Heather MacNeil, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

The past, present, and possible future of the museum object catalogue: a preliminary investigation
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$67,806
Archival description as rhetorical genre in traditional and web-based environments
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$113,040

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The past, present, and possible future of the museum object catalogue: a preliminary investigation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: MacNeil, Heather

Keywords: (1) museums; (2) catalogue; (3) rhetorical genre studies; (4) social inclusion; (5) history; (6) convergence of libraries, archives, and museums; (7) participatory museum cataloguing; (8) museum documentation; (9) museum classification; (10) online museum catalogues

$67,806

Archival description as rhetorical genre in traditional and web-based environments

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: MacNeil, Heather M.

Keywords: genre theory; archival description; online archival finding aids; knowledge organization; information retrieval

$113,040

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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