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Books and Documents by Subject
This Month: Libraries in Canada
December 2014
About this newsletter

To illustrate the breadth and relevance of CEL content, this monthly release provides a small topical selection from the thousands of titles included in Canadian Electronic Library, featuring both new accessions and user favourites.

With a Canadian Electronic Library subscription, these and hundreds of other titles like them become instantly available to your library users.


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Introducing the Public Access Collection
In this issue we inaugurate a new feature in desLibris: the Public Access Collection. Inspired by the release of The
Future Now: Canada's Libraries, Archives and Public Memory from the Expert Panel of the Royal Society of Canada in late November, we have published the report along with a collection of 13 monograph titles from the bibliography in the report. These titles are available in full online (with DRM-free downloading) from desLibris. To view the report, click on the cover. To access all titles in this collection, click here.
We will introduce additional Public Access Collections in coming months.

Focus on Canada
In the report, the point is made that "Canada's libraries need a healthy publishing industry and Canadian society needs to be exposed to thoughts, ideas, and stories produced by Canadian writers...When they try to distribute their books in electronic formats, Canadian publications become lost in the international marketplace, hidden even from Canadians." 

Canadian Electronic Library helps address this problem by providing a libraries with a convenient and affordable way of placing Canadian books from independent publishers in front of their readers. 
Canadian Subject Headings
The report also points out that "search terms used to locate ebooks are American-oriented and Canadian books become lost in an immense jungle of available titles. " Again CEL provides assistance by tagging many of the nearly 60,000 titles in the collection with Canadian Subject Headings, adding a Canadian focus to Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Examples:
Aboriginal Canadian teachers - Training of - Ontario.
Aboriginal tourism - Northwest Territories.
Authors, Canadian (English) - 20th century - Biography.
Black Canadians - Health and hygiene - Ontario - Toronto.
Canadian poetry - Native authors - History and criticism.
Ethiopian Canadians - Ontario - Toronto.
German Canadians - History. 
 
Korean Canadians - British Columbia - Vancouver.Native children - Ontario - Social conditions.
Native peoples - Fishing - Law and legislation - New Brunswick.
Native prisoners - Canada.
Older native people - Health and hygiene - Canada.
Redistribution (Election law) - Canada.
Registered Retirement Saving Plans.
Seigniorial tenure - Canada.
Sponsorship Scandal, Canada, 1997-   
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More newsletters in this series


