Abstract
The Inuvialuit Voices Project is a collaboration between the Inuvialuit Cultural Centre, the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, and communities within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region to enhance the Inuvialuit Digital Library (https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/) with real-time digital storytelling functionality. In this presentation, the authors will describe the community-based methodology being used to co-develop the system, report on a recent elder storytelling gathering that was held to better understand storytelling in-context to inform the design and functionality of the system, and discuss next steps in the development process.
Robyn E. Stobbs
University of Alberta
Robyn Stobbs is an interdisciplinary PhD candidate at the University of Alberta in the fields of Human Ecology and Library and Information Studies. She is a graduate research assistant on the Inuvialuit Voices project.
Sharon Farnel
University of Alberta
Sharon Farnel is Head, Metadata Strategies at the University of Alberta Library. She is also an interdisciplinary PhD Candidate at the University of Alberta in Library and Information Studies and Educational Policy Studies. She is a collaborator on the Inuvialuit Voices Project.
Ethel-Jean Gruben
Inuvialuit Cultural Centre
Ethel-Jean Gruben is Manager of the Inuvialuit Cultural Centre. She is a collaborator on the Inuvialuit Voices Project.
Beverly Siliuyaq Amos
Inuvialuit Cultural Centre
Beverly Siliuyaq Amos is an Inuvialuk from the Inuvialuit Region and who was raised in Sachs Harbour, Banks Island. She is the Regional Language Consultant at the Inuvialuit Cultural Centre, and she has been an Inuvialuktun translator and advocate for over 30 years keeping language and cultural issues in the forefront so they are not forgotten. Voices Project.
Lena Kotokak
Inuvialuit Cultural Centre
Lena Kotokak is the Regional Language Coordinator at the Inuvialuit Cultural Centre. She is a collaborator on the Inuvialuit Voices Project.
Ali Shiri
University of Alberta
Ali Shiri is a Professor at the School of Library and Information Studies in the University of Alberta, teaching courses in the areas of digital libraries and information organization and retrieval. His research areas centre on digital libraries, search user interfaces, user interaction with digital information and learning and data analytics.