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