1. Gael Stream, Gaelic, and Digitization Rita Campbell, Special Projects Librarian Sheldon MacDonald, Special Projects Assistant Susan Cameron, Celtic Collection Librarian Angus L. Macdonald Library St. Francis Xavier University

2. Gael Stream 1977-82: Field Recordings & cataloguing StFX Celtic Department (Sr. Margaret MacDonell and John Shaw) Field recordings done of some of the last native Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia Collection accessed on reel-to-reel, indexed on catalogue cards 1982-2005:Cards typed into database; reel-to-reel converted to cassettes 2005:LAC grant Kathleen MacKenzie, StFX Archives & Jamie MacDonald, StFX Celtic Studies professor received LAC grant to digitize the 350 reel- to-reel tapes of the CBGFC & create website; partnered with NS Highland Village 2006: Gael Stream launched 2007: StFX Library digitizing other Gaelic material; regional group formed to cooperate on digital initiatives

3. Gael Stream / Sruth nan Gaidheal Project The objective of the project is to present a comprehensive, animated, and interactive discussion and interpretation of Nova Scotian Scottish Gaelic culture and life from the 18th to the 20th centuries.” “The website will record the life and culture of early Highland Scots in Nova Scotia. It will also relate the immigration story, the struggles the people faced, how they supported themselves, how they adapted to their new environment, how their communities grew, while at the same time how the Highland Scottish culture was sustained and preserved… Subject areas Cape Breton Gaelic Folklore Collection Education Everyday Life The Gaelic Language Gaelic Folklore in Nova Scotia Immigration Industry Music and Culture Politics Religion

4. Gael Stream - Technical Greenstone Digital Library Software Qualified Dublin Core metadata Archival files in WAV Presentation files in MP3 Documents in whatever format we received them (not ideal)

5. Gael Stream / Sruth nan Gaidheal

6. The Digitization Lab Set up to digitize English print Gaelic print Audio Future Video Microfilm/microfiche Required Space Bindery Repurposed Equipment (cutter, grinder) Secure Internet access space

7. Required Space Bindery Repurposed Equipment (cutter, grinder) Secure Internet access space Pictures

8. Our lab PRINT Flat bed scanner (types) BookDrive DIY ATIZ.com Abbyyfine Reader 8.0 OCR software (site license) 2 workstations, for OCR and scanning

9. Our lab AUDIO Mac computer PC workstation Reel-to-reel players (6-8 to get one operational and right tape speed) Cassette player Mixer? Amplifiers

10. Staffing: Digitization Unit Rita Campbell, Special Projects Librarian, Oversees project Sheldon MacDonald, Special Projects Assistant, Lab Manager, copyright, etc. Brad Dewar, Digitization Programmer, technical support, audio Students, 3-5 at any time

11. Process Identifying material Copyright and permissions Scanning Optical Character Recognition Storage Versions of files – tiff, jpeg, pdf, xml Presentation – Greenstone, ContentDM

12. Rita Campbell rcampbel@stfx.carcampbel@stfx.ca Sheldon MacDonald smacdona@stfx.casmacdona@stfx.ca Choice of tour Tour of Celtic Collection Tour of Digitization Lab