DCD Labs showcases its work to the Institute of Conservation
Our work is featured by the Institute of Conservation. Read all about it here: https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/lorraine-finch-acr-other-things-that-conservators-do.html
Our work is featured by the Institute of Conservation. Read all about it here: https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/lorraine-finch-acr-other-things-that-conservators-do.html
From April-July, 2021 we conducted a pilot project of One-on-One Live Labs through Zoom. This gave us an opportunity to introduce DCD Discover to Independent dance artists across Canada and…
1. DCD Labs launched, July 2020 Over a third of our community joined us for the launch of DCD Labs. (A two-year development program to connect users with the Dance Canada Danse [DCD] archive.) ‘We never start with code. We ask what people want first.’ The approach is ‘Less technology, and more focused on contact.’ …
The DCD Labs team has been very busy as you can see … If you have a look at DCD Discover you will find that the development includes minor changes: A denser item view by putting less space around each item and more items per row Showing how many media elements an item has when…
There are roughly 1,100 hours of oral history recordings at Dance Collection Danse [DCD]. Many of these feature Canada’s early teachers and performers who are no longer with us. Their stories provide insight, humour, and revelations that could not have been captured any other way. The Live Lab began with Amy Bowring [Executive and Curatorial…
On Friday 31st July, we came together to enjoy a DCD Lab on the topic of Searchability. The DCD Lab was led by Amy Bowring and Beth Dobson. After the introductions, we set into the meat of the business, and were ably guided through such questions as: How easy do you find it to search…
On the 13th of August 2020 we had the pleasure of a DCD Lab on Gatekeeping. It was great to see you. What a wide variety of experience you represented! Those attending included curators, DCD board members, administrators, volunteers, performers, producers, technologists, directors and archivists. The definition of Gatekeeping is “the controlling of access to…
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