Alissa Cherry, Resource Centre Director, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
In 2012, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) Resource Centre accepted a large donation that greatly expanded the scope and size of the library collection. After nearly a year of planning and with the help of an army of students and volunteers, work began in April of 2013 to integrate the donation using a workflow that included a cleaning and condition assessment, performing necessary repairs and/or constructing protective housings, classifying all materials into a new revision of the Brian Deer scheme, cataloguing, and processing. All existing library collections passed through a similar workflow and as they were reclassified. In addition to the reclassification, the physical space of the Resource Centre was also rearranged with the addition of a multimedia room and exhibit space. This talk is brought to you by the iSchool at the UBC School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS).
Biography
Alissa Cherry is the Resource Centre Director for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC). She manages a unique library collection and institutional archives that is used primarily for land claims research. Alissa is a founding member of the BC Digitization Coalition, a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists, and holds an MLIS from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Prior to joining the UBCIC in 2006, Alissa worked for the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society and Xwi7xwa Library at UBC, and spent six years managing the Yellowstone Research Library in Yellowstone National Park.
Wednesday, December 4, 11:30 pm – 12:30 pm, Dodson Room, Level 3, Chapman Learning Commons, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, UBC