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- Out on the Shelves – Classification SurveyThis summer, Kyler Ford and Jessie are completing a professional experience focused on assessing the efficacy of the classification system at Out on the Shelves in Vancouver. Out on the Shelves is a community, volunteer run library located on Granville Island. Their mission is to foster a free, accessible, and safe… Read more: Out on the Shelves – Classification Survey
- Reimagining Archival Language: Building Community-Centered Thesauri at SACDAThe South Asian Canadian Digital Archive is committed to documenting, digitizing, and preserving the rich and diverse histories of South Asian communities across Canada. By gathering stories, records, photographs, and other cultural materials, SACDA seeks to create an inclusive archival space that reflects the lived experiences of South Asians in Canada—past… Read more: Reimagining Archival Language: Building Community-Centered Thesauri at SACDA
- 3CV Project Workshop: Software For Controlled Vocabulary WorkThe Community-Centred Controlled Vocabularies (3CV) SSHRC project successfully hosted its second open workshop on March 18, 2025, at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC. This event brought together partners and guests from libraries, museums, and archives across the region to explore and engage with software tools designed for controlled… Read more: 3CV Project Workshop: Software For Controlled Vocabulary Work
- 3CV Project Workshop: Community Engagement in Knowledge Organization On November 19th, the Community-Centred Controlled Vocabularies (3CV) SSHRC Project hosted its first open workshop. The event brought together professionals, students, researchers, and community members to explore themes of inclusivity, access, and collaboration in knowledge organization. The day included insightful presentations, hands-on workshops, and discussions. In the morning session, presentations by… Read more: 3CV Project Workshop: Community Engagement in Knowledge Organization
Upcoming Events
The Community-Centred Controlled Vocabularies (3CV) SSHRC project is holding its fourth open workshop on the topic of training and governance. Partners and guests from around the region will come together to learn about, discuss, and practice methods for soliciting community input into controlled vocabularies.
The morning’s programming will include a session on governance and will answer the fundamental question of who oversees controlled vocabularies. We will look at different editorial models for distributing power and ensuring accountability, and discuss what could work for your community.
After lunch, the afternoon programming will involve your input on training, where we’ll cover foundational skills and concepts for working with controlled vocabularies. You will also help us plan an upcoming open textbook on community-centered controlled vocabularies. Whether you have training approaches to share or would be looking for such support yourself, we’ll need your perspective to plan what this book should cover.
We welcome students and professionals from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums to attend this event and future workshops in the series!
Past Events
Publishing & Sharing Vocabularies – Workshop
The Community-Centred Controlled Vocabularies (3CV) SSHRC project is holding its third open workshop on the topic of publishing and sharing vocabularies. Partners and guests from around the region will come together to learn about and discuss the why and how of making a local vocabulary available for reuse in other settings.
Current 3CV partners are the UBC iSchool, UBC Libraries, the University of Fraser Valley’s South Asian Canadian Digital Archive, Out on the Shelves Library, Vancouver Black Library, and the AIDE Canada Library. We welcome students and professionals from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums to attend this event and future workshops in the series!
This event will take place in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC, on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territory of the Musqueam People.
We look forward to learning with you at the workshop and for your input into the 3CV project. 3CV aims to build capacity for GLAMs to develop, maintain, and apply community-centered metadata tools like controlled vocabularies. You can find full contact information for the team at www.3cv.ubc.ca.
Software For Controlled Vocabulary Work – Workshop
The Community-Centred Controlled Vocabularies (3CV) SSHRC project is holding its second open workshop on the topic of software for controlled vocabulary work. Partners and guests from around the region will come together to learn about, discuss, and try their hands at some tools for exploring and managing controlled vocabularies.
Current 3CV partners are the UBC iSchool, UBC Libraries, the University of Fraser Valley’s South Asian Canadian Digital Archive, Out on the Shelves Library, Vancouver Black Library, and the AIDE Canada Library.
We welcome students and professionals from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums to attend this event and future workshops in the series!
All events will take place in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC, on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territory of the Musqueam People.
We look forward to learning with you at the workshop and for your input into the 3CV project. 3CV aims to build capacity for GLAMs to develop, maintain, and apply community-centered metadata tools like controlled vocabularies. You can find full contact information for the team at www.3cv.ubc.ca.
Community Engagement In Knowledge Organization Workshop
The Community-Centred Controlled Vocabularies (3CV) SSHRC project is holding its first open workshop on the topic of community engagement in knowledge organization. The morning’s programming will start with presentations from 3CV partners (which include the University of Fraser Valley’s South Asian Canadian Digital Archive, UBC Libraries, Out on the Shelves Library, Vancouver Black Library, and the AIDE Canada Library) followed by discussion among attendees on opportunities and challenges in facilitating community input and assessment in metadata, archival description, and controlled vocabularies.
The workshop is open to students and practitioners across GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sectors. Attendees can expect to learn from project partners’ experiences with community engagement work, to connect with peers embarking on similar initiatives, and to help inform the 3CV project’s aims for capacity building in this area.
An afternoon event (held in the UBC iSchool) will follow, with attendees experimenting with hands-on methods for community engagement.