Inuvialuit Voices: Integrating Digital Storytelling in Digital Libraries for Cultural Heritage Preservation and Access

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Ali Shiri, PhD

School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

Presentation by Ali Shiri

Seminar Date: November 30, 2020

This presentation features Inuvialuit Voices, a research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The key objective of this project is to investigate and develop a seamless, interactive, and real-time digital storytelling system for the Inuvialuit Digital Library, which provides access to cultural heritage and language resources by and for the six Inuvialuit communities in the Northwest Territories in Canada’s western arctic.

Informed by Indigenous research methodologies, this study adopts a community-based research methodology consisting of ethnography and participatory design to examine the role of digital technologies in preserving diverse Inuit heritage, memory and identity.

Ali Shiri is a professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is currently an associate dean in the faculty of graduate studies and research. His teaching and research areas center on digital libraries, user interaction with digital information, and learning and data analytics. Ali’s current research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), investigating the integration of digital storytelling in digital libraries, and by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), developing a Digital Content Reuse Assessment Framework Toolkit (D-CRAFT).

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