Opening electronic Doors National Library News June 1995, vol. Staff Writer Publishing at the National Library of Canada is changing with the times. Electronic means of distribution are offering opportunities for the Library to share its own publications to a greater extent than ever before.
Paper is no longer the primary communication medium.
It is one publication format among several in a technological age. And we are happy to use any technology that gives us the opportunity to reach a much wider client base. The National Library now makes all free printed publications available in electronic format while other publications, particularly those of specialized interest, are available in electronic format only. Electronic format makes it possible to reach, potentially, a far broader audience. Whereas a printed publication might be read by a few thousand, an electronic publication can reach hundreds of thousands, nationally and internationally, through the Internet.