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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...

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).

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...

2017-05-18

Farnel, Sharon

This flag of the Hamlet of Aklavik was displayed in a public building. It is yellow with black bars on either side of a circle which surrounds a triangular shield on which there is a door mouse below an open book. The words "Never Say Die" appear in an arc below the shield. The words Hamlet...

2016-07-01

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

The Digital Library North is being developed jointly by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre and the University of Alberta. The goal is to create a digital library that will meet the needs of the Inuvialuit people. The Inuivialuit people recognize three dialects of the Inuvialuktun language:...

2017-11-08

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

This overview of the Digital Library North, a project to develop a digital library service within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in northern Canada, was presented at the Indigenous Connectivity Summit held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 8-9, 2017.

2015-06-01

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

This project seeks to: 1. Investigate and identify the information needs and information seeking behaviour of community members in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. 2. Identify and select cultural heritage information. 3. Create a culturally appropriate metadata framework for resource...

2016-09-05

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

This poster was presented at the University of the Arctic Scientific Congress held in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 16 - 19, 2016. The poster describes the developments in the Digital Library North project, a collaboration between the University of Alberta School of Library and Information...