Grants and Contributions:
Title:
The Oral History Lab Project at the Haida Gwaii Museum Archives
Agreement Number:
LHOV-04-045
Agreement Value:
$50,800.00
Agreement Date:
Sep 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
This project is about capacity building for the Haida Gwaii Museum Archive and has several components: Staff training in digitization, Refresher on other formats, use of digitization software, file storage, and checksums procedures, project management and documentation, digitization of oral history, language, and community history content on obsolete, never previously digitized formats, greater community use of and easier access to archival recordings, greater community use of digitization services.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Capacity building for the HGM Archive
Staff training in minicassette and betamax digitization
Refresher on other formats, use of digitization software, file storage, and checksums procedures
Project management and documentation
Digitization of oral history, language, and community history content on obsolete, never previously digitized formats
Greater community use of and easier access to archival recordings, greater community use of digitization services
Location:
Skidegate, British Columbia, CA V0T 1S1
Reference Number:
129-2023-2024 Q1-LHOV-04-045
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Recipient's Legal Name:
Haida Gwaii Museum
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.