VALA2016 Session 13 Ruge

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Courtney Ruge
Courtney Ruge

Digital Dilemmas: a participatory investigation into developing a digital strategy for a community archive

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Digitisation Adventures
Thursday 11 February 2016, 12:00 – 12:30
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Courtney Ruge, Steve Wright, Joanne Evans

Monash University, Vic

Graham Willett

University of Melbourne, Vic

Gary Jaynes

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Vic

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This paper reports on the progress of a collaborative project between Monash University and the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, which aims to provide public access to the Archives’ digital collections through the development an online exhibition and an exploration of the possibilities for building an online catalogue using open-source software. The paper explores the challenges involved in attempting to undertake effective consultation and collaboration between researchers and community archives in a community informatics project of this nature, the challenges for community archives in resourcing complex digital projects, and the issues associated with developing a digital strategy for a community archives from multiple stakeholder perspectives.

 

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VALA2016 Session 13 Kearney

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Nicole Kearney
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In the words of our field naturalists: an adventure in digitisation and transcription

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Digitisation Adventures
Thursday 11 February 2016, 11:25 – 11:55
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Nicole Kearney and Elycia Wallis

Museum Victoria

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Historic field diaries chronicle the expeditions undertaken over time to explore and discover the natural history of the world. They provide invaluable insights into past species distribution and abundance, as well as the trials and wonders experienced on historic expeditions. However, despite the wealth of information they contain, field diaries are a hugely underutilised resource. This paper will discuss why this is the case and how, with the help of crowd-sourced volunteers, the field diaries in Museum Victoria’s collection are being made more accessible. Cataloguing, digitisation and transcription procedures are detailed, together with how this content is being put online.

 

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VALA2016 Session 5 Mamtora

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Neil Godfrey
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Preserving a living archive of Indigenous language material

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Warding the Past
Tuesday 9 February 2016, 15:20 – 15:50
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Neil Godfrey, Jayshree Mamtora and Catherine Bow

Charles Darwin University, NT

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This paper describes how Charles Darwin University Library is directly helping to sustain and preserve Aboriginal languages and culture that have been facing hurdles for long-term survival. The Library, in partnership with an ARC-funded research project known as the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages (www.cdu.edu.au/laal), supports this effort with a repository, web application and digitisation program to preserve endangered Indigenous resources and facilitate both Indigenous community engagement and international linguistic research. The project serves as a rich case study demonstrating how academic libraries can work with researchers to support the archiving of cultural heritage.

 

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VALA2016 Session 16 Daniels

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Oculus Rift: activating heritage collections through technology

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 16: Virtual Travels
Thursday 11 February 2016, 14:45 – 15:15
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Ben Carmichael and Gerrard Daniels

Geelong Regional Library Corporation, Vic

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The Geelong Regional Library Corporation, in preparation for the opening of the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, is investigating the ways cutting edge technology can enhance archival material. The incorporation of Geelong’s Heritage Centre items into the library’s collection offered the perfect opportunity to experiment with how historical material might be presented in exciting new ways. Using the Oculus Rift virtual reality hardware, local turn-of-the-century stereoscopic images have been given new life, allowing patrons to experience the past with anticipated future technology. This paper details the considerations, background and implementation of this project.

 

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