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2016-01-01
This paper discusses a project undertaken at the University of Alberta Libraries to create metadata for a notable sheet music collection: the Walder G. W. White Sheet Music Collection, which is currently in the process of being described, digitised, and promoted. The history of the collection is...
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Oil Shows, Rodeos, and UFOs: The Walder G.W. White Sheet Music Collection at the University of Alberta Libraries
Download2014-06-01
Slides from May 25, 2014 CAML Conference (Saint Catharines, ON), and July 15, 2014 IAML Conference presentation (Antwerp, Belgium).
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Fall 2014
This thesis addresses the suitability of current museum websites for supporting the research activities of academic scholars. Over the past few decades, cultural heritage institutions have increasingly made their collections available online, but longstanding issues with the completeness and...
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2015-10-14
SSHRC Awarded IG 2016: Music scholars have recognized the need for more inclusive histories, however there is no broadly inclusive resource for interdisciplinary study of the multicultural and multifaceted phenomenon of music in Canada. This project will develop the theoretical and methodological...
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Rethinking Representation: Indigenous Peoples and Contexts at the University of Alberta Libraries
Download2018-01-01
Farnel, Sharon, Koufogiannakis, Denise, Laroque, Sheila, Bigelow, Ian, Carr-Wiggin, Anne, Feisst, Debbie, Lar-Son, Kayla
This paper describes the Decolonizing Description Working Group at the University of Alberta Libraries, including its genesis and work, final report and recommendations, and followup work done to date.
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2019-04-20
At the University of Alberta, a subscription to data resources from the Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) presented a cataloguing problem for library staff and access difficulties for users: resources were published in digital and physical formats, but the digital access was difficult to...
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2019-06-01
Camlot, Jason, O'Driscoll, Michael, Luyk, Sean, Pickering, Holly, Azarpanah, Ali, Rockwell, Geoffrey
Panel presentation at CSDH/SCHN Digital Humanities conference at Congress 2019, UBC, Vancouver, BC.
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Thematic Network on Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata (DALAM) Success Story
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Campbell, Sandy, Lund, Peter, McAllister, Shannon
The impact of colonization is immense, influencing everything from national governance to justice systems to the subject headings in our library catalogues. Decolonization efforts, broadly, are activities that are designed to ameliorate the negative impacts of colonization. DALAM, the University...
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2017-09-01
Lar-Son, Kayla, Koufogiannakis, Denise, Laroque, Sheila, Feisst, Debbie, Carr-Wiggin, Anne, Farnel, Sharon, Bigelow, Ian
This poster provides an overview of the work of the University of Alberta Libraries to critically examine and revise its descriptive metadata practices to more accurately, appropriately, and respectfully represent Indigenous peoples and contexts. The poster was presented at the Diversity by...