University of the Arctic

Digital Library

The University of the Arctic Library Breakout Group recommends that

• UArctic create a library that will identify and make circumpolar resources accessible to UArctic constituents.

Anticipated Tasks

• develop a portal to specialized Arctic resources for UArctic constituents

• explore the creation of a centralized catalogue

• explore methods of collective acquisition of appropriate northern materials

Principles for Collection-Building

• Have a plan– Including an evaluation component

• Build what your users need– Ask them what they need

• Don’t repeat anyone else’s work

• Keep it simple

• Be prepared to say “no”

Questions for Defining a Collection

• Who is going to use the material?– Is it a “captive market”?– How varied are the users?– Will it be open to everyone or just UArctic

members

• How will they use it?– Searchable interface?– Links in courses?– Use in multiple courses?– Will instruction be required?

• Who will define what is in the collection?– Instructors?

• Are only free things to be included?

• Do priced items need to be purchased?– Where will the money come from?

• One-time purchases• Annual subscriptions

• What parameters will you use?– Date?– Geographic restrictions?– Linguistic restrictions?– Formats?

• Where will the collection be “held”?– Do you need to own it? (make sure it stays

available)– Or can you just point to it?

• How will things get into and out of the collection?

• How will it be kept up to date?

• What software will the database run on?– How will the software be kept up to date?

• Who will assign the metadata?– What standard?– In what languages?

• How often and by what methods will the collection be evaluated?– Will use statistics be kept?

• Title mainInuit family in snow house, Cape Fullerton or Repulse Bay, Canadian Arctic.

•  CreatorComer, George.;•  Subject gnis geographicEast Haddam (Conn.)

Subject lcsh topicalWhalingInuit childrenInuitDwellingsIgloosSubject lcsh genrePhotographsCategoryLifestyleLivelihoodInfrastructure

• DescriptionFour Inuit, including one child, sit inside what appears to be a snow house at Cape Fullerton or Repulse Bay, Canadian Arctic. The group is identified as ""A man with his two wives in Igloo or snow house.""

• Description notesTitle supplied by cataloger.Same group as depicted in 1983.25.34.Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London and New Bedford. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment.Date created[between 1907 and 1909]

• Format extent1 photograph ; 4 x 5 in.Format mediumimage/jpeg

•  IdentifierAccession number: 1983.25.39File name: ms_m021600.jpgSourceMystic Seaport

• Relation isPartOfComer Collection.RightsReproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.

• SeqNum5355 ObjColPhotographs

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