Building Democracy's Library, Canada edition 🏛️
Internet Archive Canada (in conjunction with Canadian partners) is developing a plan to build a compendium of publicly-available, digitized, and machine-readable federal, provincial and municipal government documents, data, and research.
 
These questions are a first step that will assist us to:
-create an inventory of current projects and initiatives and digital collections focusing on Canadian government information
-determine gaps in the government information that is currently available and adequately preserved for perpetual access
-identify possible solutions and establish priorities for what needs to happen and when
-gather stories that illustrate the impact of the lack of access to government information
-identify specialists, practitioners and communities who can provide advice and assistance.

We want to hear from various stakeholders (like you!) about possible solutions to the gaps that exist and set priorities for ensuring that Canadians have access to the full range of Canadian government information to ensure a continued and sound democracy.
If you would please take some time to fill out this survey by March 1st, 2023, this will help us be of better service to you and your colleagues. Thank you for your time.
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What gaps have you identified in the availability and preservation of federal, provincial and municipal Canadian government information?
What has been the impact of that gap or lack of access to government information? Please tell us your stories (use cases).
What are the challenges in making Canadian federal, provincial and municipal government information discoverable, accessible and sustainable?

In your opinion, what are the priorities - initiatives, communities, or other that the proposal should focus on? Please include any digitization candidates.

Blue sky thinking - what's your wishlist for you, your patrons, constituents, and other stakeholders? 

Please identify any projects/initiatives and/or digital collections that are currently available or underway that support the preservation and accessibility of Canadian federal, provincial and municipal government information documents/publications.
If possible, please provide details on each project/initiative/digital collection’s goals, scope and future plans.
Does your organization/institution maintain a print or digital collection of government documents? If yes, please describe and provide the URL.
What file formats are typical for the data you work with? Check all that apply
If you do use this kind of content, how do you use these government documents, research, and data? (i.e. produce educational content, create search services, train AI/ML, archive for later use, reference in articles, debate online, etc.)
Do you experience any pain points using government data and research or with these file formats? Check all that apply
Imagine you could have any tool to serve your cause or organization that could help you make use of government documents and data - what would that tool be? (i.e. an AI search engine trained on international environmental policies, a timeline of legislative activities, a set of collections organized by topic: nuclear, solar energy, health, etc.)
What kind of metadata would be useful to you or required for you to make use of government documents and data?
Do you have any other comments?
May we contact you for an in-depth interview or a follow-up survey?
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If we can contact you, could you please include your name, organization and email address below?
Thank you so much for taking the time to participate! 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out!
Contact:
Loren Fantin
Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives Lead, Internet Archive Canada
loren@archive.org
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