This presentation took place on October 27, 2012

1. International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries Allan Cho, IKBLC, UBC
(ICADL 2011), Oct 24-27 Lilly Yu Li, Asian Library, UBC

2. Chinese Canadian Stories
http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/featured/come-test-our-beta-website/

3. Project Objectives
• To create a single one-stop bilingual web portal for collecting,
digitally archiving, accessing and distributing information about
Chinese Canadian history.
• To engage and collaborate with Communities on preserving the
Chinese Canadian history and culture.
• To connect younger generations to the stories of earlier
generations.
• To offer educational resources to enrich students' knowledge of
Chinese Canadian History.
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4. Community Historical Recognition
Program (CHRP)
• Began in 2008 by Canadian Department of Heritage
• Chinese, South Asian, Italian, Jewish
• UBC gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese
Canadian history web portal
• “This project stands out for its community engagement and its
collaborative nature” (Ingrid Parent, UBC University Librarian,
IFLA President)
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5. Why University of BC?
• Rich Archives on Chinese
Canadian history
• Good Digitization facilities
• Strong Community
Outreach Programs
• Other relevant projects
• Multicultural campus
• http://chrp.library.ubc.ca/he
adtax_search
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7. Community Workshops
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8. Community – Cross Canada
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9. Kamloops St. Mary’s Winnipeg Chinese University of Vancouver Multicultural
Chinese University Chinese Canadian Victoria Youth Historical
Cultural (Halifax) Cultural Military Symphony Society of
Association Centre Museum Orchestra Ontario
Simon Fraser Eastern Toronto Metro Foundation Stitch Media Ottawa
University Ontario Community Toronto to – Redress Chinese
Hoy Sun and Cultural Chinese & Commemora Remix Community
Associatio Centre Southeast te the Service
n Asian Legal Chinese Centre
Clinic Railroad
Workers in
Canada
Vancouver Canadian Newfoundland Chinese Chinese Productions Westman
Asian Chinese and Graduates Canadian Multi-monde Chinese
Canadian Broadcast Labrador Association National Inc (Quebec) Association
Theatre Headtax of Albert Council (Manitoba)
Redress Toronto
Organization Chapter
Firehall Richmond Media Ming Sun Chinese Artismoking
Theatre Gateway Monkey Benevolent Christian (Alberta)
Society Theatre (Ontario) Association Mission of
(Vancouver) (Vancouver) Canada
(Burnaby)

10. About the Technology
• Dspace: Data intake pipelines
• CONTENTdm: Digital collections
management
• Drupal : Cross sites search &
Interaction design
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12. Scanning
• Scanners and Scanning
Systems
 ATIZ Bookdrive DIY and Bookdrive Pro cradle scanners
 Fujitsu fi-6670A double-sided document scanner
 Vidar Atlas P-42 large format scanner
 Epson Perfection V750-M Pro flatbed scanner with standard
platen
 Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner with large platen
 Canon EOS 5D MKII DSLR Boday with 24-70 Lens
• Scanning Guidelines
 Minimum requirements for bit-depth, color space, resolution,
scale, and file format
 Type of Material
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13. Metadata
• Dublin Core
• Input Guidelines
• Controlled vocabulary
• Bilingual metadata
• OCR
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14. Chinese Canadian Stories
http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/featured/come-test-our-beta-website/

15. Thank you!
Allan Cho – allan.cho@ubc.ca
Lilly Li – lilly.li@ubc.ca
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