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Highlights of different collections.

Highlights of different collections. Radical Reference Montreal has a virtual reference shelf. http://radrefmtl.wordpress.com/reference-shelf/. As does the main Radical Reference website. http://radicalreference.info/readyref. Radical Reference Montreal Virtual Reference Shelf.

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Highlights of different collections.

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  1. Highlights of different collections.

  2. Radical Reference Montreal has a virtual reference shelf. http://radrefmtl.wordpress.com/reference-shelf/

  3. As does the main Radical Reference website. http://radicalreference.info/readyref

  4. Radical Reference Montreal Virtual Reference Shelf Alternative resources online and in Montreal organized by subject: • Alternative libraries, infoshops, and zines • Crime and legal topics • Education • Government • Health • Human Rights • Immigration • Labour • .... and more!

  5. Alternative Libraries Database.

  6. Alternative Libraries Database The eight organizations working on the library database: • 2110 Centre • QPIRG Concordia • QPIRG McGill • The Union for Gender Empowerment • DIRA • GRIP UQAM • COCo • SACOMSS www.alternativelibraries.org

  7. Alternative Libraries Database Currently in the database: • 2110 Centre • QPIRG Concorida • QPIRG McGill www.alternativelibraries.org

  8. 2110 rue MacKay 1455 de Maisonneuve West, Annex V-01 Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 514-848-2424 poste7431 www.centre2110.org 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy

  9. 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, suite 204 514-848-7585 qpirgconcordia.org/librarycirculation/ QPIRG Concordia

  10. 3647 University Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B3 514-398-7432 qpirgmcgill.org/library QPIRG McGill

  11. Union of Gender Empowermentwww.unionforgenderempowerment.wordpress.com McGill University Shatner Building 3480 McTavish Street Montreal, QC, H3A 1X9 514-398-2569 unionforgenderempowerment@gmail.com

  12. Bibliotheque DIRAwww.bibliothequedira.wordpress.com 2035 boulevard Saint-Laurent Montreal, QC, H2X 2T3 514-843-2018 dira@riseup.net

  13. GRIP UQAMwww.gripuqam.org/ 320, rue Ste-Catherine Est, Pavillion J.-A DeSeve, 3ieme etage, LOCAL DS-3159 Metro Berri UQAM 514-987-3000 poste 4077

  14. COCowww.coco-net.org 3680, rue Jean-Mance Montreal, QC, H2X 2K5 514-849-5599

  15. SACOMSSwww.sacomss.org McGill University Shatner Building Basement 3480 McTavish, B-27 Montreal, QC H3A 1X9 514-398-8500

  16. Other cool community resources.

  17. Legal Information Clinichttp://mlic.mcgill.ca/site.php?lang=en&page=legalclinic# McGill University Shatner Building 3480 McTavish St Montreal, QC, H3A 1X9 Legal Information Question: 514-398-6792

  18. CDEACFwww.cdeacf.ca 110 rue Sainte-Therese, bureau 101 Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 1E6 514-876-1180 www.cdecf.ca

  19. Some great online resources.

  20. La Page Noirewww.blogpagenoire.blogspot.com 265 rue Dorchester, Quebec 418-977-1955

  21. The Queer Zine Archive Projectwww.qzap.org QZAP 2935 N. Fratney St. Milwaukee, WI 53212 USA

  22. BAnQ Collections.

  23. BAnQ Collectionshttp://iris.banq.qc.ca/iris.aspx • The Iris Online Catalogue has hundreds of thousands of digitized documents. • Researchers can consult an index a-z of subjects or search the database.

  24. BAnQ Collections Really amazing resources at BAnQ: • Heritage collection • National collection • Archives

  25. BAnQ CollectionsHeritage Collection • Quebec publications. • Documents about Quebec published elsewhere. • Books published before 1801. • Maps, posters, postcards, stamps. • Various other archives.

  26. BAnQ CollectionsDigital Collection • Documentary heritage produced in Quebec since the 17th century. • Printed • Handwritten • Photographs • Sound Recordings • ...and more!

  27. BAnQ CollectionsArchives • Archives on variety of subject matters. • 9 archive centres in Quebec. • Preservation centre in Montreal. • Holds 10 major special collections (posters, geographical maps, postcards, prints, early books, art reproductions...) • Access to over 2,000 reference books. • Reading room to access resources.

  28. Montreal Public Libraries • Great resouces for local history and genealogy. • List of Montreal Public Libraries

  29. Jewish Public Librarywww.jewishpubliclibrary.org • 75% of the collection is Judaica. • Rare books: • Incunanbula • Kabbalistic treateis • Talmuds • Historical tracts • Copious and old clippings from newspapers. • Yizkor books.

  30. ATI's

  31. They can be difficult. They can be expensive. I have never filed one.

  32. But it is important to remember that this avenue exists.

  33. Filing ATIs Download an access-to-information form: www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/tbsf-fsct/350-57-eng.asp Find which institutions you want to apply to: www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/atip-aiprp/apps/coords/index-eng.asp For a description of program records held by the institutions: http://www.infosource.gc.ca

  34. Understand the info management Inforsource.gc.ca is a useful directory of government records subject to ATI laws.

  35. Oral History.

  36. Oral History Concordia University 1455 Maisonneuve Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8 514-848-2424 poste 5465 http://storytelling.concordia.ca/oralhistory/index.html Oral History/Storytelling

  37. But you can always go out and get your own stories.

  38. Lots of researchers work with the community and document their experiences.

  39. This is often called participatory action research or community-based reasearch.

  40. The wayback machine.

  41. Tracking development of webpages over time • There are many tools that allow you browse backwards through time: • Zoetrope (Adobe) • Internet Archive (the wayback machine)

  42. Whois.

  43. Whois Lookup domain and IP address information: • www.allwhois.com • whois.net • whois.domaintools.com En francais: • www.raynette.fr/services/whois

  44. WhoisSecond Level Domains Domains that will not work in searches: www.gouv.qc.ca & www.ndpopposition.ab.ca An alternative resource is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority: www.whois.cira.ca/public Ou www.cira.ca/fr/re_whois.html

  45. Right of initiative of public consultations.

  46. Public Consultations • Find out first hand about new requests addressed to the city by reviewing the right to initiative portal on the city's website • www.ville.montreal.qc.ca • Examples of current requests: Sharing the existing bike path/forbid electric scooters on Montreal bike paths: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=6717,90973576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

  47. Sherlock.

  48. Municiple Information (french) • Sherlock: database of municipale information. http://www11.ville.montreal.qc.ca/sherlock2/servlet/template/sherlock%2CRechSherlock.vm

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