Emily Carr University of Art & Design Library & Archives
Arrangement and Description for Ceramic Artist Paul Mathieu’s Fonds *Coming soon*
Metadata Class Notes & Student Feedback
Notes from ARST 556L: Metadata in-class and recorded lectures Student Feedback for final projects (x10) A compilation of class / lecture notes from the course and student feedback contributed for final project drafts. PDF
Metadata Design & Processing Activities
Metadata Design Activity Metadata Processing Activity PDF A sample of two small projects completed for the Metadata course. Includes: A metadata scheme for a database of crowd-sourced pottery signatures (marks / chops) and a review of OpenRefine (a tool for cleaning up metadata) functionalities.
Metadata Individual Project Proposal & Final Project
Metadata – Individual Project Proposal A preliminary proposal for the final project of the Metadata course, including learning / course objectives and competencies to work towards. PDF Metadata – Final Project My final project is a digital workbook for cultural heritage organizations that are interested in beginning or learning more about crowdsourced metadata projects. It offers an introduction to the concepts of “Crowdsourcing” and “Metadata,” examples of crowdsourced metadata projects in cultural heritage organizations, relevant web-based and app-based tools to use for crowdsourced metadata projects, and a project template to…read more
Indigenous Literatures Zine
Collaborative zine made by Emma Metcalfe Hurst, Mandy Choie, Charlotte Leonard, and Natalie Hawryshkewich, with contributions from ARST 585: Information Practice and Protocol in Support of Indigenous Initiatives peers. The zine features selections of Indigenous literatures (including poetry, memoir, graphic novel, and children’s literature) shared by students over a Canvas classroom discussion thread throughout a semester of remote learning due to COVID-19. As a group, we sought out permissions from each contributor to publish these recommendations, applying protocols and methodologies of consent and collaboration discussed in class. Furthermore, we saw…read more
Blog Post – Interference Archive: Documentation Strategy & Publishing as a DIY Framework for Community Engagement & Outreach
Interference Archive is not your traditional archives. Situated on a street corner, lined with historic brownstones in the Park Slope residential neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City, Interference Archive (IA) is a volunteer-run, community archives that has been in operation since 2011. The archives began from the personal collections of two of the original co-founders, Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee, who had amassed twenty-five years worth of books, posters, music, print ephemera, moving images, and objects documenting their involvement in various social movements, DIY and punk music scenes, political art and…read more
Volunteer Work
Volunteer Work ACA@UBC, Graphic Designer. Designed new ACA@UBC logo and promotional materials (ongoing). SLA@UBC, Association Member. UNIT/PITT Projects/Society for Art and Critical Awareness, Treasurer and Board Member. Participated in the Fundraising Committee, the Institutional Memory Committee, and the Hiring Committee. Managed gallery budget with Director/Curator and identified funding sources. Developed fundraising events and activities. Assisted with Succession Planning, Institutional Memory development, and hiring process for the new Director/Curator; including screening applicants, conducting interviews, and administration tasks. Assisted with on-boarding the new Director/Curator. Moniker Press Studios, Studio Member. Charcuterie (publication) /…read more
Artspeak Radio Digest
Fall 2018 – Artspeak Radio Digest on Vancouver Co-op Radio, CFRO 100.5FM Artspeak Radio Digest was a three-month long program run in partnership with Vancouver Co-op Radio, a community radio station based in the Downtown Eastside since 1973. Taking the form of an audio journal, Artspeak Radio Digest was an expanded approach to Artspeak’s publishing program that culminated into 11 episodes. Each show was conceived of as an individual audio journal issue. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the digest format featured new commissions, sound works, poetry, radio plays, and music amongst…read more
Recollective: Artist-Run Centre Archives and Initiatives @ ACA Conference 2020
June 2020 – Recollective: Artist-Run Centre Archives and Initiatives at 2020 ACA Virtual Conference “20/20 Vision: Seeing Archives Differently” Co-presented with Dan Pon, grunt gallery Archives Manager and Allison Collins, Independent Curator and Recollective Partner. We presented on Recollective: Vancouver Independent Archives Week, a multi-vocal group of artists, curators, arts administrators, and archivists that work together across various arts and culture organizations to present research and artistic projects/events that intersect with community and institutional archives. Recollective responds to the need to address archives and bring visibility to them within the…read more
Archiving for the Performing Arts
Summer 2018 – Archiving for the Performing Arts Presented by Karen Jamieson Dance Karen Jamieson Dance and The Dance Centre partnered with Simon Fraser University’s Special Collections and Rare Books to host Archiving for the Performing Arts, a free roundtable discussion focusing on records management and archival practices for performing arts organizations in Vancouver. Supported in part by SFU’s Community Engagement Initiative. Presenters included myself as well as: Melissa Salrin, Head of Special Collections and Rare Books at Simon Fraser University Melanie Hardbattle, Archivist for the Special Collections and Rare…read more