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Grant Hurley | Research

Refereed Articles

Hurley, G. (2017). Your comments here: Contextualizing technologies, seeking records and supporting transparency for citizen engagement. Tidsskriftet Arkiv, 8(1), 1-25. doi: 10.7577/ta.1956

Hurley, G. (2016). Community archives, community clouds: Enabling digital preservation for small archives. Archivaria, 82, 129-150.

Hurley, G. (2015). Student publications at UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies: An anecdotal bibliography. See Also, 1(1), 1-9.

Szabo, I., Hurley, G., Cavaghan, S., & Irwin, D. E. (2014). A call for the preservation of images, recordings, and other data in association with avian genetic samples, and the introduction of a solution: OMBIRDS. The Auk, 131(3), 321-326. doi: 10.1642/AUK-13-237.1

Non-Refereed Articles

Hurley, G. (2018). “Robert Van de Peer: A master printmaker’s career between three saints.” The Devil’s Artisan 83, 62-78.

Book Chapters

Hurley, G. & Marks, S. (2023). Digital preservation of research data. In K. Thompson, E. Hill, E. Carlisle-Johnston, D. Dennie, & É. Fortin (Eds.) Research data management in the Canadian context: A guide for practitioners and learners. London, ON: Western Libraries.

Hurley, G. (2019). Digital bibliodiversity at Scholars Portal: Bridging standards and practices for e-books preservation. In J. Myntti & J. Zoom (Eds.) Digital preservation in libraries: Preparing for a sustainable future (pp. 179-202). Chicago: Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, American Library Association.

Hurley, G. (2015). Archival reappraisal. In L. Duranti & P. Franks (Eds.), Encyclopedia of archival science (pp. 80-82). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Hurley, G. (2011). Money is time: Case studies in small Canadian regional archives. In K. Garay & C. Verduyn (Eds.), Archival narratives for Canada: Re-telling stories in a changing landscape (pp. 98-113). Halifax: Fernwood.

Reports & Guides

Davis, C., Guimont, C., Hurley, G., Morse, J., Phillpotts, J., Polchow, M., Regala, J., Staines, H., Tavernier, W., Wise, A., & Zavala, M. (2022). Model digital preservation policy. NASIG.

Dorey, J., Hurley, G. & Knazook, B. (2022). Appraisal guidance for the preservation of research data. Appraisal for Preservation Working Group for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

Davis, C., Breton, C., Brigham, D., Dickson, R., Echols, E., Hurley, G., Knazook, B., Nappert, M., Wilson, L. & Whyte, J. (2021). Preservation for Dataverse in Canada: Recommendations report. Portage Network Preservation Expert Group for the New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO).

Hurley, G. & Shearer, K. (2019). Final report of the survey on digital preservation capacity and needs at Canadian memory institutions, 2017-18. Canadian Association of Research Libraries.

Hurley, G. & Shearer, K. (2018). Phase 2 survey report on digital preservation capacity and needs at Canadian memory institutions. CARL Digital Preservation Working Group.

Hurley, G. & Shearer, K. (2018). Phase 1 survey report on digital preservation capacity and needs among CARL Members. CARL Digital Preservation Working Group.

Hurley, G., Léveillé V., & McDonald, J. (2016). Managing records of citizen engagement initiatives: A primer. Vancouver, BC: InterPARES Trust.

McLelland, R., Hurley, G., & Collins, D. (2016). Contract terms with cloud service providers. Vancouver, BC: InterPARES Trust.

Proceedings

Goodchild, M. & Hurley, G. (2019, September 16-20). Integrating Dataverse and Archivematica for research data preservation. In M. Ras, B. Sierman & A. Puggioni (Eds.), iPRES 2019: 16th international conference on digital preservation (pp. 234-244).

McLelland, R., Hackett, Y., Hurley, G. & Collins, D. (2014, October 11-15). Agreements between cloud service providers and their clients: A review of contract terms. In 2nd annual conference of the International Council on Archives: Archives & cultural industries (pp. 1-15).

Book Reviews

Hurley, G. (2022). Review of the book Book traces: Nineteenth-century readers and the future of the library by A. Stauffer. Prose Studies: History, Theory, Criticism.

