by Heidi Bohaker For those of you who have been members of GRASAC since its inception in 2005, and who were at the founding meeting at Carleton University hosted by Ruth Phillips, you may remember a tour of our then newly-constructed server closet and the rack-mounted servers that held the ...
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Welcome to New GRASAC RAs
Please join GRASAC in welcoming our newest research assistants (RAs), Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau, Lisa Owl, and Amelia Healey, and returning RAs Sheila Annettee Wheesk and Chantel Tam! Thank you to the new RAs for providing the following introductions: Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau I’m a third ...
Update on Transforming the GKS into a Public Platform
by Cara Krmpotich This summer, GRASAC continues its work to transform our password-protected Knowledge Sharing Database (the “GKS”) into a public platform. This has included a series of focus groups with a range of people including those using the GKS for their first time to long-standing ...
Mobile Community Research Kits Update
by Haley BryantEquipment for GRASAC’s Mobile Community Research Kits has begun arriving! So far, we’ve received the backpacks, camera bags, rugged laptops, digital cameras, and various power and data storage accessories. The kits will continue to come together into the fall with the addition of ...
GRASAC Awarded $200,000 to Build Mobile Community Research Kits
by Cara Krmpotich GRASAC is excited to announce that we have received $200,000 from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund to build 20 “Mobile Community Research Kits” – self-contained backpacks that enable digital cultural heritage work to happen in communities, by ...