Increasing the visibility of exhibitions and the accessibility of the Library's collections, products and services are two major advantages of the new electronic connections. A further advantage is in the educational possibilities they offer. Read Up On It, the National Library's annual publication to promote reading, is now available online as well as in print format. Students have the chance to interact with Canadian literature through Read Up On It as presented on the Web. They can see the covers of the books described, click on to biographies, photographs and illustrations of and by authors and illustrators, and find detailed references on aspects that particularly interest them.
Teachers have one more tool to help their students to learn the joy that reading can bring.
While opening electronic doors offers vast possibilities for the dissemination of information, libraries will always have a place for books in traditional format. The National Library of Canada will maintain its print publishing programs to ensure that information is available to the widest possible public in the formats that clients require. There is no doubt, however, that electronic publishing will occupy an increasing number of publishing ventures because it can reach so many people, so quickly, in so many places. By exploring and using new means of distribution, the Library can share the information resources it creates more widely than ever before. The National Library of Canada.