{"title":"Evaluating the inclusion of Inuvialuktun place names in online maps","authors":"Sarah Simpkin","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n172.5453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n172.5453","url":null,"abstract":"Place names, also known as toponyms, are a fundamental part of our cultural and geographical environment. Like many Indigenous groups, Inuvialuit in what is now northwestern Canada use place names to describe the landscape, guide and warn travellers, and convey important cultural information (Hart 2011, 9). Many efforts are underway to document, restore and promote the use of Indigenous toponyms in Canada, including their submission to provincial and territorial naming authorities (Inuit Heritage Trust 2016). A related means of raising the profile of Inuvialuit place names is their inclusion on maps that are readily accessible to the public. In their ten calls to action for natural science researchers working in Canada, Wong et al. (2020) underscore the need for Indigenous place names to be incorporated, with permission, in maps and text associated with scientific research to recognize the stories and Indigenous Knowledge behind the names (777). This paper is a step in addressing this call to action by presenting the results of an analysis of Inuvialuktun-language place names in the Tuktoyaktuk area. The analysis examines how readily the names are identified in official, and popular non-official sources and discusses implications for promoting Indigenous Knowledge more broadly.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48549308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Touring through an open house","authors":"L. Laliberté","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n172.5452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n172.5452","url":null,"abstract":"In March 2020, the University of Alberta William C. Wonders map collection sheltered in place as a global pandemic unfolded. It would be a year before staff could return in full, creating a disconnect from the physical space. During this absence, map staff began planning in-person map collection tours that would draw upon Henri Lefebvre’s production of space in order to recalibrate the collection as evidence of extractive dispossession, rhumb the maps as anthropogenic fragments, and situate their containers in deep time.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47819970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"My story in Calgary","authors":"Rodrigo Amado","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n172.5454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n172.5454","url":null,"abstract":"This map tells the story of the author’s participation at the CARTO 2023 Conference in Calgary. It shows locations they travelled to and some memories related to them. It also summarizes the author’s exploration of Calgary during their stay, mostly around the University of Calgary and some parts of downtown. All the vector data was downloaded from the City of Calgary’s Open Data Portal. The software used to create the map were QGIS, Google Earth, GIMP and Inkscape.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44359824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cartoon-Style Poster Maps of Trans Continental Cartographers Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.","authors":"Rhys M. G. Stevens","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n172.5459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n172.5459","url":null,"abstract":"This article provides information about the stylized poster maps created in the late 1960s and early 1970s by Trans Continental Cartographers Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. These maps, which depicted cities across Canada and the United States, contained pictorial views of popular landmarks, buildings and places of interest. The restaurants, shops, stores and other attractions portrayed often paid an advertising fee to be represented on Trans Continental’s “city character maps,” which were drawn in a quirky and humorous cartoon style at an enlarged scale.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49594423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GeoAI- The future was here!","authors":"M. Chandler","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n172.5458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n172.5458","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the geospatial data sphere has been around for some time - albeit under different monikers, including \"deep learning\" and \"machine learning\". Both commercial and open-source software have options for the current brand of AI, and these are discussed. Some machine learning training models are also openly available for use. Whether any of this will be relevant tomorrow is given cursory consideration.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66895940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liz Sutherland, Francine Berish, M. Chandler, René R. Duplain, Jordan Michael Fuller, Kara Handren, Zack MacDonald, Meg Miller
{"title":"Bulletin Report – GIS Days 2022","authors":"Liz Sutherland, Francine Berish, M. Chandler, René R. Duplain, Jordan Michael Fuller, Kara Handren, Zack MacDonald, Meg Miller","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n171.5293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n171.5293","url":null,"abstract":"GIS Day was a small, local offering dependent on individual institutions, until the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a wealth of online events. After 3 years of successive development, 2022 saw this event span multiple days and reach beyond Western University to institutions across Canada. The planning process, events, and outcome are here described as inspiration for future events by interested parties, and to acknowledge the work of those involved while simultaneously promoting the current work in GIS being undertaken and potential future directions for event organizers.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46176332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geographic digital divide - urban/rural issues, and internationally","authors":"Martin Chandler","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n171.5294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n171.5294","url":null,"abstract":"This issue’s GIS Trends section discusses the current efforts underway to close the Geographic Digital Divide in Canada. While the Government of Canada has promised every Canadian will have access to high-speed internet by 2030, the actual availability is highly geographically determined, and mal actors continue efforts to restrict access. GIS companies may promote their use in closing the divide, but do not address systemic issues.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45493206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Membership list / Liste des members","authors":"Meg Miller","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n171.5299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n171.5299","url":null,"abstract":"See PDF for listing / Voir la liste en PDF","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46967872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transit Vector Data","authors":"Joël Rivard, Meaghan Kenny","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n171.5027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n171.5027","url":null,"abstract":"Explore the Esri StoryMap Tour highlighting the creation of individual vector transit routes for OC Transpo, the City of Ottawa's public transit agency between 1929 and 2021. The StoryMap illustrates the two processes used to compile these route datasets and touches on the various resources used in the past and the ones that are currently in use. Also provided are information on the final products, such as attribute information, file format as well as information on how to access them.\u0000","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48689456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning from a Distance","authors":"Guinsly Mondésir, Lisl Schoner-Saunders","doi":"10.15353/acmla.n171.5292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n171.5292","url":null,"abstract":"With the onslaught of the global COVID19 pandemic, universities were forced to quickly pivot to exclusively remote and virtual service options. To further complicate the situation, many international student populations at these institutions were forced to study remotely in their home countries due to the pandemic and visa restrictions. In Canada and Ontario, International students make up a major revenue source for post-secondary institutions, making the need to find viable solutions to continue to serve these populations essential to their financial stability.The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) runs a shared virtual reference service called Ask a Librarian (Ask). This paper assessed the global pandemic's impact through a comparative study of the service before, during, and after the pandemic's height. Using IP addresses, this study evaluated the impact of geographical location on the user’s access to virtual library resources, as well as identified any barriers, shifts, or trends in the service. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of education and remote learning indefinitely. The hope of this study is to assess the overall success and pitfalls of our current virtual reference services and suggest future improvement areas.","PeriodicalId":35718,"journal":{"name":"Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49080865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}