bringing history to the library -- university-community engagement in the academic library

Allan Cho, IKBLC, UBC Library

Bringing History to the Library: University-Community Engagement in the Academic

Library

Internet Librarian 2011Monterey, CA

October 17-19, 2011

Origins of Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP)

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Project Objectives• To create a single one-stop bilingual web portal for collecting, digitally

archiving, accessing and distributing information about Chinese Canadian history.

• To engage and collaborate with Communities on preserving the Chinese Canadian history and culture.

• To connect younger generations to the stories of earlier generations. • To offer educational resources to enrich students' knowledge of Chinese

Canadian History.

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Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP)

• Began in 2008 by Canadian Department of Heritage• Chinese, South Asian, Italian, Jewish• UBC

gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese Canadian history web portal

• “This project stands out for its community engagement and its collaborative nature” (Ingrid Parent, UBC University Librarian, IFLA President)

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Why University of BC?• Rich Archives on Chinese

Canadian history• Good Digitization facilities• Strong Community Outreach

Programs• Other relevant projects• Multicultural campus• http://chrp.library.ubc.ca/hea

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Community Workshops

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Community – Cross Canada

Kamloops Chinese Cultural Association

St. Mary’s University (Halifax)

Winnipeg Chinese Cultural Centre

Chinese Canadian Military Museum

University of Victoria

Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra

Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario

Simon Fraser University

Eastern Ontario Hoy Sun Association

Toronto Community and Cultural Centre

Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic

Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada

Stitch Media – Redress Remix

Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre

Canadian Chinese Broadcast

Newfoundland and Labrador Headtax Redress Organization

Chinese Graduates Association of Albert

Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter

Productions Multi-monde Inc (Quebec)

Westman Chinese Association (Manitoba)

Firehall Theatre Society (Vancouver)

Richmond Gateway Theatre

Media Monkey (Ontario)

Ming Sun Benevolent Association (Vancouver)

Chinese Christian Mission of Canada (Burnaby)

Artismoking (Alberta)

Oral Histories & Digital Storytelling

http://www.youtube.com/chinesecanadianubc

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About the Technology• Dspace: Data intake pipelines • CONTENTdm: Digital collections

management• Drupal : Cross sites search & Interaction

design

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Chinese Canadian Stories Website

http://www.ccs.library.ubc.ca

Gold Mountain Quest

http://www.goldmountainguest.ca

References• Alexander, Ben. “Excluding Archival Sciences; oral history and Historical Absence.” Archival Science. 5 (2-4): 1-11.• Anderson, Kay. “The Idea of Chinatown: The Power of Place and Institutional Practice in the Making of a Racial Category.”

Annals of the Association of American Geographers. (77) 4: 580-598.• Canada’s Ethnocultural Mosaic, 2006 Census: Canada's major census metropolitan areas.” 2006 Census: Analysis series.

Statistics Canada. November 21, 2008. • <http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/ethnicorigin/vancouver.cfm>• The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. “7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling.” January 2007. Educause. April

29, 2009. <<http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7T hingsYouShouldKnowAbout/39398>>• Ethno-Cultural and Aboriginal Groups. June 21, 2005. Canadian Genealogy Centre. Library and Archives Canada. April 1,

2009. <http://www.collectionscanad a.gc.ca/genealogy/022-905.002-e.html>• Featherstone, Mike. “Archiving Cultures.” British Journal of Sociology. (51)1: 161.• Griffin, K. (2008, Apr 16). “$5 million, 25,000 items and UBC – A collection with special meaning.” Vancouver Sun, pp. A.1.• James, Matt. “Recognition and Redistribution.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. (37) 4: 883-902.• Lee, Erika. “Chinese Exclusion at the Borders with Canada and Mexico.” Journal of American History. 89 (1): 54-86.• Newell, Dianne. “Beyond Chinatown: Overseas Chinese Intermediaries on the Multiethnic North-American Pacific Coast in

the Age of Financial Capital.” Finance, intermediaries, and economic development. Edited. Stanley L. Engerman and Lance Edwin Davis. (Cambridge University Press, 2003): 247-264.

• “Statement of Purpose and Charter of Principles.” Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. 2005. University of British Columbia. April 29, 2009. << http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/about/charter.html>>

• Swain, Ellen. “Oral History in the Archives: Its Documentary Role in the Twenty-first Century.” The American Archivist. Vol. 66 (Spring/Summer): 139-158.

• Van Wingen, Melinda, and Abigail Bass. “Reappraising Archival Practice in Light of the New Social History.” Library Hi Tech. 26(4): 575-585.

• Yu, Henry. “Refracting Pacific Canada,” BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly. 156/157 (Winter/Spring 2007/2008): 5-10.

• Yu, Henry. “Towards a Pacific History of the Americas.” Amerasia Journal. 33(2): xi-xix.

Thank you!

Allan ChoProgram Services Librarian

Irving K. Barber Learning Centreallan.cho@ubc.ca

http://www.ccs.library.ubc.cahttp://www.chinesecanadian.ubc.ca