Languages and Dialects in the Digital Library North Sandy Campbell1, Ali Shiri2, Dinesh Rathi2 , Cathy Cockney3 Sharon Farnel1, Elaine Maloney2, Robyn Stobbs2, Anastasia Piltingsrud2 1 University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton,AB, 2School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,3Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre, , NWT.

Digital Library North Project International Language Codes Multi-lingual Interface

The Digital Library North (DLN) How understands project is a research and Custom metadata allows for development collaboration association of specific dialects between the Cultural One Language – Three Dialects with intems in the collection. Resource Centre and the University of Alberta School of Library and Information Studies. Inuviauktun is an language that is spoken in the Western The ICRC has a mandate to: Arctic. It has three dialects: - Preserve the Inuvialuktun , Uummarmiutun, and How Library of Congress understands Inuvialuktun language with the assistance of Kangiryuarmiutun (also known elders. as and recognized -Provide support and a in the NWT as a distinct Kangiryuarmiutun language curriculum for Siglitun Inuvialuktun teachers language.) Uummarmiutun -Promote the on-going development of the Inuvialuktun language.

The DLN Research project seeks Basic Search allows for a to develop a digital library that will search of the dialect as a support collections of material in all Proposed and Temporary Codes of the dialects as well as indexing keyword and search capabilitiy in all of the dialects. Proposed Language Codes

ivk Inuvialuktun https://slisdlibdev.srv.ualberta.ca/ ikt Kangiryuarmiutun (Inuinnaqtun – existing code) ivu Uummarmiutun Three Dialects – Three Dictionaries Publishing in Three Dialects ivs Sigligtun

Temorpary or Local Language Codes or “q-codes” What Do You See? (used until international codes are established)

qivk Inuvialuktun ikt Kangiryuarmiutun (Inuinnaqtun – existing code) qivu Uummarmiutun qivs Siglitun

Place it Here Feelings

Kangiryuarmiutun Examples of Codes in Metadata

Siglitun

Acknowledgements Advanced Search allows for a search to be Uummarmiutun limited by a choice in the “Dialect” field This work was supported by:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Memories of a Beluga Whale Hunt from I, Nuligak Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre The Northern Scientific Training Program University of Alberta. School of Library and Information Studies University of Alberta Libraries ualberta north

English Kangiryuarmiutun Siglitun Uummarmiutun