Using Local and Traditional Knowledge to Define a Digital Library for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region

• Main Authors: Stobbs, R., Campbell, Sandy, Farnel, S., Piltingsrud, A., Shiri, A., Rathi, D., Maloney, E., Cockney, C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Community-based research; Traditional Knowledge; Library services - Northern Canada; Digitial Libraries - Canada - Arctic Regions; Digital Libraries - Canada - Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Aklavik; Arctic; Canada; Inuvik; Northwest Territories; Paulatuk; Sachs Harbour; Tuktoyaktuk; Ulukhaktok; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/5a5f17a9-cd05-4b01-befc-7106f8ad45d0; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3ZC7RZ4K

The Digital Library North (DLN) project is a research and development collaboration between the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC) located in Inuvik, in Canada’s Northwest Territories and the University of Alberta School of Library and Information Studies in Edmonton, Alberta. The population of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region is concentrated in six centres (Aklavik, Inuvik, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, Ulukhaktok) several of which are remote from the ICRC in Inuvik . This project is designed to provide a digital library service that will be accessible to all of the communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Core principles of the project include ensuring that -the project is defined by community needs and preferences, -local community members are engaged in the development process, -the project incorporates concepts of cultural appropriateness in all aspects, but particularly in metadata development, -community members receive training through the project, -the project is sustainable at the local level for the long-term