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2017

Stobbs, Robyn, Shiri, Ali, Farnel, Sharon, Cockney, Cathy, Rathi, Dinesh, Campbell, Sandy

This paper reports a usability evaluation study of the Digital Library North prototype that was conducted in May 2016. It proposes a culturally-aware and community-informed approach to the usability of digital libraries for Northern communities in Canada along with the emerging themes and the...

2017-05-18

Farnel, Sharon

All Saint's Anglican Church in Aklavik is a part of the Anglican Diocese of the Arctic. It was built on the site of the Cathedral of the Diocese, which burned in 1974.

2017-05-27

Farnel, Sharon

This three-dimensional artwork is mounted on a rectangular white surface (likely board). The board is outlined with a row of coniferous cones attached perpendicularly to the board. Inside this row, a row of dried flowers in shades of orange, burgundy and beige. In the centre of the work is a...

2016-04-07

Roark, Kendall, Farnel, Sharon, Harrigan, Amanda, Vashishtha, Saurabh

This poster for the NADDI 2016 conference shows the processes we implemented to pre-populate parts of our DDI-compatible metadata schema with publicly and locally available information. We have developed in-house scripts to export and import the metadata from resources such as NCBI,...

2016-03-10

Vashishtha, Saurabh , Harrigan, Amanda, Farnel, Sharon, Roark, Kendall

This presentation was an update to library staff on the progress that has been made on the CLIR-funded "Bridging the Research Data Divide." It outlines the initial processes taken to describe maternal, infant, and child health research data and engage researchers.

2016-04-07

Farnel, Sharon, Vashishtha, Saurabh , Novak Gustainis, Emily, LaFountain, Amber, Harrigan, Amanda, Roark, Kendall

This presentation for NADDI 2016 gives an overview of the processing work that has gone into research data description for the two types of collections being described in the "Bridging the Research Data Divide" project: special collections and contemporary research collections.

2017-05-27

Farnel, Sharon

The Church of the Resurrection at Ulukhaktok, NT on Victoria Island at 70°43°N and 117°45°W. Ulukhaktok is one of the six largest communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. This Anglican Church serves a population of about 400 (2016).

2023-08-03

Wakaruk, Amanda, Luyk, Sean, Johnston, Lucinda, Farnel, Sharon, Severson, Sarah

Presentation slides from a session at the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres (IAML) 2023 Congress.

2016-02-15

Rathi, Dinesh, Maloney, Elaine, Farnel, Sharon, Campbell, Sandy, Stobbs, Robyn, Shiri, Ali, Cockney, Cathy

Digital Library North (DLN) is an ongoing project with the overarching goal of creating a digital library infrastructure for the north. In Canada’s North access to information has been limited by the geographic dispersion of the population, lack of high-speed communications infrastructure, and...

2018-04-01

Farnel, Sharon, Laroque, Sheila

This presentation provides an overview of the work of the University of Alberta Libraries to examine and revise its descriptive metadata practices to more accurately, appropriately, and respectfully represent Indigenous peoples and contexts. This was presented on April 24, 2018 as part of the SLA...