Myanmar Digital Myanmar Digital Archive ProjectArchive ProjectMyanmar Digital Myanmar Digital Archive ProjectArchive Project

Implementing Open Access: Publish Research Implementing Open Access: Publish Research

Data and Findings Panel April 9th, 2014Data and Findings Panel April 9th, 2014Implementing Open Access: Publish Research Implementing Open Access: Publish Research

Data and Findings Panel April 9th, 2014Data and Findings Panel April 9th, 2014

Myanmar Digital Archive Myanmar Digital Archive ProjectProject

Myanmar Digital Archive Myanmar Digital Archive ProjectProject

Scope of ProjectScope of ProjectScope of ProjectScope of Project

Archive of Archive of previously previously digitized 20 digitized 20 Journals, 9 Journals, 9 Newspapers and Newspapers and 115 books and 115 books and pamphlets from pamphlets from Burma published Burma published between 1860 between 1860 and 1930and 1930

HistoryHistoryHistoryHistory

PhD dissertation PhD dissertation research began in research began in 20052005

Began digitizing Began digitizing for personal for personal researchresearch

Second project Second project mined new digital mined new digital humanities humanities sourcessources

. . . hours of . . . hours of photographing books, with photographing books, with

a few fingers in the a few fingers in the frame. . . frame. . .

. . . hours of . . . hours of photographing books, with photographing books, with

a few fingers in the a few fingers in the frame. . . frame. . .

ProblemProblemProblemProblem

Data is rotting Data is rotting on my hard on my hard drive. drive.

It is not of It is not of use to anyone.use to anyone.

A number of A number of friends are in friends are in the same the same situation.situation.

And for my next And for my next trick . . .trick . . .

And for my next And for my next trick . . .trick . . .

SSHRC: Insight Development Grant SSHRC: Insight Development Grant

•Buddhism across BoundariesBuddhism across Boundaries

Make my own data accessible to me and my Make my own data accessible to me and my

colleagues for my next project by indexing and colleagues for my next project by indexing and

hosting. (Research tool)hosting. (Research tool)

Make it and newly digitized sources accessible Make it and newly digitized sources accessible

to others at the end of the project.(Open access to others at the end of the project.(Open access

database)database)

Hopefully offer the same infrastructure to Hopefully offer the same infrastructure to

others. others.

Daunting ProspectDaunting ProspectDaunting ProspectDaunting Prospect

I started to learn what was needed for I started to learn what was needed for

a database and digital humanities tool.a database and digital humanities tool.

Realized how little I knew and how Realized how little I knew and how

difficult creating the digital difficult creating the digital

infrastructure was.infrastructure was.

Began to worry that the small amount of Began to worry that the small amount of

money Imoney I’’d set aside would not even touch d set aside would not even touch

the programming required.the programming required.

And then And then fate fate

smiled on smiled on the the

project . project . . . . .

And then And then fate fate

smiled on smiled on the the

project . project . . . . .

And the word got And the word got out . . . out . . .

And the word got And the word got out . . . out . . .

Collaborative Team Collaborative Team ProjectProject

Collaborative Team Collaborative Team ProjectProject

Nick Ruest--Islandora, Programming and Nick Ruest--Islandora, Programming and

Technical IssuesTechnical Issues

Anna St. Onge--Preservation, Archival Issues, Anna St. Onge--Preservation, Archival Issues,

CopyrightCopyright

Rachelann Pisani--Image preparation, Rachelann Pisani--Image preparation,

Uploading, English catalogingUploading, English cataloging

U Maung Maung Thein--Photography and U Maung Maung Thein--Photography and

Digitization in BurmaDigitization in Burma

U Thein Lwin--Burmese Cataloging U Thein Lwin--Burmese Cataloging

Open Access GoalOpen Access GoalOpen Access GoalOpen Access Goal

According to a Burmese proverb there are According to a Burmese proverb there are

five great dangers:five great dangers:

FireFire

FloodFlood

ThievesThieves

Enemies Enemies

KingsKings

Issues to Issues to ConsiderConsiderIssues to Issues to ConsiderConsiderOpen? Access?Open? Access?Open? Access?Open? Access?

HowHow Open? Open? HowHow Open? Open?

CopyrightCopyright

PermissionsPermissions

Working with Original Working with Original

Owners and their Owners and their

PreferencesPreferences

How muchHow much Access? Access?How muchHow much Access? Access?

Who hasWho has Access? Access?Who hasWho has Access? Access?

Being freely Being freely available on the available on the internet does not internet does not mean that data is mean that data is freely available to freely available to all. all.

If original source If original source does not have good does not have good internet access then internet access then we are reproducing we are reproducing colonial acquisition colonial acquisition models.models.

Creative Creative SolutionsSolutionsCreative Creative SolutionsSolutions

Get around access Get around access issues by creating issues by creating offline servers at offline servers at local libraries. local libraries. LibraryboxLibrarybox

Font converters, Font converters, transliteration transliteration converters.converters.

Prospect of Prospect of Burmese OCRBurmese OCR