Congratulations to Patty and her colleagues on this achievement.

Iona McCraith

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From: "Patti Harper" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:57 PM
Subject: [Arcan-l] New Virtual Museum of Canada Exhibit



Hi All
Pretty excited that after almost two years I can forward the news release 
for this one.

The Carleton University Library is pleased to announce the launch of 
Heritage Passages: Bytown and the Rideau 
Canal<http://www.passageshistoriques-heritagepassages.ca/ang-eng/>, an 
interactive online exhibition featuring digitized items from our own 
Archives and Research Collections<http://arc.library.carleton.ca/> and 
collections elsewhere in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Heritage Passages was created under the direction of Project Leader Patti 
Harper (Head, Archives and Research Collections, Carleton Library), Stephen 
Fai (Architecture & Carleton Immersive Media Studio), Brian Greenspan 
(English & Carleton Hypertext and Hypermedia Lab ) and their partner the 
Bytown Museum. It tells the intertwining stories of the urbanization of 
Canada's capital city and the construction of the Rideau Canal, and was made 
possible by the Virtual Museum of 
Canada<http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp>.

Available as an online, interactive exhibition and as an on-site augmented 
reality experience, Heritage Passages brings together extensive archival 
research, thoughtful and innovative digital representation, and novel 
smart-phone technology to create a dynamic history of Bytown from the 
arrival of Colonel John By in 1826, to the incorporation of the City of 
Ottawa in 1855.  The exhibition allows visitors to explore the complex 
interactions among political, industrial, and civic forces that gave form to 
the future capital of Canada.  Researchers and educators will benefit from 
the extensive digital archive and bibliography, featuring hundreds of 
documents and images from Canada and the United Kingdom not previously 
available in a digital format.

Patti Harper
Department Head
Archives and Research Collections
MacOdrum Library
Room 503
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
Tel: 613 520 2600 ext. 8066
Fax: 613 520 5600


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