Cataloguing and Metadata

Archived News and Announcements

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This site contains information regarding the cataloguing standards, practices and policies of Library and Archives Canada and its predecessor the National Library of Canada. On May 21, 2004 the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada became Library and Archives Canada. Recent changes are posted in the News and Announcements Section.

• Change to subject heading practice regarding "québécois(e)" headings [PDF 187 KB]
• Newfoundland name change to Newfoundland and Labrador: Official abbreviations [PDF 26 KB]
• Implementation of Pinyin at the National Library of Canada
• Nunavut: Revisions to Canadian Subject Headings, Library of Congress Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification and to the MARC Format
• Survey on the Use of NLC MARC Records in Canadian Libraries: Executive summary
• Library and Archives Canada Metadata Service Receives Award for Achievement in Technical Services [PDF 23 KB] [RTF 437 KB]
• Dewey 22 (revised Feb. 27, 2004)