Saskatchewan's Visual Arts: Call for Participation
The University of Regina Archives and Special Collections is leading a digital exhibition project funded by the Ministry of Education, Provincial Library and Literacy Office in conjunction with a grant from the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists. The project will enable many institutions to contribute content to a single digital collection managed through the University of Regina Library's ContentDM application.
The theme for the project is Saskatchewan's Visual Arts: Post 1950. This theme looks at artists that have raised the profile of visual arts within Saskatchewan, following the creation of the Saskatchewan Arts Board in 1948. The Arts Board's mandate to provide financial support to artists encouraged a new level of artistic growth within Saskatchewan and made way for some of the province's most noteworthy and memorable artists.
Materials from permanent collections are eligible for digitization. This includes material in any format (photos, slides, sketchbooks, published material, sound, film, documents and memorabilia) as they relate to Saskatchewan's Visual Arts: Post 1950. Participating institutions will be asked to digitize their contribution(s) or request technical support from the University of Regina Archives. Contributors should also provide accompanying metadata and contextual information for inclusion in the ContentDM database.The goal of this project is to produce an online archival exhibit that will document Saskatchewan's rich contribution to the visual arts and promote access to archival, library, museum, and gallery materials.
Content from participating institutions must be copyright-cleared and participants must be willing to make digitized content freely available on the internet.
Institutions willing to participate should contact Mark Vajcner (mark.vajcner@uregina.ca) before 17 June 2011. It is anticipated that the bulk of the scanning and description work will occur in July and August 2011.
Large and small contributions are welcome!
SDA Directed Digitization Project – The Saskatchewan War Experience - Call for Participation
Call for Participation
Is your organization interested in digitizing materials from your permanent collections?
The Saskatchewan Digital Alliance (SDA) is leading a Directed Digitization Project that will assist Saskatchewan libraries, archives, museums and other organizations in digitizing collections in any format (photos, documents, published materials, sound and film) that relate to the project theme The Saskatchewan War Experience. This includes any military action that Saskatchewan residents have participated in as well as life on the ‘home front'.
What the SDA will contribute
- A technical coordinator resident at the University of Saskatchewan, available to travel to participating institutions.
- Digital Collection management software (CONTENTdm).
- A central web repository for the combined collection at the University of Saskatchewan.
What your institution will contribute
- Staff (paid or volunteer) to digitize your contribution (technical support available).
- Cataloguing/metadata information for your scanned items (support available).
- Uploading of your scans to the central web repository (high speed Internet connection required).
- Release of the images and information to the University of Saskatchewan for inclusion in the combined digital collection.
Additional Information
- Contributions large and small are welcome.
- Access to scanning equipment may be provided to those institutions that do not own the required equipment.
- The bulk of the scanning and descriptor work is expected to occur between September 2010 and January 2011.
- Online accessibility to the digital collection will be established by the SDA by March 2011.
How to participate
Email Elgin Bunston ( elgin.bunston@gov.sk.ca ) at Provincial Library and Literacy Office or Jack Ma at ( jack.ma@gov.sk.ca ) by August 31st with the following information :
| New Participants |
Continuing Participants |
| 1. The name of your organization.
2. The nature and amount of the material you propose to digitize (format, size, and copyright information if known). 3. Are you new to digitization? 4. Do you have scanning equipment on site? |
1. The name of your organization.
2. The nature and amount of the material you propose to digitize (format, size, and copyright information if known). |
- Expressions of interest will be reviewed by the SDA Committee and further information will be provided to all institutions which apply.
The SDA would like to acknowledge the contributions of the 2009/10 partners:
University of Regina Archives and Special Collections; Saskatchewan Archives Board; Lloydminster Regional Archives; The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre for the Study of Canada; Allan Community Heritage Society and Museum; Southeast Regional Library; Rosetown Centennial Library Archive; Prince Albert Historical Society; Swift Current Museum; City of Regina Archives; Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room; Regina Royal United Services (RUSI) Library; Regina Plains Museum; Saskatchewan Military Museum; Prairie History Room, Regina Public Library;
This project is funded by the Digitization Grant Program of the Multitype Library Board by the Provincial Library and Literacy Office, Ministry of Education.
To view the current project and for more information, go to http://cdm15126.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15126coll5.
Elgin Bunston, MLIS
Coordinator, Multitype Library Services
Provincial Library & Literacy Office, Ministry of Education
409A Park Street, Regina, SK S4N 5B2
Tel: 306-787-2355 / Fax: 306-787-2029