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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
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
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
Gael Stream - Technical
Greenstone Digital Library SoftwareQualified Dublin Core metadataArchival files in WAVPresentation files in MP3Documents in whatever format we
received them (not ideal)
Gael Stream / Sruth nan Gaidheal
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
Required Space
Bindery Repurposed Equipment (cutter,
grinder) Secure Internet access space
Pictures
Our lab
PRINTFlat bed scanner (types)BookDrive DIY ATIZ.comAbbyyfine Reader 8.0 OCR software
(site license)2 workstations, for OCR and scanning
Our lab
AUDIOMac computer PC workstationReel-to-reel players (6-8 to get one
operational and right tape speed)Cassette playerMixer?Amplifiers
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
Process
Identifying materialCopyright and permissionsScanning Optical Character RecognitionStorageVersions of files – tiff, jpeg, pdf, xmlPresentation – Greenstone, ContentDM
Rita Campbell [email protected] MacDonald [email protected]
Choice of tourTour of Celtic CollectionTour of Digitization Lab
