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Title:

Digitize and Make Accessible a Collection of Indigenous-Language Manuscripts

Agreement Number:

2021-0009

Agreement Value:

$48,563.00

Agreement Date:

Sep 2, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021

Description:

The archives department at the Univers culturel de Saint-Sulpice is currently digitizing a corpus of 40 manuscripts dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The department plans to publicize the unabridged content and promote its use by publishing it on the web portal. The documentary records have been weakened by intensive use over time. High-resolution digital files will be produced to ensure that the documentary records are preserved. These files will be retained, as will the originals, in reshelved in the vaults.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

To establish standards for digitization, archival preservation of originals and digital files, and dissemination that will provide a frame of reference for this and all future projects.
To develop greater expertise and experience in digitization and preservation of digital files on storage units.
To increase the visibility of the organization and, above all, to offer quality archival material that can be consulted by the general public and researchers.
To identify and use "open source" tools for metadata extraction (tika, jhove, Droid), for digital fingerprinting (Gava), for manuscript viewer (openseadragon, pdf.js, Mirador) in order to minimize dependencies on closed commercial logistics systems.
To promote to the general public as well as to a specialized public composed of universities and research centers in linguistics through a dissemination portal. One of the main measures to determine the number of visitors or users is the implementation of statistical software on the portal offered by the web host. In addition, research requests by e-mail or other means (telephone, mail) resulting from the consultation will be taken into account. These requests will be recorded in the annual register and an annual report of our activities will be produced to meet the requirements of our private archive center accredited by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

Location:

Montréal, Quebec, CA H2Y 1T2

Reference Number:

001-2020-2021-Q3-00001

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Operating Name:

Univers culturel de Saint-Sulpice

Recipient's Legal Name:

Univers culturel de Saint-Sulpice - Département des archives

Program:

Documentary Heritage Communities Program

Program Purpose:

The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities by increasing their capacity to preserve, provide access to, and promote local documentary heritage.