Contribution: Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Canadian Centre for Architecture
$50,000.00
Arthur Erickson, Melvin Charney, Roger D’Astous and Luc Laporte: Canadian Architectural Fonds Reprocessing Initiative
FY 2020-21 · 2020-05-19
Summary
The Canadian Centre for Architecture will complete an archival migration that involves reprocessing and migrating data for four major Canadian archives: the fonds of Arthur Erickson, Melvin Charney, Roger D’Astous and Luc Laporte. The organization will migrate these fonds from The Museum System to a new Archive Management System. This will enable the organization to:
• improve its ability to use structured data to create finding aids,
• facilitate the use of data for the website,
• define new data types to facilitate searches (e.g. keywords),
• perform reporting,
• adopt a system that permits better use of data, and
• adhere to international standards for all of these activities.
Department
Program
Documentary Heritage Communities ProgramDocumentary Heritage Communities Program (linked with high confidence)
Recipient
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Agreement End Date
2021-03-31
Agreement Number
2021-0092
Agreement Start Date
2020-05-19
Agreement Title
Arthur Erickson, Melvin Charney, Roger D’Astous and Luc Laporte: Canadian Architectural Fonds Reprocessing Initiative
Agreement Title (French)
Arthur Erickson, Melvin Charney, Roger d’Astous et Luc Laporte : projets de retraitement de fonds d’architecture canadiens
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$50,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
The Canadian Centre for Architecture will complete an archival migration that involves reprocessing and migrating data for four major Canadian archives: the fonds of Arthur Erickson, Melvin Charney, Roger D’Astous and Luc Laporte. The organization will migrate these fonds from The Museum System to a new Archive Management System. This will enable the organization to:
• improve its ability to use structured data to create finding aids,
• facilitate the use of data for the website,
• define new data types to facilitate searches (e.g. keywords),
• perform reporting,
• adopt a system that permits better use of data, and
• adhere to international standards for all of these activities.
Description (French)
Le Centre canadien d’architecture effectuera un projet comprenant le retraitement et la migration de données pour quatre grands fonds d’archives canadiens : les fonds Arthur Erickson, Melvin Charney, Roger D’Astous et Luc Laporte. Ceux-ci seront transférés du Museum System vers un nouveau système de gestion des archives. Le projet aura plusieurs effets bénéfiques pour le Centre :
• Améliorer la capacité d’utiliser des données structurées pour créer des instruments de recherche,
• Faciliter l’utilisation des données pour le site Web,
• Définir de nouveaux types de données pour faciliter les recherches (p. ex. des mots-clés),
• Produire des rapports,
• Adopter un système pour mieux utiliser les données, et
• Respecter les normes internationales pour toutes ces activités.
Organization Code
lac-bac
Organization
Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Program Name
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Program Name (French)
Programme pour les collectivités du patrimoine documentaire
Recipient City
Ottawa
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2020-2021-Q1-00004
