAC|date=May 31, 2012|url=http://www.archivists.ca/sites/default/files/Attachments/Advocacy_attachments/pcdhn_forum-lac_may-12-web.pdf|publisher=ACA|access-date=May 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514101103/http://archivists.ca/sites/default/files/Attachments/Advocacy_attachments/pcdhn_forum-lac_may-12-web.pdf|archive-date=May 14, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Following Caron's resignation in May 2013, a stakeholder coalition issued a joint statement on the qualities of a successful Librarian and Archivist of Canada for official consideration in what they consider a "matter of great national significance":<ref name=KarstensSmith/><ref>{{cite web|title=Joint Statement on Qualities of a Successful Librarian and Archivist of Canada|url=http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/Joint_Statement_24May_EN.pdf|access-date=June 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907123818/http://cdncouncilarchives.ca/Joint_Statement_24May_EN.pdf|archive-date=September 7, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> {{blockquote|A broad coalition of Canadian stakeholder organizations has developed the following list of qualities we believe the Librarian and Archivist of Canada should have in order to be successful in this critical position of public trust and responsibility. We believe it is essential that the person appointed to this position at this time possess the necessary qualities to meet the tremendous challenges of dealing with the complex issues of the digital environment in an era of limited financial and human resources and the demands of providing increased public access to the irreplaceable treasures of Canadian documentary heritage.}}

In June 2013 the Heritage Minister said speeding up the digitization of records will be a priority for the new Librarian and Archivist of Canada. Moore also said he will ask the person appointed to revisit the termination of the National Archival Development Program.<ref name=MooreNADP/><ref name=CobbJune10/>

==== Truth and Reconciliation Commission ====
During the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada|Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission]], Library and Archives Canada initially failed to produce records requested by the commission in a timely and comprehensive manner and was ordered by an [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|Ontario Superior Court]] judge to do so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationnews.ca/federal-budget-cuts-to-the-library-archives-of-canada-stall-truth-and-reconciliation-commission/|title=Federal budget cuts to the Library & Archives of Canada stall Truth and Reconciliation Commission {{!}} The Nation: Cree News|date=2013-09-23|work=The Nation: Cree News|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-US|archive-date=March 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301220334/http://www.nationnews.ca/federal-budget-cuts-to-the-library-archives-of-canada-stall-truth-and-reconciliation-commission/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ultimately, LAC did provide the records, but many were not in digitized and searchable formats as required by the commission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/22/60000_boxes_of_new_documents_land_at_truth_and_reconciliation_commission.html|title=Truth and Reconciliation Commission gets access to thousands more documents|last=Rennie|first=Steve|date=2014-04-22|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781}}</ref>

The [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Canada)#Calls to action|Calls to Action]] of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission explicitly referenced Library and Archives Canada as follows:<blockquote>We call upon Library and Archives Canada to: fully adopt and implement the [[United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]] and the United Nations Joinet-Orentlicher principles, as related to [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Aboriginal peoples]]' inalienable right to know the truth about what happened and why, with regard to [[human rights]] violations committed against them in the [[Canadian Indian residential school system|residential schools]]; ensure that its record holding related to residential schools are accessible to the public; [and] commit more resources to its public education materials and programming on residential schools.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truth-and-reconciliation-94-calls-to-action-1.3362258|title=94 ways to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance reconciliation|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf|title=Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action|date=2015|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615202024/http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf|archive-date=June 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref></blockquote>Library and Archives Canada has begun to address these concerns by dedicating funding to hire Indigenous archivists, build relationships with Indigenous communities, and support [[digitization]] efforts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/archivists-look-to-decolonize-canada-s-memory-banks-1.3809132|title=Archivists look to 'decolonize' Canada's memory banks|date=2018-02-19|work=CTVNews|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-CA}}</ref> However, Indigenous-led organizations have drawn attention to the fact that Indigenous communities have been conducting this type of work for decades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Indigitization/status/968656923238125568|title=Indigitization Commentary on LAC Initiatives [Thread]|date=February 27, 2018|website=Twitter|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref>

LAC also holds and provides access to archival copies of the websites of organizations related to the TRC, in collaboration with the [[National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/nctr/ |title=University of Manitoba - National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation |website=umanitoba.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003005115/http://umanitoba.ca/nctr |archive-date=2015-10-03}}</ref> the [[University of Winnipeg]] Library, and [[University of Manitoba]] Libraries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/Pages/truth-reconciliation-commission-web-archive.aspx|title=Library and Archives Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Web Archive - Library and Archives Canada|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en}}</ref>