The Public Access Collection: Libraries
A Failure to Archive: Recommendations to Modernize Government Records Management
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia 2014
Archives in a Digital Society - Towards a New Blueprint for Canada's Recorded Memory: A National, Regional and Online Discussion (January 17, 2014, University of Toronto)
Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto 2014
Community-Led Libraries Toolkit: Starting Us All down the Path toward Developing Inclusive Public Libraries
Working Together Project 2008
Évaluation sommative : Initiative de services de bibliothèque équitables - Projet de rapport final
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada 2013
Issues and Trends to 2020: Library and Archives Canada's Contribution to the Canadian Archives Summit - Towards a New Blueprint for Canada's Recorded Memory: A National, Regional and Online Discussion (January 17, 2014, University of Toronto)
Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto 2014
Jeunes des régions rurales, phase II - La migration des jeunes ruraux: explorer la réalité derrière les mythes : un document de travail sur les jeunes des régions rurales
Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada 2002
Libraries Without Walls: The World Within Your Reach: A Vision for Public Libraries in British Columbia
BC Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services, Public Library Services Branch 2004
Préserver la mémoire du Canada : élaboration d'une approche stratégique pour la préservation numérique : Rapport final
Forum des politiques publiques 2013
Preserving Canada's Memory: Developing a Strategic Approach to Digital Preservation: Final Report
Public Policy Forum 2013
Rapport du groupe d'experts de la Société royale du Canada - L'avenir au présent : Les bibliothèques, les centres d'archives, et la mémoire collective au Canada
Société royale du Canada 2014
Rural Youth Study, Phase II - Rural Youth Migration: Exploring the Reality behind the Myths: A Rural Youth Discussion Paper
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2002
So Much More: The Economic Impact of the Toronto Public Library on the City of Toronto
Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 2013
Summative Evaluation: Initiative for Equitable Library Access - Final Report
Library and Archives Canada 2013
The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel Report - The Future Now: Canada's Libraries, Archives, and Public Memory
Royal Society of Canada 2014
To Know Ourselves: The Report of the Commission on Canadian Studies - Volumes I and II
Association of Universities & Colleges in Canada 1975
New Titles in November
Beyond Housing First: Essential Elements of a System-Planning Approach to Ending Homelessness
School of Public Policy, University of Calgary 2014
Busting Income Splitting Myths: Income Splitting Is a Viable Option to Help Canadian Families Come Budget 2015
Institute of Marriage and Family Canada 2014
Income Splitting or Trojan Horse? The Federal Government's Proposal and Its Impact on Provincial Budgets
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, University of Toronto 2014
LNG and Climate Change: The Global Context
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria 2014
North America: Time for a New Focus
Council on Foreign Relations 2014
Preparing to Care: How to Get Ready for a Care Crunch as Canada Ages
Institute of Marriage and Family Canada 2014
Stephen Harper's CRA: Selective Audits, "Political" Activity, and Right-leaning Charities
Broadbent Institute 2014
The Parent Trap: Child Care Fees in Canada's Big Cities
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2014
The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014
Homeless Hub 2014
Trading Away Democracy: How CETA's Investor Protection Rules Threaten the Public Good in Canada and the EU
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2014
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André Alexis
BookThug 2013
bp : beginnings
bp Nichol
BookThug 2014
Death Sentences
Suzanne Myre
University of Ottawa Press 2014
Faking It! : A History of Counterfeiting in Canada
James Powell;Jill Moxley
General Store Publishing House 2014
From Demonized to Organized : Building the New Union Movement
Nora Loreto
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2013
Legal Literacy : An Introduction to Legal Studies
Archie Zariski
Athabasca University Press 2014
Life on the Edge : The Inside Story of the RCMP in Atlantic Canada
Linda Hersey
General Store Publishing House 2014
Our Schools/Our Selves, Fall 2014 - Poverty, Polarization, and the Educational Achievement Gap

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2014
Revelator
Ron Silliman
BookThug 2013
Woven Words for Indigenous Education

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2013
About Canadian Electronic Library

Marking its 10th Anniversary in 2015, CEL is a collection of Canadian books and documents licensed for library use. Currently over 57,000 titles are available under several models, including subscription and perpetual access.

Canadian Publishers Collection, the centrepiece of CEL, offers over 15,000 titles from over 70 publishers on an affordable subscription plan, which makes all titles available to all users all the time, eliminating wait time frustrations. Another 3,000 are available for purchase only.

Canadian Public Documents is a collection of monographs of lasting reference value harvested from the sites of thousands of public agencies on a regular basis and offered to libraries under a subscription model, although all documents are provided under a perpetual access license.  Over 37,000 titles are included currently, with hundreds added each month.

Canadian Electronic Library is delivered on the ebrary platform.
 

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About desLibris (pronounced "day-LEE-bris")

An alternate platform for CEL content, desLibris is an e-Resource. The public site provides open access to tens of  thousands of Canadian books and documents with previews. Add the desLibris url to your library e-Resource list to give your users full online access to all titles.

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Affordable for All 
The CEL subscription model puts these rich resources into an affordable price range for libraries of all types and sizes. Most libraries can acquire CEL for just pennies per title. The basic collection currently delivers over 53,000 Books and Documents under a simultaneous multiple-user license. Hundreds of new titles are added each month with full MARC support. The prices below cover the complete collection on the ebrary platform. Inquire for a specific quote for your library.
 
PlatformLibrary Type
Per FTE or Cardholder
MinimumMaximum 
ebraryAcademic$1.40$4,200
$40,000
ebraryPublic$.10$4,200
$40,000
ebrary
Special
Flat price
$2,400
$2,400
desLibrisAcademic$.80$2,400$20,000
desLibrisPublic$.05$1,600$20,000
desLibrisSpecialFlat price$1,600$1,600

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