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The Canadian Scene: National and Provincial Initiatives

The Canadian Scene: National and Provincial Initiatives. DLI All Projects Meeting 24 June 2002 Peter Binkley peter.binkley@ualberta.ca. Overview. Connectivity Digitization Access Provincial and Regional Projects. Geography 5, History nil. Map: Natural Resources Canada. Connectivity.

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The Canadian Scene: National and Provincial Initiatives

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  1. The Canadian Scene:National and Provincial Initiatives DLI All Projects Meeting 24 June 2002 Peter Binkley peter.binkley@ualberta.ca DLI All Projects Meeting

  2. Overview • Connectivity • Digitization • Access • Provincial and Regional Projects DLI All Projects Meeting

  3. Geography 5, History nil DLI All Projects Meeting Map:Natural Resources Canada

  4. Connectivity • LibraryNet • SchoolNet • Canada’s Digital Collections: digitization component • National Broadband Initiative • Smart Communities: community portals DLI All Projects Meeting

  5. CCOP • “Canadian Culture On-Line Program” • Federal funding program for cultural heritage digitization • Cultural Portal project (2002-2003) DLI All Projects Meeting

  6. CCOP Guidelines • Stress on interoperability and integration • Requirements for projects: • use of Dublin Core for item description • use of RSLP for collection description • use of validated HTML, CSS, XML • use of open standards for file formats etc. DLI All Projects Meeting

  7. Digital Library of Canada • Project of National Library of Canada (NLC) • Projects: • AMICUS: Union catalogue • Images Canada: gateway to image collections DLI All Projects Meeting

  8. CIDL • Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries • Established 1997 • 60 partner institutions DLI All Projects Meeting

  9. Our Roots/Nos Racines • Canada’s Local Histories • Led by U. of Calgary and U. Laval • Emphases: • Peer review • Comprehensiveness • Use of pre-existing metadata (MARC) DLI All Projects Meeting

  10. Educational Metadata • CanCore: Canadian application profile for IMS Learning Object Metadata • BELLE: Broadband Enabled Lifelong Learning Environment • Alexandria: national repository of learning objects • ALOHA: Advanced Learning Object Hub Application DLI All Projects Meeting

  11. Z39.50: Bath Profile • NLC is Maintenance Agency • Major research libraries migrating from DRA to SIRSI • ASIN work on indexing DLI All Projects Meeting

  12. National Site Licenses • Canadian National Site Licensing Project • Consortium of 64 university libraries • Initial three-year project has produced: • Model licensing agreement • Several important licenses DLI All Projects Meeting

  13. Provincial & Regional Projects • The Alberta Library (TAL) • TAL Online; RPA; RSS; Licensing • The Ontario Digital Library • Licensing; integration DLI All Projects Meeting

  14. Open Source Projects • Godot: link server • Pytheas: ILS • openILL: an ILL management system DLI All Projects Meeting

  15. Conclusions • Top-down approach has been slow to develop, but is now coming • Bottom-up enthusiasm is there, but unchannelled • The mass of “legacy” projects will have to be tackled DLI All Projects Meeting

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