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Canadian Libraries
Canadian Libraries is a digital collection of ebooks and texts at the Internet Archive. This collection contains over 400,000 items sponsored by Canadian Library Partners: * Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada * Archdiocese of Toronto * Ashbury College * Balmoral Hall School * Brock University * Canadian Government Publications Portal * Canadian Museum for Human Rights * Carleton University * City of Vancouver Archives * Fraser-Hickson Institute Library * Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance * Kingston Frontenac Public Library * Legislative Assembly of Ontario * Library and Archives Canada - Bibliotheque et Archives Canada * McMaster University * Memorial University of Newfoundland * Microsoft * National Institute for Newman Studies * Ontario College of Art & Design * Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries * Ontario Ministry of the Environment * Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources * Osgoode Hall Law School Library * Pickering College * Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Collection
A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for exhibitions, education, research, etc. This differentiates it from an archive or library, where the contents may be more paper-based, replaceable and less exhibition oriented, or a private collection of art formed by an individual, family or institution that may grant no public access. A museum normally has a collecting policy for new acquisitions, so only objects in certain categories and of a certain quality are accepted into the collection. The process by which an object is formally included in the collection is called ''accessioning'' and each object is given a unique accession number. Museum collections, and archives in general, are normally catalogued in a collection catalogue, traditionally in a card index, but nowadays in a computerized database. Transferring collection catalogues onto computer-based media is a major undertaking for most museums. All new acquis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
