NLC's Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives

[Kathy Chung]

Hello All,

I checked out the NLC reference web site below.  A search under "theatre"
got ZERO results and a subject listing revealed only 8 (!!) sites for "The
Arts" and 7 (!!) sites under "Literature."  To be fair, the note states the
NLC depends of visitors' submissions and allows visitors to add their
suggestions.

They define "digital initiatives" in the message below and I think at least
ACTS, the Ball and Plant Bibliography on-line, TRIC's searchable index, and
the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, and other web sites probably fit their
definition.  I urge managers of these and other existing sites to check out
this NLC site and consider submitting their sites though I'm not sure, with
all the search engines around, if this project is redundant?  (though I
guess it's specific to *Canadian* "initiatives")  Anyway... I assume
there's no harm being listed with the NLC.

Cheers, --- Kathy.



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>Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives
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>The National Library of Canada is pleased to announce the creation of the
>Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives, an automated Web-accessible
>database designed to store descriptions of Canadian digital information
>resources created for the Web, including general digital collections,
>resources centred around a particular theme, reference sources and
>databases. The Inventory was developed by the National Library and was
>launched in June 1999. Its intention is to make information about Canadian
>digital projects centrally available in order to help avoid duplication and
>to foster resource and information sharing.
>
>The Inventory can be accessed from the National Library's home page or
>directly at :
>http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/initiatives/index.html
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>It allows full text searching by keywords as well as the ability to limit
>searches by specific elements, such as language, project status and
>province. Browsable access is also provided to a number of key elements,
>including project name, institution and subject.
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>The Inventory is dependent on submissions by institutions and individuals;
>there is very little moderation, although all submissions will be verified
>for suitability before being posted to the database. All institutions or
>individuals are encouraged to submit entries about digital information
>projects being undertaken in Canada, or about Canada, that they are
>currently creating, planning or have completed. Entries can be submitted in
>English, French or in both languages. Although the primary focus of the
>Inventory is on digital project of libraries, other organizations are
>encouraged to contribute. This Inventory complements other sources of
>Canadian information, both digital and otherwise, provided by the National
>Library.
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>For more information, contact Ralph Manning at
>Telephone: (613) 943-8570
>E-mail: ralph.manning at nlc-bnc.ca
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