Strategies for Sharing Digitally
Alberta Museums Association Conference
Calgary, Alberta
September 16, 2016
Sandra CowanUniversity of Lethbridge Library
Online Research in Libraries & Special Collections
Sandra CowanUniversity of Lethbridge Library
Digitized Collections, Free Resources, and Oral History
1) What’s online at the Universities of Lethbridge, Alberta, Calgary, and others?
2) Licensing & copyright?
3) Other places to look?
4) Oral history research & collections?
Digitized Collections
• Many materials digitized: • Newspapers• Photos• Letters• Series of books (e.g., Henderson’s Directories)• Magazines• Maps• Oral histories• Music• Archival materials…
• Usually freely accessible for research on library & archives websites
• Often of local and historical interest
Digitized Collections: University of Lethbridge Library
• Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection
• Nicholas de Grandmaison Collection
• Lethbridge Research Centre Archival Photos
• Blackfoot Digital Library
• Many more…
http://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/
http://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/cdm/landingpage/collection/sanews
https://www.blackfootdigitallibrary.com/
Digitized Collections: University of Alberta Library
• Peel’s Prairie Provinces
• Henderson’s Directories
• Grain Elevators of Canada
• Grain Growers Guide
• Newspaper Collection
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/henderson.html
Sept 16, 1907Sept 15, 1911
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/
U of Calgary
• There are many, many digitized collections available online (e.g., Library & Archives Canada, Centre for Truth & Reconciliation, any research university library)
• Other places to look … Google, and …
http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/
Licensing & Copyright
1. For research purposes: OK
2. For exhibit (or publication) purposes:
• Check copyright statement in online item’s metadata or digital library’s homepage
• Check with the library or archives that digitized the item and/or own the item
• Ask permission
• Attribution
Johnson, A. (2002). The C.P. Rail high level bridge at Lethbridge (4th ed.). Lethbridge, Alberta: Lethbridge Historical Society, 37, 23.
Open Access Scholarly Resources
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• OpenDOAR
• Institutional Repositories
Oral History
• University of Manitoba Oral History Centre online tutorials (and workshops)
• University of Lethbridge Centre for Oral History and Tradition (COHT) workshops (and website)
Centre for Oral History & Tradition:Community Oral History Workshops 2016
Beginner WorkshopSept. 23, 2016 I Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat Call 403.502.8777 or www.tixx.ca Deadline Sept. 16, 2016
Intermediate WorkshopOct. 21, 2016 I Galt Museum & Archives, LethbridgeCall 403.320.3954 or 1.866.320.3898 ext. 0 Deadline Oct. 14, 2016
Oral History