Hurley, G. (2020). Review of the book Partners for preservation: Advancing digital preservation through cross-community collaboration, ed. J. Kramer-Smyth. Archivaria 89, 179-183.

Theses

Hurley, G. (2012). The lyric west: Reading the Vancouver Poetry Society, 1916-1974. (Unpublished Master of Arts dissertation). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Hurley, G. (2010). Coming of age: Canadian children’s literature and national identities, 1900-1945 (Unpublished Bachelor of Arts dissertation). Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.

Conference Presentations & Posters

Hurley, G. (2023, May 29-30). “The artist and craftsman at hand”: Janet Eaves and the creation of Canada’s “first” poetry chapbook. Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, Toronto, ON.

Hurley, G. (2022, June 14-16). Fixity in the cloud: Preservation planning for Borealis. Dataverse Community Meeting 2022. Online conference.

Hurley, G. (2021, June 15-17). AIPing research data: Integrating Dataverse and Archivematica. Dataverse Community Meeting 2021. Online conference.

Hurley, G. & Davis, C. (2020, November 12). Passing the puck: Taking national action on digital preservation in Canada. NDSA Digital Preservation 2020. Online conference.

Goodchild, M. & Hurley, G. (2019, September 16-20). Integrating Dataverse and Archivematica for research data preservation. iPRES 2019: 16th International Conference on Digital Preservation, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Hurley, G. (2019, June 3-4). Judging a book beyond its cover: Reading the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 1981 to today. Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, Vancouver, BC.

Hurley, G., Klein H.G., & Mumma, C. (2019, February 12-14). Distributed digital preservation discussion [panel]. PASIG 2019, Mexico City, Mexico.

Hurley, G. (2018, November 9). Results of the CARL DPWG survey of digital preservation capacity and needs at Canadian memory institutions. @Risk North 2: Digital Collections | Collections numériques en peril, Montreal, QC.

Hurley, G. (2018, June 7-9). Open government and archives and records management: Say AAAA. Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB.

Jamieson, K., Whittle, B., Smith, C., Hurley, G. & Whyte, J. (2018, June 7-9). Going with the flow: Digital archiving workflows. Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB.

Hurley, G. & Janes, S. (2017, April 26-28). Collaborative digital preservation in the cloud: Phase one of the Permafrost project. Archives Association of Ontario Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.

Davis, K. & Hurley, G. (2017, March 9-10). eBooks preservation at Scholars Portal. eBooks and the Academic Library Market: The Charlotte Initiative Open Conference, Charlotte, NC.

Leahey, A. & Hurley, G. (2017, February 20-23). Integrating research data into digital preservation workflows for libraries and archives: Mapping the landscape. 12th International Digital Curation Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Hurley, G. (2016, December 9). Digital participation wanted: Seeking records and supporting transparency for technology-driven citizen engagement. InterPARES Trust International Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Hurley, G. (2016, October 26). Contextualizing technologies for citizen engagement: Seeking records and supporting transparency. Trust and Transparency in E-Government International Conference, Oslo, Norway.

Hurley, G. (2016, June 11). The long-term preservation of digital records and information. 7th Annual Information Management Session, Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada, Banff, AB.

Hurley, G. (2013, November 26). Determining a signature B.C. wine grape. UBC iSchool Visual Analytics Class Poster Session, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Hurley, G. (2013, May 11). Reconciling the archive: Library and Archives Canada versus the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Endnotes Graduate Conference in English, Vancouver, BC.

Hurley, G. (2011, May 28). Seth and Canadian archival narrative. Association of Canadian College and University Teachers in English Conference, Fredericton, NB.

Hurley, G. (2010, April 12). ‘Work at Home’: Gender and Nation in Canadian children’s fiction, 1830-1900. Second Annual Latin American and Latino/a Studies Conference, Bowling Green, OH.

Hurley, G. (2009, June 12). Money is time: Case studies in regional archives. Third Biennial Archives in Canada Conference: Archives and the Canadian Narrative, Sackville, NB.

Talks & Webinars

“U of T’s Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & Reconciliation commemoration.” Panel discussion. 29 September 2023.

“Keeping bits together: An introduction to digital preservation.” Society of American Archivists Archives of Religious Collections Section (SAA ARCS) Lunch and Learn Webinar. 18 May 2023.

