libraries in a digital frontier - preserving chinese canadian cultural heritage
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This presentation took place on October 27, 2012TRANSCRIPT
Allan Cho, IKBLC, UBC
Lilly Yu Li, Asian Library, UBC
International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2011), Oct 24-27
Chinese Canadian Stories
http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/featured/come-test-our-beta-website/
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) 4Libraries in a Digital Frontier
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/he
adtax_search
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Community Workshops
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Community – Cross Canada
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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)
About the Technology• Dspace: Data intake pipelines • CONTENTdm: Digital collections
management• Drupal : Cross sites search &
Interaction design
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Scanning• Scanners and Scanning
Systems ATIZ Bookdrive DIY and Bookdrive Pro cradle scanners Fujitsu fi-6670A double-sided document scanner Vidar Atlas P-42 large format scanner Epson Perfection V750-M Pro flatbed scanner with standard
platen Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner with large platen
Canon EOS 5D MKII DSLR Boday with 24-70 Lens
• Scanning Guidelines Minimum requirements for bit-depth, color space, resolution,
scale, and file format Type of Material
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Metadata
• Dublin Core• Input Guidelines• Controlled vocabulary• Bilingual metadata• OCR
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Chinese Canadian Stories
http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/featured/come-test-our-beta-website/
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Thank you!
Allan Cho – [email protected] Lilly Li – [email protected]