1. Simon Fraser University Library
Multicultural Canada
Lynn Copeland
Simon Fraser University Library
IFLA Multicultural Services Preconference Vancouver, BC, August 8, 2008

2. Partners
CCOP: $500k
SFU Library: Doukhobor, South Asian interviews, ethnic newspapers,
U Calgary: Ukrainian, German
Sien Lok: initial startup funding
MHSO: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Encyclopedia of Canada’s peoples
U Vic: Chinese Benevolent Association
U Toronto: Doukhobor, German
Vancouver Public Library: Multicultural photos
LAC: $25k – ethnic newspapers
IK Barber: BC History digitization program
Note: overlap in collections: ethnic newspapers include Chinese, South Asian, French, Jewish

3. Reasons Material, history little known Access Awareness
Community, educational and research support
MC grew from our conviction that the cultural groups that make up our country have little-known stories that need to be researched and told.
Universal Access: can access a variety of different formats (newspapers, photos, interviews, books), materials located physically in different places (Toronto (2), Calgary, Vancouver (2), Victoria)
Awareness: learning modules geared to K-12 curriculum and to general public; encyclopedia and other resources provide access to information about the past of important elements of our Country
Financial, participatory and letters of support: researchers, community and educational was also demonstrated by the success of the MC conference May 2006.

4. Content Partners SFU Library Vancouver Public Library
Multicultural History Society of Ontario
University of Calgary Information Services
University of Victoria Library
University of Toronto

5. Funders Canadian Heritage Library and Archives Canada
Sien Lok Society of Alberta
Chinese Freemasons Society of Canada
Content partners
Individual donations
BC History digitization programme

6. Contents Encyclopedia Newspapers Oral histories Correspondence Photos
Pamphlets
Papers
Books
Encyclopedia of Canada’s peoples
>19 newspapers: French Canadian, South Asian, Jewish, chinese, Japanese
Oral histories: South Asian, Chinese, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Correspondence: Doukhobor,
Photos: Doukhobor, South Asian, Chinese, Japanese, First nations,
Pamphlets: Doukhobor, German, Ukrainian
Papers: Doukhobor, Chinese,
Books: German, Ukrainian, Japanese
Brings together similar collections from different sites; eg Doukhobor (James Mavor, UofT; SFU collection); Ukrainian (UofT, U of C)
Will also be available through Canadiana.org (formerly AllouetteCanada) and ‘the West beyond the West’, BC’s digital portal.

7. Collections Bilingual
Search/browse features across or within collections

8. Search several collections at once
content

9. Search several collections at once

10. Learning Modules
A variety of audiences
A variety of styles, scope

13. A few technicalities Content Management: Drupal
Image management: ContentDM (OCLC)

14. Web content management: Drupal
Image content management: Contentdm; API link
SFU beta site for ISO searching in OCLC

15. Beta test site with OCLC re ISO searching

16. SFU was beta test site for ISO compliant searching
SFU was beta test site for ISO compliant searching. Search term is ‘freemason’

17. Multicultural Canada conference May 2006.

18. Official launch Minister Jim Abbott and students
Hon. Jim Abbott, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and MP, Kootenay Columbia

19. Partners Launch

20. West Point Grey third annual Multicultural Evening on the 7th of March, 2008 from 6 to 9 pm
open to students and parents from various participating high schools. over 200 people
financial contributions; which will be used directly for the funding of our event with proceeds to UNICEF. In return for showing your support, we will highlight your company/organization’s input on posters advertising the event, on the event night, and in our weekly e-newsletter sent to all parents of students attending West Point Grey Academy.

21. Statistics 11,562 visits in 4 weeks External sites:
Canadian Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
Google
Yahoo
Blogs
Libraries (many)
Facebook
Collections Canada
Note: time of year is least likely to be visited/used by K-12
Talks to the power of the social web

22. Wikipedia has numerous links

23. Lynn Copeland Simon Fraser University Library copeland@sfu.ca
Multicultural Canada
Lynn Copeland
Simon Fraser University Library