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Canada’s Digital Collections: youth employment opportunities and Canadian content online

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Nadia Kazymyra
Nadia Kazymyra*
Affiliation:
Industry Canada, 155 Queen Street, Ottawa ON K1A OH5, Canada
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Abstract

Since 1996, Canada’s Digital Collections (CDC), a federal government program has enabled organizations across Canada to add high-quality Canadian content on the Internet while providing on-the-job experience in information technology to young Canadians. This article presents an overview of CDC as a model for the digitization of various types of Canadian content. It also highlights three key aspects which have served the CDC program well: the use of alternative fiscal resources (youth employment funds); the development of an accountable and economical program design to facilitate digitization; and the fostering of partnerships among government, cultural institutions and entrepreneurial youth as a means of leveraging value-added results in digitization.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , 2002 , pp. 37 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2002

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1. Funding for the current CDC program, through the Youth Employment Strategy, ends March 31, 2002. The program’s future is uncertain, but there are opportunities for cultural agencies elsewhere. On May 2, 2001 the Government of Canada announced that it will invest $108 million over the next three years for digitizing key cultural content and promoting the creation and use of new media and multimedia Canadian content, particularly for youth, enhance the use of French on the Internet and reflect Aboriginal cultures and languages. Many of these opportunities are supported by the Canadian Digital Cultural Content Initiative (CDCCI), a partnership supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage with private and public institutions and organizations across Canada.Google Scholar