Digital Library North: Development of a Model Digital Library Platform for Northern Canada

• Main Authors: Rathi, Dinesh, Shiri, Ali
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Digital Library; Northwest Territories; Aklavik; Canada; Inuvik; Paulatuk; Sachs Harbour; Tuktoyaktuk; Ulukhaktok; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/09f03031-2f1e-4e17-a8d7-61c71560b2b5; https://doi.org/10.7939/R33F4M204

Digital libraries provide organized, inclusive and open access to quality information sources. They are multifaceted and complex structures that offer a wide range and variety of information resources and services and reduce spatial, temporal and access barriers. One of the key challenges associated with information access in Canada’s north is the lack of a proper digital information infrastructure to provide relevant and reliable access to information resources. An example of this kind of information gap can be found in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) of the Northwest Territories, where access to relevant, digital information poses a number of challenges for the communities. We have proposed a multifaceted project to investigate the development of a model digital library platform to accommodate the information needs of the communities with the ISR region. The proposed study will focus on the ISR region of the Northwest Territories, comprising six communities: Paulatuk, Ulukhaktok, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, Inuvik and Aklavik, and 91,000 square kilometers of land.