About OurOntario.ca
OurOntario.ca is an online service where you can explore the digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, community groups, government agencies and private collections in Ontario - all in one search. Access to hundreds of digital resources available from a wide range of organizations in just minutes. OurOntario.ca also contains selected items from organizations across Canada, where they pertain to Ontario content. View the list of participating contributors.
What can you find?
The types of items searchable through OurOntario.ca include photographs, maps, videos, sound recordings, government documents, books and other media. You can find content about Ontario life and culture, history, government, business and scientific heritage.
How it works
OurOntario.ca gathers the metadata records held on the participating agency's website. The metadata records are imported, normalized and indexed on our servers. Searches are conducted on our indexed copy of the metadata, with results linking directly to the digital files on the contributing partner's site.
Participating in OurOntario.ca
We offer discovery services for those organizations wishing to increase discovery of, and access to their digital collections.
OurOntario.ca is a collaborative project, making your digital content discoverable through a variety of ways (such as the OurOntario.ca search portal, search engines, library catalogues, etc.) By exposing and exporting data into different formats, we ensure that digital resources can be discovered and searched by an online audience. If you are interested read the Be a partner section on the Knowledge Ontario site, and fill out our registry form: http://registry.ourontario.ca. Alternatively, send an email to info@ourontario.ca.
Collaboration with Canadiana.org
Canadiana.org, is a new independent, non-profit, alliance of partners, from all parts of Canada’s cultural, heritage, research, broadcasting and publishing communities acts as a facilitator for digitization initiatives and related enduring access services and preservation infrastructures. It was recently formed through the merger between the former Alouette Canada and the former Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. OurOntario.ca is collaborating with Canadiana.org to support the Alouette Canada,national online discovery poral : http://alouette.ourontario.ca/search
Digital content added to OurOntario.ca is also made available Canada-wide via the Alouette Canada search portal. Similarly Ontario content from organizations outside Ontario is made available to OurOntario.ca via Canadiana.org.
