The objective of the William Morley Tweedie virtual exhibition was to digitize and provide online access to some of the original documents in the holdings of the Mount Allison University Archives which relate to his life, work, and family. In this way, the Archives hopes to draw attention to the value of archival material as both a research tool and a teaching tool. Archival documents featured were selected from the Tweedie family fonds.
The Project implementation was broken into the following processes:
*Research and Selection
*Scanning
*Topic identification, arrangement and text
*Metadata collection
*Web design and access
SCANNING
The scanning was carried out by Renée Belliveau, Archival intern (2018-2019).
File Format : TIF and JPEG
Digital Resolution : 300 to 600 dpi
Images are stored on the Mount Allison University server and most of the images used in this virtual exhibition are also available on the Mount Allison Archives Descriptions Database. Every effort was made to respect the integrity of the original documents. Therefore, minimal action was taken to correct imperfections in the originals. Cropping the original photograph was inevitable in certain instances. Occasionally, long outside scans were stitched together into panorama images using the open-source image editing software, IrfanView, version X.
METADATA
Structural metadata has been gathered during the scanning process. The structural metadata files contain information about the pagination of the document and correlation between filename and identification (retrieval) numbers.
Descriptive metadata for fonds includes title / statement of responsibility, dates of creation, physical extent, biographical sketch, custodial history, scope and content, source of title, related materials, associated materials, finding aids, immediate source of acquisition, physical description, notes, and retrieval number.
Descriptive metadata for items includes retrieval number, title, date, and restrictions on access, use, and reproduction.
WEB DESIGN
Web design for the virtual exhibition was carried out by Renée Belliveau. The banner was also created by Renée Belliveau from archival documents and images found in the Tweedie family fonds using Photo Editor Movavi 5.6 and Adobe Spark.
EXHIBITION DATES
The William Morley Tweedie virtual exhibition will be supported online through the Mount Allison Libraries and Archives LibGuide platform from 2021 onward.