2008-2010 Committee Members
- Melissa Bennett (Committee Chair)
- David Bindle
- Elgin Bunston
- Curt Campbell
- Craig Harkema
- Dorothea Funk
- Tim Hutchinson
- Donald Johnson
- Mark Vajčner
- Jason Wilson
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Legislative Librarian |
Melissa is Legislative Librarian at the Saskatchewan Legislative Library. Her role with the Saskatchewan Digital Alliance is to provide leadership and management as Chair of the steering committee. Melissa has been involved in numerous collaborative initiatives in Saskatchewan libraries, and she helped develop early policy proposals that led to the establishment of the SDA.
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Metadata Librarian Bibliographic Services Murray Library, University of Saskatchewan Room 24 Murray Building, 3 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A4 Tel: (306) 966-5980 |
David has worked in an academic library for 21 years, much of that as a cataloguer. David's participation with digital library projects began as member of the Indigenous Studies Portal team at the University of Saskatchewan. In more recent years he was appointed to the role of Metadata Librarian and in 2008, was appointed Special Collections Librarian at the University of Saskatchewan Library. David is also a professional photographer and has used his digital photography background to bring enhancements to the library's digitization capabilities, in particular to the digitization of rare books and manuscripts, theses and other special collections materials. In 2006-2007 he sat on the steering committee of the Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries and joined the steering committee of the Saskatchewan Digital Alliance in 2006. David's research involves innovation in digitization workflows and investigates the new possibilities in which digital cameras may be implemented.
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Multitype Library Coordinator Saskatchewan Provincial Library & Literacy Office 409A Park Street Regina , SK S4N 5B2 Tel: (306) 787-2355 Fax: (306) 787-2029 |
Elgin has been with the Saskatchewan Provincial Library & Literacy Office since 2006
as a Multitype Library Coordinator. His main areas of responsibility include supporting
the activities of the Multitype Library Board and facilitating province-wide digitization initiatives. Elgin is a graduate of the Master of Library & Information Science program at the University of Western Ontario.
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University Archivist University of Saskatchewan Archives 301 Main Library, 3 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A4 Tel: (306) 966-6028 |
Tim has been an archivist at the University of Saskatchewan Archives since 1997. With colleagues at the Archives, the University of Saskatchewan Library, and other Saskatchewan archives through the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists, he has been involved (most often as a project manager and web programmer) in the development of the Saskatchewan Archival Information Network and a number of virtual exhibits and other digital projects, with recent projects including Our Legacy [link: http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy] and Wish You Were Here: Saskatchewan Postcard Collections. For several years he was a member of the Canadian Committee on Archival Description, and represented that body on the international Encoded Archival Description Working Group.
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University Archivist |
Mark has been an archivist at the University of Regina since March 1999. His current interests include the collection of non-University records and the development of an archival digitization program for the University. Mark has been a member of the Saskatchewan Digital Alliance since its inception and takes a keen interest in the impact of digitization on heritage institutions. Mark is president of the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists (SCAA) and has contributed to the success of this and various other archival professional associations. Mark was employed previously by the University of Alberta Archives. He has studied history and archival studies at both the University of Manitoba and Edith Cowan University in Australia.