About the Collection

Collection Development Framework

Definitions (as per the Library and Archives of Canada Act and the draft Legal Deposit of Publications Regulations)

• Documentary heritage: publications and records of interest to Canada.
• Publication: any library matter that is made available in multiple copies or at multiple locations, whether without charge or otherwise, to the public generally or to qualifying members of the public by subscription or otherwise. Publications may be made available through any medium and may be in any form, including printed material, online items or recordings.
• Publisher: a person who makes a publication available in Canada, which the person is authorized to reproduce or over which the person controls the content. It does not include a person who only distributes a publication.
• Record: any documentary material other than a publication, regardless of medium or form.
• Government record: a record that is under the control of a government institution.
• Government institution: a government institution listed in Schedule I of the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act or any institution designated by the Governor in Council.
• Ministerial record: a record of a member of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada who holds the office of a minister and that pertains to that office, other than a record that is of a personal or political nature or that is a government record.

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