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1982-1983 (Creation)
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- Nova Scotia. Department of Education. Ministerial Advisory Committee on Canadian Regional Publishing
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20 cm of textual records (2 boxes)
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The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Canadian Regional Publishing was established by Hon. Terry Donahoe, Minister of Education, in the spring 1982. The Advisory Committee’s mandate was to review the extent, level of awareness, and use of Canadian publications in Nova Scotia’s schools and libraries, especially those produced in the Atlantic region. The Department was also interested in how local publishers might respond to provincial needs. The Advisory Committee was composed of 8 members with William McCurdy, former printer, publisher, and President of Canadian Periodical Publishers Association, appointed as chairperson. Kathie Swenson, Senior Educational Advisor for the Department, acted as Secretary. They reviewed the Department of Education’s resource lists, textbook selection criteria and budgets, the operation of the School Book Bureau, and department publications; they gathered information from other provinces and territories for a comparative view; they invited written submissions (briefs) from stakeholders; and they listened to presentations from experts. The final report with 52 recommendations was published by the Department in 1983 and the Committee disbanded.
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Consists of advisory committee meeting minutes (Apr 1982-Jan 1983); written submissions (briefs) from stakeholders (1982); correspondence of the chairperson and secretary (1982-1983); articles, case studies, book reviews, and statistics collected during research (1977-1982, collected 1983); draft recommendations for discussion (1983); and the final published report (1983).
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Records transferred from the Nova Scotia Department of Education.
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See also Report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Canadian Regional Publishing (Halifax, NS: Department of Education, 1983) available in the Nova Scotia Archives Library.
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Also includes Minister’s Task Force on School Libraries Report (Halifax, NS: Department of Education, March 1981) available in the Nova Scotia Archives Library.