Service Cuts at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)

Library and Archives Canada has announced cuts to service hours starting September 1, 2007.

Registration Desk
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Reference Services Room (2nd floor)
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Reference Collection Room (2nd floor)
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Textual Documents Consultation Room (3rd floor)
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., daily

Restricted Documents Consultation Room (3rd floor)
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Special Collections Consultation Room (3nd floor)
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Audiovisual Documents Consultation Room (3rd floor)
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Microforms Consultation Room (3rd floor)
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Canadian Genealogy Centre (3rd floor)
Current: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., daily
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Telephone or TTY
Current: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday to Friday
New: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday to Friday

The following rooms will be open but unstaffed:

• Consultation rooms: textual records, restricted documents, audiovisual records and microfilm
  Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 12 to 6 p.m
• Canadian Genealogy Centre
  Saturdays and Sundays, 12 to 6 p.m

Should you have comments or questions, you may wish to contact Antonio Lechasseur, Director, Client Services Division at antonio.lechasseur@lac-bac.gc.ca or 613-995-6055 or 1-866-578-777 (toll-free in Canada and the United States); TTY: 613-992-6969 or 1-866-299-1699