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Library and Archives Canada: History, Facilities & Collection

Library and Archives Canada (LAC; French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada. The national archive and library is the 16th largest library in the world. The LAC reports to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister of Canadian…

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Library and Archives Canada topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Facilities and Collection as prominent areas in the source structure around Library and Archives Canada.

Related topics
95
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
100
Extracted relationships
34
Related term clusters
40
Bridge connections
100

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 34 topics
Collection · 26 topics
Facilities · 26 topics
History · 7 topics
Operations · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Location
395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[note 1]
Budget
CDN$98,346,695 (2013–14)
Criteria for collection
Canadiana, documents published in Canada and materials published elsewhere of interest to Canada; records documenting the functions and activities of the Government of Canada; r…
Director
Leslie Weir
Employees
853 FTE (2021–22)
Established
May 21, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-05-21)[note 2]

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Overview

History

Facilities

Collection

Operations

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Library and Archives Canada connects Entity context

The extracted context around Library and Archives Canada shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Library and Archives Canada → April, Archives, Archives Canada, Archivist, Bill C-8, Canada, Canada Act, In February, July, LAC, Librarian, Library, May, National Archives, National Archivist Ian, National Librarian Roch Carrier, National Library, Order-in-Council, Stephen Harper, Wilson Another extracted example is Library and Archives Canada → CDN$98,346,695 (2013–14). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Library and Archives Canada

Top relations

related to 21st century · 20
Library and Archives Canada → April, Archives, Archives Canada, Archivist, Bill C-8, Canada, Canada Act, In February, July, LAC, Librarian, Library, May, National Archives, National Archivist Ian, National Librarian Roch Carrier, National Library, Order-in-Council, Stephen Harper, Wilson
Budget · 1
Library and Archives Canada → CDN$98,346,695 (2013–14)
Criteria for collection · 1
Library and Archives Canada → Canadiana, documents published in Canada and materials published elsewhere of interest to Canada; records documenting the functions and activities of the Government of Canada; r…
Director · 1
Library and Archives Canada → Leslie Weir
Employees · 1
Library and Archives Canada → 853 FTE (2021–22)
Established · 1
Library and Archives Canada → May 21, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-05-21)[note 2]
Items collected · 1
Library and Archives Canada → Aboriginal magazines; albums and scrapbooks; architectural drawings; art; artifacts; Canadian children's literature; Canadian comic books; Canadian newspapers; Canadian periodic…
Key document · 1
Library and Archives Canada → Library and Archives of Canada Act
Legal deposit · 1
Library and Archives Canada → Yes
Location · 1
Library and Archives Canada → 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[note 1]

Important terminology

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Important terminology

canada archives library national lac canadian public collection heritage ottawa federal services digital building french may canada's documentary 2004 also

Library and Archives Canada relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 34 structured relationships around Library and Archives Canada. Examples in this analysis include Library and Archives Canada → Budget → CDN$98,346,695 (2013–14) and Library and Archives Canada → Criteria for collection → Canadiana, documents published in Canada and materials published elsewhere of interest to Canada; records documenting the functions and activities of the Government of Canada; r…. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Library and Archives CanadaBudgetCDN$98,346,695 (2013–14)1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaCriteria for collectionCanadiana, documents published in Canada and materials published elsewhere of interest to Canada; records documenting the functions and activities of the Government of Canada; r…1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaDirectorLeslie Weir1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaEmployees853 FTE (2021–22)1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaEstablishedMay 21, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-05-21)[note 2]1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaItems collectedAboriginal magazines; albums and scrapbooks; architectural drawings; art; artifacts; Canadian children's literature; Canadian comic books; Canadian newspapers; Canadian periodic…1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaKey documentLibrary and Archives of Canada Act1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaLegal depositYes1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaLocation395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[note 1]1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaMinister responsibleMarc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaParent agencyCanadian Heritage1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaSize22 million books and publications (periodicals, newspapers, microfilms, literary texts, and government publications); 250 km of government and private textual records; 3 million…1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaTypeNational library and national archives1.00infobox
Library and Archives CanadaWebsitecanada.ca/en/library-archives.html1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Library and Archives Canada bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Canada, Library and National. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Library and Archives Canada
    • Canada
    • Library
    • National
    • Canadian
    • Ottawa
    • Isbn
    • Librarian
    • Archivist
    • Association
    • Records
    • Lac
    • Collection
  • documentary heritage
    • Heritage
    • Digital
    • Including
    • Minister
    • Government
    • Mandate
    • Lac's
    • Preservation
    • Canadian
    • Federal
    • Lac
    • New
  • library and archives canada
    • Canada
    • Library
    • National
    • Public
    • Canadian
    • Ottawa
    • Isbn
    • Librarian
    • Archivist
    • Minister
    • Government
    • Records
  • government of canada
    • Library
    • Records
    • National
    • Including
    • Canada's
    • Digital
    • Heritage
    • Canadian
    • Website
    • Ottawa
    • New
    • Preservation
  • canada
    • Library
    • National
    • Canadian
    • Ottawa
    • Public
    • Librarian
    • Archivist
    • Minister
    • Government
    • Records
    • Federal
    • Heritage
  • national library
    • National
    • Canadian
    • Ottawa
    • Isbn
    • Canada's
    • Collection
    • Including
    • Archivist
    • Also
    • Association
    • Government
    • Records
  • parliament of canada
    • Library
    • Minister
    • National
    • Canadian
    • Ottawa
    • Collection
    • Public
    • Librarian
    • Archivist
    • Budget
    • Mandate
    • Government
  • minister of canadian identity and culture
    • Parliament
    • Association
    • May
    • Digital
    • Collection
    • Librarian
    • Archivist
    • Including
    • Library
    • Lac
    • Minister
    • Records

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Library and Archives Canada, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Library and Archives Canada with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Library and Archives Canada — Overview · splits 66 ⟂ 35
Library and Archives Canada — Facilities · splits 74 ⟂ 27
Library and Archives Canada — Collection · splits 74 ⟂ 27
Library and Archives Canada — History · splits 93 ⟂ 8
Library and Archives Canada — Operations · splits 98 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Library and Archives Canada

Nodes101
Edges100
Triples34
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019802
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Library and Archives Canada to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Facilities & Collection, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Library and Archives Canada · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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