English: Historical Timeline for NRC-CISTI Date NRC-CISTI Event Canadian/World Event 1916 National Research Council (NRC) of Canada founded In Ottawa, Canada's original Parliament building burns down 1924 Founding of the NRC Library The Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF) is formed 1928 First NRC chief librarian appointed – Margaret Gill First ever east-west transatlantic flight, ending is Canada, takes place 1929 Publication of the first periodical by NRC Research Press Over a series of days, the New York Stock Market crashes – marking the beginning of the Depression 1947 The Technical Information Service is transferred to the NRC from the Department of Reconstruction Two reactors go online at Chalk River, Ontario 1957 The NRC Library unofficially takes on the role of national science library as the Collection reaches 350,000 volumes AVRO Arrow unveiled to media 1960 The Collection grows to 450,000 a year after being officially recognized as the National Science Library of Canada (NSL) First First Ministers conference held 1966 NSL recognized as national library of health sciences for Canada CBC & CTV begin broadcasting in colour 1967 The Collection reaches 725,000 volumes Canada celebrates centennial year 1969 NRC receives mandate for Cabinet to develop a national scientific and technical information system National Arts Centre opens in Ottawa 1974 Unification of NSL and Technical Information Service – NRC-CISTI is born Bora Laskin becomes Chief Justice of Canada 1983 NRC-CISTI generated more than 200,000 copies and loans of documents – more than any other information centre in North America Jeanne Sauvé becomes Canada's first female Governor General 1984 NRC-CISTI budget now part of NRC's general envelope Marc Garneau becomes first Canadian in space 1987 Dr. Douglas Dewar, reference librarian at NRC-CISTI, plays a role in identifying toxin found in PEI mussels, helping to save lives Québec becomes first city in North America to be named a UNESCO World Heritage SITE 1994 Through IntelliDoc, NRC-CISTI's document supply service is computerized from end-to-end NAFTA goes into force 1997 NRC-CISTI launches its Virtual Library for NRC Research Institutes | NRC-CISTI's national network of branch libraries become NRC Information Centres The Confederation Bridge opens 1999 NRC-CISTI's inventory exceeds 8 million and receives more than 3,500 requests daily Nunavut becomes Canada's newest territory | Newfoundland and Labrador celebrates 50 years in Confederation 2008 Discover is launched | Groundbreaking Places and Spaces exhibit comes to NRC-CISTI XXIX Olympic Games held in Beijing, People's Republic of China
French: 1924 Fondation de la bibliothèque du CNRC Fondation de l'Aviation royale du Canada (ARC) 1928 Nomination de la première bibliothécaire en chef du CNRC, Margaret Gill Tout premier vol transatlantique d'est en ouest; destination finale – Canada 1929 Publication du premier périodique des Presses scientifiques du CNRC Effondrement de la Bourse de New York – début de la grande dépression 1947 Faisant jusqu'alors partie du Département de la reconstruction, le Service d'information technique est transféré au CNRC. Ouverture de deux réacteurs à Chalk River (Ontario) 1957 Rôle de bibliothèque scientifique nationale (BSN) officieusement assumé par le CNRC.