Evaluation of the Co-Lab initiative : 2016-2017 to 2018-2019 / Evaluation Function, Corporate Planning and Accountability.: SB4-57/2019E-PDF

"This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Evaluation of the Co-Lab initiative. The evaluation was conducted by the Program Evaluation Function of Library and Archives Canada's (LAC) Corporate Planning and Accountability Directorate, and is in compliance with the directives of the Government of Canada's Policy on Results. The evaluation covered the period leading up to the initiation of Co-Lab (2016-2017) and the year of its implementation (April 2018 to March 2019). The Co-Lab initiative was launched in April 2018. It presents an innovative approach to public service programming as it experiments with a new crowdsourcing Web application for transcribing, translating, tagging and describing LAC's holdings. The purpose of the initiative is to increase the digital content of LAC's collections, their accessibility and discoverability, and to engage Canadians with the collection"--Summary, page 4.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Library and Archives Canada. Evaluation Function, issuing body.
Title Evaluation of the Co-Lab initiative : 2016-2017 to 2018-2019 / Evaluation Function, Corporate Planning and Accountability.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Évaluation de l'initiative Co-Lab pour la période de 2016-2017 à 2018-2019.
"May 2019."
Includes bibliographical references (page 35).
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et archives Canada, 2019.
Description 1 online resource (35 pages) : colour illustrations
ISBN 9780660318455
Catalogue number
  • SB4-57/2019E-PDF
Subject terms Library and Archives Canada -- Evaluation.
Library materials -- Digitization -- Canada.
Archival materials -- Digitization -- Canada.
Human computation -- Canada.
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