libraries in a digital frontier - preserving chinese canadian cultural heritage

Allan Cho, IKBLC, UBC

Lilly Yu Li, Asian Library, UBC

International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2011), Oct 24-27

Chinese Canadian Stories

http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/featured/come-test-our-beta-website/

Project Objectives• To create a single one-stop bilingual web portal for collecting,

digitally archiving, accessing and distributing information about Chinese Canadian history.

• To engage and collaborate with Communities on preserving the Chinese Canadian history and culture.

• To connect younger generations to the stories of earlier generations.

• To offer educational resources to enrich students' knowledge of Chinese Canadian History.

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Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP)

• Began in 2008 by Canadian Department of Heritage• Chinese, South Asian, Italian, Jewish• UBC

gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese Canadian history web portal

• “This project stands out for its community engagement and its collaborative nature” (Ingrid Parent, UBC University Librarian, IFLA President) 4Libraries in a Digital Frontier

Why University of BC?

• Rich Archives on Chinese Canadian history

• Good Digitization facilities• Strong Community

Outreach Programs• Other relevant projects• Multicultural campus• http://chrp.library.ubc.ca/he

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Community Workshops

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Community – Cross Canada

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Kamloops Chinese Cultural Association

St. Mary’s University (Halifax)

Winnipeg Chinese Cultural Centre

Chinese Canadian Military Museum

University of Victoria

Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra

Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario

Simon Fraser University

Eastern Ontario Hoy Sun Association

Toronto Community and Cultural Centre

Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic

Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada

Stitch Media – Redress Remix

Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre

Canadian Chinese Broadcast

Newfoundland and Labrador Headtax Redress Organization

Chinese Graduates Association of Albert

Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter

Productions Multi-monde Inc (Quebec)

Westman Chinese Association (Manitoba)

Firehall Theatre Society (Vancouver)

Richmond Gateway Theatre

Media Monkey (Ontario)

Ming Sun Benevolent Association (Vancouver)

Chinese Christian Mission of Canada (Burnaby)

Artismoking (Alberta)

About the Technology• Dspace: Data intake pipelines • CONTENTdm: Digital collections

management• Drupal : Cross sites search &

Interaction design

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Scanning• Scanners and Scanning

Systems ATIZ Bookdrive DIY and Bookdrive Pro cradle scanners Fujitsu fi-6670A double-sided document scanner Vidar Atlas P-42 large format scanner Epson Perfection V750-M Pro flatbed scanner with standard

platen Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner with large platen

Canon EOS 5D MKII DSLR Boday with 24-70 Lens

• Scanning Guidelines Minimum requirements for bit-depth, color space, resolution,

scale, and file format Type of Material

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Metadata

• Dublin Core• Input Guidelines• Controlled vocabulary• Bilingual metadata• OCR

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Chinese Canadian Stories

http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/featured/come-test-our-beta-website/

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Thank you!

Allan Cho – allan.cho@ubc.ca Lilly Li – lilly.li@ubc.ca