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• What's New
  • Minutes of the Depository Services Program Library Advisory Committee (DSP-LAC) Meetings, 2009 - November 16, 2009
  • Government of Canada : Departmental Performance Reports (for the period ending March 31, 2009) - November 5, 2009
  • Art and Politics : the History of the National Arts Centre - June 17, 2009
  • Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals - Handbook - June 8, 2009
  • To All Canadian Depository Libraries - April 22, 2009
  • Update : Web Integration Project (WIP) – Release 4.7 - April 21, 2009
  • Web Integration Project (WIP): Removal of Client Care Module - March 11, 2009
  • Web Integration Project (WIP): CLF2-Compliant Generic E-Mail Addresses - March 11, 2009
  • Web Integration Project replaces Website Integration Initiative - March 11, 2009

What's New

For any questions regarding the following information, contact our fully bilingual Customer Service.

Government of Canada : Departmental Performance Reports (for the period ending March 31, 2009)

November 5, 2009

Established as part of the Getting Government Right initiative, the Departmental Performance Reports aim to improve the expenditure management information provided to Parliament, and to update the processes used to prepare this information. They respond to Parliament's goals and commitment to improve accountability and results. These publications are bilingual.

Art and Politics : the History of the National Arts Centre

June 17, 2009

Through a special arrangement with the National Arts Centre, Publishing and Depository Services is distributing to all Full Depository Libraries a copy of a new publication, Art and Politics : the History of the National Arts Centre.

Coinciding with the National Arts Centre's 40th anniversary, Ottawa-based journalist Sarah Jennings documents the story of the first four decades of the NAC in her new book Art and Politics : the History of the National Arts Centre (available in English only). Jennings chronicles the NAC's creation and early growth, its turbulent middle years, and finally its recent renaissance, while examining the arts in Canada from the 1960s to 2006 and providing in-depth interviews with many of the artists, managers, and politicians who created and participated in the story of the Arts Centre. Art and Politics is published by Dundurn Press and is available from retail booksellers.

Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals - Handbook

June 8, 2009

The Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals Handbook is now available.

Prepared by the National Professional Education Working Group of the Canadian Immunization Committee and published by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals details the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of health professionals in immunization practice in Canada. The Immunization Competencies were developed to support the application of the National Guidelines for Immunizations published in the 7th Canadian Immunization Guide. The aim of this handbook is to promote safe and competent practices to achieve higher vaccine coverage rates.

To All Canadian Depository Libraries

April 22, 2009

Within the next ten working days, Publishing and Depository Services (PDS) will be mailing copies of the new Depository Library Agreement to all Canadian depository libraries. The Agreement will be sent on a mini CD ROM accompanied by a printed covering letter in English and French. Any library experiencing technical difficulties with the CD will be sent print copies of the documents upon request. 

Depository libraries will be asked to print and sign two copies of the agreement in the language of their choice and mail these to PDS. These copies will be signed by the Director of PDS and one signed original will be returned to the depository library by mail. 

The CDs and covering letter will be sent addressed to the "Chief Librarian". The deadline for returning signed copies will be July 1, 2009. 

Depository libraries outside of Canada, such as national libraries, exchange libraries and educational libraries will not be receiving this agreement for signing. Different and additional agreements are being developed for depository libraries in some of these categories while others are permanently established by international agreements.

Any enquiries should be addressed to:

Publishing and Depository Services
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0S5

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Update : Web Integration Project (WIP) – Release 4.7

April 21, 2009

Please note that Release 4.7 has now been successfully implemented. This first production release of WIP (prior to the Web Site being CLF2-compliant) contains the following changes: 

1. Removal of Client Care Centre

The Online Client Care Centre has now been decommissioned as of April 15, 2009. This module is no longer available and all clients will now need to contact Customer Service to perform all functions that were previously available from this application.

