Shaping of a digital library in Canada's North

This project seeks to: 1. Investigate and identify the information needs and information seeking behaviour of community members in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. 2. Identify and select cultural heritage information. 3. Create a culturally appropriate metadata framework for resource description. 4...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shiri, Ali, Stobbs, Robyn, Farnel, Sharon, Cockney, Cathy, Rathi, Dinesh, Campbell, Sandy
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Digital Library North Project - University of Alberta
Posters
Digital Libraries - Canada - Northern Regions
Culturally Appropriate Metadata
Multilingual User Interfaces
Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre - Information Services
Inuvialuit Settlement Region - Library Services
Canada
Inuvialuit
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/9607dd1c-6bdb-4401-8ab1-05344819447c
https://doi.org/10.7939/R3BR8MG66
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Summary:This project seeks to: 1. Investigate and identify the information needs and information seeking behaviour of community members in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. 2. Identify and select cultural heritage information. 3. Create a culturally appropriate metadata framework for resource description. 4. Develop requirements for multilingual user interfaces that support the dominant languages. 5. Conduct a user centred evaluation of the digital library. 6. Develop a sustainability strategy for the digital library to ensure long-term access to information. 6. Provide training in information management to local project participants.

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