Several message saying Nunavut is a territory not a province.
Johnnie
 
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(Message 1)
 
 
:-)
ok..
I can't resist :-)
yes..the announcment is right...there is a new territory, and new
codes for Nunavut (with the NWT codes staying as is...)
but...
Nunavut is not officially a province..
it is still a territory, run by a territorial government (I could
describ the differences in government structure, functions and
relationships with the federal government...but hey :-)...
 
just a minor correction of geographical fact:-)
(yes..they call me picky!)
 
ps...the offical "birthday" for Nunavut is April 1st, 1999
 
now...who picked that "foolish" date :-)
 
check out NUNANET.cOM
 
 
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Dalhousie University
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(Message 2)
 
Clarification: Nunavut is not a province of Canada but a new territory as of
April 1st 1999.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Irène Kumar,
Information Services/Services d'information
Earth Sciences Information Centre/Centre d'information sur les sciences de
la Terre,
Room 121, 615 Booth Street/Pièce 121, 615 rue Booth,
Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9
CANADA
 
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> Reply To: 	Paige Andrew
> Sent: 	Thursday, March 25, 1999 2:25 PM
> To: 	[log in to unmask]
> Subject: 	Fwd: Announcement for Nunavut <fwd>
> 
> For all you map catalogers in particular, and map librarians too! Nunavut
> is officially a province of Canada!
> 
> Paige
> 
> p.s. hmm, after all the bombing stops in Kosovo wonder what further
> changes we'll need to make in the coming months...
> 
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> >
> >MARC: News and Announcements (March 24, 1999)
> >
> >                         TECHNICAL NOTICE
> > ADDITION TO THE MARC COUNTRY AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE LISTS FOR
> >NUNAVUT
> >
> >          Network Development and MARC Standards Office
> >
> >
> >     As a result of the establishment of the new Canadian territory of
> >Nunavut on April 1, 1999, new country and geographic area codes are being
> >defined for use in MARC records.  Nunavut will be formed from land that
> >has been part of the Northwest Territories.  The area constituting the
> >remainder of the present Northwest Territories will continue to use the
> >same name until such time as residents vote on a new constitution, which
> >would then require Canadian federal legislative approval.  Consequently
> >the codes for the Northwest Territories will remain the same (ntc for
> >country code; n-cn-nt for geographic area code).
> >
> >The new codes for Nunavut are:
> >                    nuc       (Country code)
> >                    n-cn-nu   (Geographic area code)
> >
> >Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these
> changes
> >in all distribution services not earlier than June 20, 1999.  Questions
> >regarding the country and geographic area codes should be directed to:
> >
> >               Cataloging Policy and Support Office
> >                       Library of Congress
> >                    Washington, DC  20540-4305
> >                          (202) 707-4380
> >                      INTERNET: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >                          March 24, 1999 
> 
> 
 
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(Message 3)
 
 
Irene,
 
I appreciate you clarifying the Nunavut situation in that it will be a
territory and not a province. Sorry to be misleading in my original posting.
 
Paige
 
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(Message 4)
 
 
 Hello Paige, I thought Nunavut is a territory
 not a province in Canada.
   Ernie Woodson  University at Buffalo
 
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(Message 5)
 
 
"For all you map catalogers in particular, and map librarians too! Nunavut is
officially a province of Canada!"
 
As of April 1, 1999, Nunavut is officially a "territory" of Canada --not a
province-- at least not yet.
 
Nunavut, though huge in size, has only 15 small towns with populations of
about 1000 people each. The capital, Iqaluit, which is located on Frobisher
Bay on the eastern coast near Greenland, has a population of 4500. The
population is mostly Eskimo (Inuit).
 
-Frank E. Reed
Clockwork Software, Inc.
Chicago, IL
 
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(Message 6)
 
 
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:34:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Tim Ross <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Announcement for Nunavut <fwd>
 
Hi Paige:
 
It won't make a difference in terms of cataloguing, but Nunavut is
actually a new territory, rather than a province. The territories (Yukon,
the Northwest Territories, and now Nunavut), are less independent of our
federal government administratively than are provinces, and their
individual governments are headed by "government leaders" rather than
premiers. I guess in terms of calling Nunavut a province, I'd have to say
I'll have "nunavut"!
 
	- Tim
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