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1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Library Book Deposit Regulations, 1995.

General

2 Where copies of a book are not of a uniform quality, one of the copies required to be sent to the National Librarian pursuant to subsection 13(1) of the National Library Act shall be equal in quality to the highest priced edition and shall include all materials forming part of the book, but the other copy may be a copy equal in quality to the quality of the largest number of copies produced.

3 Subject to section 4, publishers are required to send to the National Librarian only one copy of books in the following classes:

• (a) musical sound recordings;

• (b) multi-media publications consisting of two or more physical parts in different formats; and

• (c) books produced for initial release in fewer than 101 copies.

4 A publisher is not required to send any copies of books in the following classes, unless the National Librarian specifically requests them:

• (a) newspapers printed on paper;

• (b) trade catalogues or advertisements;

• (c) forms, wrappers, labels, prospectuses and price lists;

• (d) publications wholly or mainly in the nature of timetables of transport services;

• (e) publications wholly or mainly in the nature of blank books of accounts, blank forms of receipts or other forms of a similar character;

• (f) publications wholly or mainly in the nature of calendars and agendas without narrative text;

• (g) drawing and colouring books with simple text and books of cut-outs for children;

• (h) printed books that are only manufactured or distributed in Canada and are not published under the imprint of a Canadian publisher;

• (i) books or book objects produced by artists, where the artist is directly involved in the artistic creation of each copy such as hand colouring or paper sculpting;

• (j) sound recordings that are only manufactured or distributed in Canada and that have no Canadian content or major Canadian contributor such as a composer, artist, narrator, conductor, orchestra, performer, writer or producer;

• (k) books produced for initial release in fewer than four copies;

• (l) on-line deliberations of electronic discussion groups;

• (m) press releases and circulars;

• (n) separately published maps;

• (o) programs of activities and events;

• (p) reissues of books or portions of books that are not substantially different from copies already deposited;

• (q) newsletters of local interest, such as those that are published by associations, parishes, employee groups, union locals, schools or government departments;

• (r) unpublished student reports, theses and other works produced to meet course requirements;

• (s) minutes of meetings and by-laws;

• (t) posters and banners;

• (u) patterns, models, plans and blueprints;

• (v) galley copies or manuscripts;

• (w) individual photographs;

• (x) bookmarks;

• (y) elementary and secondary school yearbooks; and

• (z) games.