Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Migration, arrangement and description of AV Materials in the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute -Gwich’in Tribal Council fonds

Agreement Number:

LHOV-04-011

Agreement Value:

$96,225.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 2, 2023 - Aug 31, 2024

Description:

The first phase of this project was funded by LHOV. Now the third phase of work is required to fully arrange, describe and preserve the GTC-GSCI fonds which is a collection of Indigenous traditional knowledge language and cultural material created for the preservation and promotion of Gwich’in language and culture. The 100 audio visual part of the collection require arrangement, description and prioritization.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

Recruitment of contract archivist

Verification of duplicates and appraisal recommendations for AV, rehousing as required

Identify available metadata, determine migration strategies, migration, and QC of metadata

Migration of digital files to digital repository and creation of web format digital surrogates for public catalog

Loading of completed descriptions plus available surrogates to NWTA AtoM database, plus QC

Creation of a planning recommendation document

Location:

Inuvik, Northwest Territories, CA X0E 0T0

Reference Number:

129-2023-2024 Q1-LHOV-04-011

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Gwich'in Tribal Council

Program:

Listen, Hear Our Voices

Program Purpose:

Listen, Hear Our Voices supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis governments and non-profit organizations in: 1) digitizing existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures, and 2) building the skills, knowledge and resources to do this work in their communities.