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Nosotros: A Digitization Story Between a University Library and Its Latin American Community
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Collecting latin American and Caribbean materials for a large Canadian university
library in the twenty- first century now goes beyond the straight- forward acquisition of
traditionally published information sources. the widespread use of approval plans allows
academic librarians’ attention to turn to born- digital resources and to the preservation
of local ephemera. this is the case of the Nosotros digitization project described here
that includes videocassettes documenting latin American history and culture in Alberta,
Canada. subject and language knowledge remain essential abilities of liaison or subject
librarians who need to interact with community members, whether they are researchers
and/or content creators, in order to be seen as credible partners, and understand the
subject and its information sources. in the case of the Nosotros digitization project, Denis
lacroix, subject librarian responsible for spanish and latin American studies at the University
of Alberta, acted as the liaison between the University of Alberta libraries’ Digital
initiatives team and the Nosotros director and founder. the university library became the
catalyst in digitizing the collection of almost thirty years’ worth of audiovisual memory
and in sensitizing all the partners in the importance of media preservation and long- term
open accessibility and findability. the Nosotros project is much more than a digitization
project: it is the story of a collaborative initiative spearheaded by a subject librarian. -
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- 2019-01-01
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