Browsing Waterloo Research by Subject "Archives"
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The great WARC adventure: Using SIPS, AIPS, and DIPS to document SLAPPs
(Society for Digital Humanities, 2016-03)This paper outlines the circumstances surrounding a libel case that was filed against academic librarian Dale Askey by publisher Herbert Richardson and his company Edwin Mellen Press, the resulting online debate, protest, ... -
Inevitably Wikipedia
(2019-10-24)Broad overview of editing Wikipedia through an archival lens, including contributing to the Wikimedia Commons. -
Integrating Equity and Reconciliation Work into Archival Descriptive Practice at the University of Waterloo
(Archivaria, 2021-06)Despite sustained calls for a critical review of harmful content within archival descriptive records, there remains much to be explored by way of implications for Canadian academic archives. This article addresses the ... -
No, we can't just script it: and other refrains from (tired) archival data migrators
(2017-09-28)How are print finding aids migrated from binders in reading rooms to web-based descriptive platforms? And why is it taking so long? Paying special attention to format, description and discoverability challenges presented ... -
Wikipedia Edit-a-thons: Thinking Beyond the Warm Fuzzie
(Editorial Board of the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2017)Wikipedia edit-a-thons represent a unique and fruitful avenue for galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs) to engage with new and existing segments of their user communities. Encompassing information and technical ...