As a reminder, clients who have already enrolled in the e-mail notification service will continue to receive Standing Order notifications, subscription renewals, quotes and prepayments by e-mail. Those interested in receiving notices via e-mail should contact Customer Service by fax, telephone or e-mail. To change your personal account information please contact Customer Service directly at:

Telephone Order Desk: (613) 941-5995 or 1-800-635-7943
Fax: (613) 954-5779 or 1-800-565-7757
E-mail: publications@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

2. CLF2-Compliant Generic E-Mail Addresses

All generic e-mail addresses on the Publications Web Site (publications.gc.ca) have now been updated to use the new CLF2 compliant generic e-mail addresses, as follows:

Web Integration Project (WIP): Removal of Client Care Module

March 11, 2009

The On-line Client Care Module was originally launched in October 2006. The purpose of this application was to provide on-line access to all those clients who had an account with Publishing and Depository Services (PDS), essentially providing account information 24/7. Customers were asked to register themselves through the On-Line Client Centre where they would receive a client number in order to access account information on-line and change personal account information at will. 

Unfortunately, it has become increasingly clear that the Client Care Module is not being sufficiently utilized by our clients. Although PDS has availed itself of every opportunity to promote the use of this Module, all efforts to encourage further use have been unsuccessful to date. There are considerable costs involved in the conversion of this Module to the Web Integration Project (WIP) which incorporates Common Look and Feel as well as migration to our financial system, SIGMA, and PDS cannot justify incurring these expenses. 

The first production release of WIP was planned for March 12, 2009 and one of the changes planned in Release 4.7 is the removal of the Client Care Module. Please note this release is being postponed until further notice. Information on the new schedule will be made available in the next few days. 

Services 

Clients who have enrolled in the e-mail notification service will continue to receive Standing Order notifications, subscription renewals, quotes and prepayments by e-mail. Those interested in receiving notices via e-mail should contact Customer Service by fax, telephone or e-mail. To change your personal account information please contact Customer Service directly at 

Telephone Order Desk: (613) 941-5995 or 1-800-635-7943
Fax: (613) 954-5779 or 1-800-565-7757
E-mail: publications@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

Web Integration Project (WIP): CLF2-Compliant Generic E-Mail Addresses

March 11, 2009

With regards to the Web Integration Project, the first production release (i.e. Release 4.7) was planned for March 12, 2009. Unfortunately, this release has to be postponed. New schedule information will be communicated in the next few days. 

When this release is implemented, all generic e-mail addresses on the Publications Web site (publications.gc.ca) will be updated to use the new Common Look and Feel (CLF2)*-compliant generic e-mail addresses, as follows:

Please start using the new generic e-mail addresses and save them to your address books for future use. 

*Refer to Treasury Board Secretariat CLF2 web site http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/index-eng.asp 

Web Integration Project replaces Website Integration Initiative

March 11, 2009

Driven by Treasury Board’s requirement for all Government of Canada web (Internet) sites to be Common Look and Feel (CLF2) compliant, the Publishing and Depository Services (PDS) directorate had identified a requirement to integrate the Depository Services Program (DSP) and Publications Web Sites into a single CLF2 compliant web site.  The Website Integration Initiative (WSI) was initiated in 2007, with the objective being to combine information and services into a single access point web site and to incorporate the content from the old and non-CLF2compliant DSP Web Site into the Publications Site. 

However, as a result of unforeseen technical and content-related issues, a decision was made not to implement this initiative in 2008, but to concentrate business and technical resources on a single project effort, namely the Web Integration Project (WIP).  WIP combines the activities and efforts from both the WSI and CLF2 projects into a single project which will deliver a CLF2-compliant integrated Publications Web Site in March 2010. 

The Web Integration Project is well underway. The first production release was planned for March 12, 2009. Unfortunately, this release has to be postponed until further notice. Additional details regarding the new schedule will be conveyed to you in the next few days. In the meantime, the DSP website will remain as an active production website until the integrated, CLF2-compliant Publications website is launched in 2010.