Government Publishing in the Canadian Provinces : : A Prescriptive Study / / A. Paul Pross, Catherine A. Pross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Pross, A. Paul,; Pross, Catherine A. ,
• MitwirkendeR: Lalande, Gilles,; Pross, A. Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (194 p.)

This work, comparable to what one might have expected from a royal commission’s report (had one been formed to investigate the subject), was initiated by the Canadian Political Science Association received financial assistance from the Canada Council, The CPSA, the institute of Public Administration of Canada, and was encouraged by the Canadian Library Association. It examines both the policies and practices o the provincial governments in regard to the services performed by the Queen’s Printers or their equivalents, and the holdings and availability of government documents, both processed and published. In these areas it finds many defects and it makes recommendations for improvements, in the name of the responsibility functioning of our democratic government. The work should concern all Canadian scholars who use such documents, all public servants who are responsible for publishing programs, and librarians, both in their work and in their teaching.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables and charts -- 1. The problem -- 2. Problems of definition: the hidden revolution in information technology -- 3. The current model for production -- 4. Publication distribution: government systems -- 5. Output to input: the difficult task of acquiring provincial government publications -- 6. Finding aids: uncertain guides to publication production -- 7. Existing library resources -- 8. Organization of collections -- 9. The underdeveloped role of provincial legislative libraries -- 10. Recommendations -- Summary of recommendations -- Appendix I. The questionnaires -- Appendix II. Legislative authorization of depository status