Library and Archives Canada says records too difficult to digitize

The agency says that says historic records would be too difficult to digitize and make accessible to public because the “boxes must be physically retrieved from storage.”

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Library and Archives Canada has confirmed that nearly 900 million pages of historic records would be too difficult to digitize and make accessible to the public because the “boxes must be physically retrieved from storage,” while also citing the problem of removing “clips, staples and other fasteners.”

A Comprehensive Expenditure Review note obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter noted that “Seventy-eight percent of records, 860 million pages, are still inaccessible, underscoring the need for continued effort and reform.”