From the news release:

“Canada’s strongest ties to its own history are through the documents that have recorded it. It’s time for Canada’s history to be accessed and preserved in a systematic, enduring way – one that is accessible for Canadians – and other citizens of the world. AlouetteCanada hopes to fill that role. ‘Our vision is that Canadians will be able to know themselves through their heritage and the world will have the opportunity to better know Canadians.” declared John Teskey, President of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. “Our common aim is to provide easy online access to the extraordinary wealth of written and other records by and about Canadians.’”

This project was first announced last November.

The goal of AlouetteCanada is to create, disseminate, preserve and sustain the knowledge base of Canadian memory organizations in digital form, for the purpose of benefiting all Canadians.

See Also: Learn More About AlouetteCanada and Contribute a Project

Thanks to Michael Geist for the news tip.

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