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{
    "time": "2007-11-16 11:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Mauril B\u00e9langer (Ottawa\u2014Vanier, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"770441\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, also known as CARL, is the leadership organization for the Canadian research library community. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770442\" data-originallang=\"en\">The association's members are the 27 major academic research libraries across Canada, plus Library and Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, known as CISTI, and of course the Library of Parliament. CARL members are the backbone of Canada's intellectual holdings in all disciplines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770443\" data-originallang=\"en\">I congratulate Ms. Leslie Weir, university librarian at the University of Ottawa, my alma mater, on becoming the new president of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770444\" data-originallang=\"en\">She is widely admired in her profession as an innovator in providing electronic information to the teaching and research community that the University of Ottawa serves and now her experience will serve other libraries.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Once again, congratulations Ms. Weir and long live the Canadian Association of Research Libraries.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"770441\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, l'Association des biblioth\u00e8ques de recherche du Canada, aussi appel\u00e9e l'ABRC, est le chef de file des biblioth\u00e8ques de recherche du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770442\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette association a comme membres les 27 grandes biblioth\u00e8ques de recherche du Canada ainsi que Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives Canada, l'Institut canadien de l'information scientifique et technique, \u00e9galement appel\u00e9 l'ICIST, ainsi que la Biblioth\u00e8que du Parlement. Les membres de l'association constituent l'\u00e9pine dorsale des ressources intellectuelles du Canada, dans toutes les disciplines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770443\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je f\u00e9licite Mme Leslie Weir, biblioth\u00e9caire de l'Universit\u00e9 d'Ottawa, mon alma mater, d'avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e derni\u00e8rement pr\u00e9sidente de l'Association des biblioth\u00e8ques de recherche du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770444\" data-originallang=\"en\">Elle suscite largement l'admiration au sein de sa profession, \u00e0 titre d'innovatrice dans le domaine de la communication \u00e9lectronique de l'information aux professeurs et aux chercheurs. Son exp\u00e9rience acquise \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 d'Ottawa pourra maintenant \u00eatre utile \u00e0 d'autres biblioth\u00e8ques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"770445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Encore une fois, f\u00e9licitations \u00e0 Mme Weir et longue vie \u00e0 l'Association des biblioth\u00e8ques de recherche du Canada.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/11/16/mauril-belanger-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mauril-belanger/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3687/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2200864",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canadian Association of Research Libraries",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/11/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F11%2F16%2F"
    }
}