Resumen de Canadian Libraries on the Agenda: their accomplishments and directions

Gwynneth Evans, Réjean Savard

• The authors present an analysis of Canadian libraries in the light of the current president�s theme: Libraries on the Agenda. Claudia Lux chose this theme with colleagues to emphasize the role of libraries in the information society and to encourage them to contribute to all sectors of society and to national development. The article is based on the review of a number of studies and on reports and research found in and beyond library literature. Canada is a very large country and its society is quite diverse. This article explains the major trends affecting all libraries in Canada: funding, digitization of collections, consortial arrangements for electronic collections, education, etc. The authors then review the situation in the various types of libraries; national, academic, public, school and special libraries. They conclude the paper with a refl ection on leadership and the observation that Canadian libraries are on the agenda and active.