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"Use of the arts is an important yet little-studied strategy for effective conservation outreach.". Promoting Conservation through the Arts: Outreach for Hearts and Minds by Jacobson, Susan K., Mallory D. Mcduff , and Martha C. Monroe. Muskwa-Kechika Artist Camp collection.
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"Use of the arts is an important yet little-studied strategy for effective conservation outreach." Promoting Conservation through the Arts: Outreach for Hearts and Minds by Jacobson, Susan K., Mallory D. Mcduff, and Martha C. Monroe
Telecommunication technologies are “powerful tools for connecting the human and non-human worlds” Dunn, David “Wilderness as Reentrant Form: Thoughts on the Future of Electronic Art and Nature.” Leonardo, Vol. 21 No. 4, (1988), pp. 377-382
Digitization Portal • Content DM repository currently holds more than 3418 items. • We are in the process of building a digitization portal site (http://digiport-dev.athabascau.ca/) to optimize access to the digital collections. • The site will showcase best practice guidelines for digitization, metatagging, and Content DM collections.
Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library • Boyle History Book Society • Cinema Canada • AU Archives • Alberta Women’s Memory Project • Alberta Women’s Institutes • Martha Kostuch Digital Archives • Rock and Minerals Database • Town Archives • JAWS • Karvonen Films Natural History Collection • French Poetry • Muskwa-Kechika Artist Camp
More Information • Sherry Coffey, Repository Network &Content Specialist sherryc@athabascau.ca • Tony Tin, Electronic Resources Librarian tonyt@athabascau.ca • Donna Kane, Writing on the Ridge, www.donnakane.com or dkane@nlc.bc.ca • Wayne Sawchuk, Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board wsawchuk@pris.ca
Promoting Conservation through the Arts: Outreach for Hearts and Minds • “More research is critically needed on the type of active or passive art experiences that stimulate changes in environmental behaviors, make participants more open to information, or engage their positive feelings in support of a cause.” Jacobson, Susan K., Mallory D. Mcduff, and Martha C. Monroe