The Cape Dorset Project: Using Optical Disc Technology to Preserve and Access the Artistic Heritage of an Arctic Community

Earlier this year, after three years of planning and negotiations, a collection of approximately 100,000 Inuit drawings and prints was transferred on loan from the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Ud. in the eastern Canadian Arctic to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in southern Canada. The arrival of this collection marked the beginning of a multi-year co-operative project between the two organizations designed to ensure the preservation of a unique collection of inuit art of both national and international significance. An integral part of this project will be recording the entire coilectlon using optical disc technology.