“Between the Pillars: Season 3, Episode 6 - Early telegraphic materials.” Webinar for Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. 21 April 2023.

“Between the Pillars: Season 2, Episode 15 - Canada Day.” Webinar for Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. 29 June 2022.

“The joy of policy: Supporting CoreTrustSeal certification with good documentation.” Webinar for Alliance RDM Canadian CoreTrustSeal Certification Support Cohort. 9 February 2022.

“Digital preservation: What does it really look like?” Webinar for Learn with Scholars Portal. 21 October 2021.

“A model preservation policy for digital publishers & preservers.” With Corinne Guimont, Jeremy Morse, and Jennifer Regala, webinar for NASIG. 16 September 2021.

“Look before you leap: Adventures in curating and preserving research data.” With Shahira Khair, webinar for the Portage Network Global Water Futures series. 20 October, 2020.

“Dataverse + Archivematica = 💚, 💚 = research data preservation.” Lightning talk at The Archives and Technology Unconference (TAATU) 2020. 10 June, 2020.

“Results of the CARL DPWG survey of digital preservation capacity and needs at Canadian memory institutions.” Webinar for Canadian Association of Research Libraries. 23 January, 2020.

“Mind your bits & bytes: Digital preservation for beginners.” Webinar for The Partnership Education Institute. 13 June, 2019.

“Digital preservation is people: Thinking about digital skills for archivists.” Archives Association of Ontario Institutional Forum. Toronto, Ontario. 25 October, 2018.

Digital Preservation Panel participant. Association of Canadian Archivists, University of Toronto Student Chapter. Toronto, Ontario. 2 November, 2018.

Code4Lib Toronto meetup - Tools for digital preservation. 28 March, 2018.

Commentary and discussion moderation for special screening of Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell. Association of Canadian Archivists Conference 2017: Archives, Disrupted. Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario. 8 June, 2017.

“Mapping generic user workflows for digital preservation: How special is your snowflake?” Lightning talk at The Archives and Technology Unconference (TAATU) 2017. City of Ottawa Archives, Ottawa, Ontario. 7 June, 2017.

“Preserving Digital Things: Projects, Plans and Debates in 2017.” For HIST 4851: Introduction to Archival Science, Lakehead University. Thunder Bay, Ontario. 31 March, 2017.

“Digital Preservation 2067: Keeping Our Digital Memory from Here on Out.” Northwestern Ontario Archivists’ Association. Thunder Bay, Ontario. 30 March, 2017.

Professional Panel on Digital Archives participant. Association of Canadian Archivists, University of Toronto Student Chapter. Toronto, Ontario. 24 January, 2017.

Exhibitions & History Projects

150th Anniversary of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. 28-29 May, 2016 for Doors Open Toronto and online. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.

Settling the language: Dictionaries and language change, 1490 to today. 3 June - 15 August, 2015. Rare Books and Special Collections, University of British Columbia.

The first Roman Catholic chuch and cemetery, 1825-1859. St. Andrews, New Brunswick: Church of Saint Andrew, 2010.

Other Writing

The Alcuin Society - Amphora

The Alcuin Society - Book Design Awards

  • Preface to The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 2018.
  • Preface to The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 2017.
  • Preface to The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 2016.

The Halcyon, the newsletter of the Friends of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

  • 71, June 2023: The illuminated afterlife of Bliss Carman’s Sappho.
  • 70, December 2022: That’s the ticket: Gayle Garlock’s collection of booksellers’ labels and binders’ tickets.

Off the Record, the newsletter of the Archives Association of Ontario

  • Between 2016 and 2020, I wrote 20 editorials for each issue of Off the Record plus individual articles on an occaisonal basis:
  • 35.1, Winter 2019: Archives in fiction: Alice Munro, Willa Cather and archival narratives of place on Grand Manan island.
  • 34.3, Summer 2018: Archives in fiction: It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken (1996) and Other Works by Seth.
  • 33.2, Spring 2017: Archives in fiction: Bear (1976).
  • 33.1, Winter 2017: Archives in fiction: Consolation (2006).
  • 32.3, Summer 2016: Food in the archives: The Labatt Collection.
  • 32.2, Spring 2016: Food in the archives: Cooking with Hannah Glasse
  • 32.1, Winter 2016: Food in the archives: Benson’s strong ale.

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