Through the Eyes of Louis Shotridge: Sharing Alaska’s
Native Tlingit History: A Digital Archive Project at Penn
Alternate Title
Libraries without Borders: Navigating towards Global Understanding
World Library and Information Congress ; 74th, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lucy Fowler Williams
David McKnight
Description
A look at the Louis Shotridge collection; Louis Shotridge, also known as Stoowukháa (c. 1882-1937), was from the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and worked for the Penn Museum as Assistant Curator from 1915-1932. This paper also discusses decisions made concerning the information architecture and metadata standards used in developing the website.