Fonds MsC-139 - Edgewise Electrolit Centre fonds

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Edgewise Electrolit Centre fonds

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  • Records in electronic form (born-digital)
  • Moving images

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MsC-139

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  • 1994-2002 (Creation)
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    Edgewise Electrolit Centre

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1.8 m of born digital records and moving images

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(1994-2002)

Administrative history

The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre, started by Heather Haley in 1994, was a non-profit organization with the mandate of increasing the accessibility of poetry and new media. The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre operated as a research site to explore interactive media and technology. Its members organized the Vancouver Videopoem Festival, hosted a videoconferenced poetry reading series, a web magazine, a virtual café and weekly virtual writing workshop.

Custodial history

Records were in the custody of Heather Haley prior to their acquisition by Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books in 2014.

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Fonds consists of videopoems and digital records from the Edgewise Electrolit Centre.

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  • English

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    Canadian Rules for Archival Description (RAD), 2008 edition.

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    Published

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    Created December 21, 2015. SS

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    • English

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