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Maan Alhmidi A Government of Canada sign sits in front of a Library and Archives Canada building next to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014. Researchers studying Canadian history have not been able to access Library and Archive Canada's collections during COVID-19 lockdowns -- a situation that forced some to postpone their research or revise it to use only materials available online. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld February 10, 2021 - 1:00 AM OTTAWA - Researchers studying Canadian history have not been able to access Library and Archive Canada's coll...

Before the lockdown in Ontario, researchers could make appointments at Library and Archives Canada building in Ottawa to view documents in its reading room but the building doors have now been closed for weeks. "That's going to, inevitably, have a have an impact on which projects can be done now and which projects are going to have to wait," Gaffield said. Johanna Smith, Library and Archives Canada's director general of public services, said decisions on public access to the collections have been aligned throughout the pandemic with public health advice that varies across the country. On-s...