Capital City Records: Edmonton Local Music is a digital library service that provides streams and downloads of local music and will celebrate our music history through engaging and interactive collections and features. Edmonton Public Library designed the site with the input of the musical community and with the goal of creating an open technical infrastructure that the community itself could innovate upon. The first Canadian public library service of its kind, Capital City Records is built on open source software and a publicly-available license agreement that can be adapted by other libraries to meet the unique needs of their communities
Learning Outcomes
Understand the components involved in building engaging and interactive local digital collections
Gain access to resources (such as licenses, collection policies, and assessment strategies) that can be used to support new digital library projects
Develop insight into how local digital collections fit into larger library trends, including growing digital collections, engaging with creative communities, and open source technology
