Shedding light on an important archive: digitizing the Winnifred Eaton Reeve fonds

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dc.contributor.authorMcKillop, Christena
dc.contributor.authorNisenson, Jason
dc.contributor.authorRuddock, Kathryn
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-14T17:00:00Z
dc.date.available2024-06-14T17:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-14
dc.description.abstractThe Winnifred Eaton Reeve fonds, a significant collection in the literary archives at the University of Calgary, chronicles the works of Winnifred Eaton Reeve (1875-1954), a pivotal early Chinese North American fiction-writer who assumed the Japanese persona “Onoto Watanna.” This collection became the focal point of a comprehensive digitization project driven by substantial demand from academic researchers. This project was unique as it encompassed digitizing the entire collection. The session will include a brief overview of our first venture in digitizing an entire archival collection during a time of change. Attendees will learn about our approach to this digitization project and its multifaceted aspects that needed to be considered. The inherent fragility of the artifacts mandated extreme caution during every interaction, underscoring the need for digitization to safeguard and enhance accessibility for present and future Winnifred Eaton Reeve enthusiasts. Significant challenges and opportunities encountered during the project will be highlighted, including metadata mapping across disciplines, managing sensitive content, and adapting to unforeseen changes in the Canadian copyright landscape as well as substantially updating the finding aid and creating an online guide to increase access to the collection. With the successful completion of the digitization project, access collection either the physical or digital can be an effective way to raise awareness of this important Canadian author and generate new understandings through researching Winnifred Eaton Reeve’s life and works.
dc.identifier.citationMcKillop, C., Nisenson, J., & Ruddock, K. (2024, June 13-14). Shedding light on an important archive: digitizing the Winnifred Eaton Reeve fonds [Conference presentation]. 2024 SEAA/SGA Summer Symposium, Morrow, Georgia, USA.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/118952
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/46548
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisher.facultyLibraries & Cultural Resourcesen
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectWinnifred Eaton Reeve
dc.subjectDigitization
dc.subjectArchives
dc.subjectDigital Collections
dc.titleShedding light on an important archive: digitizing the Winnifred Eaton Reeve fonds
dc.typePresentation
ucalgary.scholar.levelFaculty
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