Canadiana
Canadiana is a term used to describe things (e.g., books, historical documents, and artifacts), ideas, or activities that concern or are distinctive of Canada, its people, and/or its culture, especially works of literature and other cultural products. It can also refer to the collection of such materials, such as in cultural fields like music or art. As a category often seen in bookstores and in research libraries, Canadiana can describe works produced in Canada (including literature and non-fiction), works about Canada, and works published outside of Canada that are of special interest or significance to Canada. More generally , the term can also include books that do not necessarily deal with Canada or Canadians themselves, but were written by Canadians or people who were Canadians at some point in their life. Two books by Canadian author Douglas Coupland—"Souvenir of Canada" and "Souvenir of Canada 2"—for example, are collections of images of pop-culture Canadiana. The term Canuckiana has been used (rarely), in humorous contexts, as a synonym for Canadiana. Library system. Since 1950, one of the specific mandates of the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has been to document the published heritage of Canada through a comprehensive bibliography—titled  Canadiana: The National Bibliography of Canada. In OCLC's WorldShare integrated library system, the Canadiana authority file contains two record types: See also. Similar concepts. The suffixes "-ana" and "-iana" are commonly used in reference to a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, etc. Countries Other