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University of Alberta
Digital Collections Projects
Atlas of Alberta Lakes
The Atlas of Alberta Lakes was published in a paper edition by University of Alberta Press, 1990. Conversion to a digital format is a cooperative effort
between the Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Alberta Press, and Alberta Environment. The goal of the project is to maintain as much of the original atlas format as possible, while adding features such as a search function.
Atlas of Alberta Railways
Principal Investigator: L.D. Cameron, University Press
The goal of this project, currently in the development phase, is to digitize the unpublished "Atlas of Alberta Railways", an extensive work on the history of railways throughout Alberta. In addition to textual information, there are GIS and photographic components to this work.
Beaver County Sustainable Communities Initiative
Principal Investigators: J. Thurston, Renewable Resources; J.-C. Henein, Natural Resources Canada
The goals of this project include the provision of geo-spatial information in the areas of emergency services, precision farming, landscape management, utilities, transportation networks, and municipal and social data. The result will be to integrate this data in "smart community" resource planning and operations.
This project received an Award of Excellence from ESRI Canada.
Bio-DiTRL: Digital Teaching Resources Library for Biology
Principal Investigators: Dr. B.K. Mitchell, Dr. D. Hik, Biological Sciences
Bio-DiTRL operates as a non-profit, peer-reviewed journal of teaching resources, comprised of images, animations, video clips and text excerpts that may be downloaded for use by subscribers.Subscribers are welcome to use any of these media to make teaching/learning resources for students enrolled in their courses in publicly funded institutions of learning.
Digital Spatial Library
Principal Investigator: C. Humphrey, Data Library
A partnership between the Universities of Alberta, Calgary, and Lethbridge is collaborating in sharing geo-spatial data from sources such as the Census Bureau of Canada. This research data is restricted to the participating universities due to licensing restrictions.
Imanishi Kinji Archive
Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Asquith, Anthropology
Imanishi Kinji (1902-1992) was an entomologist, ecologist, anthropologist , founder of Japanese primatology and an accomplished mountaineer. His seminal ideas are contained in his book Seibutsu no Sekai (The World of Living Things), published in 1941. Both an English and a German translation were published in 2002. In 2001 a large collection dating from 1919-1980 of Imanishi's field notes, lecture notes, drafts of papers, letters to foreign scientists, photographs, and maps, was discovered in Kyoto. A digital archive of the entire collection, housed on the University of Alberta SunSITE server is due for completion by September, 2004. Current work involves examining foreign and native influences on the development of Imanishi's thought in the various fields to which he contributed.
Infectious Diseases Web Case Project
Coordinator: Dr. L. Saxinger, Infectious Diseases
A collection of downloadable images and clinical stories for use in teaching and learning by medical students, clinicians, and biomedical sciences students and staff.
Lake Baikal Anthropological Study
Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Weber, Anthropology
The goal of this project is to identify and understand the processes associated with culture change and continuity among prehistoric boreal forest hunter-gatherers of the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia (the area immediately west of Lake Baikal). It will be one of the most extensive undertakings in the history of Subarctic archaeology and will produce results significant from northern and world-wide anthropological perspectives. The cultural and genetic data obtained for the Siberian materials will also illuminate the population histories of First Nations of the Canadian boreal forest. It involves an interdisciplinary team of 20 scholars representing archaeology, physical anthropology, ethnography, molecular biology, geophysics, geochemistry, and spatial and paleoenvironmental studies.
Math-DiTRL: Digital Teaching Resources Library for the Mathematical Sciences
Principal Investigator: Dr. E. Woolgar, Mathematical Sciences
An adaptation of Bio-DiTRL to the mathematical sciences discipline.
Métis National Council Historic Database
Principal Investigator: Dr. Frank Tough, School of Native Studies
A project to convert to electronic format in a searchable database historic documents, particularly scrips or land claims, which contain genealogical information about claimants that Métis people can use to research their ancestors.
Paleo-DiTRL: Digital Teaching Resources Library for Paleontology
Principal Investigator: TBA
An adaptation of Bio-DiTRL to the paleontology discipline.
Pilgrim's Progress translated into Inuktitut
(Takkorngartaub Arvertarninga)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sylvia Brown, English
John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has become one of the most reprinted books ever - among Protestant missionaries, it was the text most often translated after the Bible.
In 1956, the Reverend Maurice S. Flint prepared a translation of Pilgrim's Progress into Inuktitut.
Reflexive Frames
Principal Investigator: C. Campbell, Anthropology
This is a digital version of the "Revealing Pictures & Reflexive Frames" gallery and exhibition. The purpose is to exhibit photographs that are used in the social sciences and humanities.
Rocky Mountain Repeat Photography Project
Principal Investigator: Dr. E. Higgs, Anthropology
In 1915 M.P. Bridgland, a Dominion Lands Surveyor, took thousands of photographs from mountaintops in the Rocky Mountains. In the first phase of an on-going research project, Eric Higgs and his co-researchers have rephotographed 735 of these to create a comprehensive and systematic collection of repeat photographs, and use them to investigate the physical and cultural changes in National Park. Phase 2 of the project encompasses Waterton National Park.
Satellites & Snowdrifts: Contemporary Inuit Traveling and Land Perception in Igloolik, Nunavut
Principal Investigators: C. Aporta, Dr. E. Higgs, Anthropology
A cultural, social, and geographical examination of Inuit navigation practices, via a combination of ethnographic and geographical methods. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS) will be used to record and interpret movements and place names. Photographs, audio, and video clips will also be used to present the social aspects of the project.
University of Alberta Archives: Digital Finding Aids and Photographs
Coordinator: B. Corbett, University Archives
The goal of this project is to digitize the finding aids and photograph collections of the University Archives.
University of Alberta Museums: Virtual Museum
Coordinator: J. Andrews, Museums and Collections Services
This ongoing project is intended to digitally photograph, scan, or digitize in 3D as many of the 17 million objects and artifacts in the University's collections as possible. These digital collections are then made available to researchers, educators, and students to enable a wider access to the information than would be possible with the physical objects.
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