Use of Photography on Our Site
All the photos of York University Keele Campus of today were taken by us, the Co-Creators of Y.O.R.K. While we realize that these are images that could have been taken from the Internet, we chose to purposefully create our own photography to solely be used on this website. We did this for a variety of reasons. Firstly, we wanted to ensure that all copyright laws were followed in the creation of this website. By taking our own photos of the York campus, we do not have to worry about infringing copyright laws and not asking permission of those whom own the rights to the photos posted online already. As a next step, should this proposal be chosen as a possible future project, we plan to watermark our images so that they cannot be used by any other sites affiliated by York University.
In addition, some of the text-based photos used in our site, particularly the "A Look into Keele Campus In the Past" section, were edited in order for the images to appear more crisp and clear. When we digitized the historical document we found in the Mapping Library here at York University Keele Campus, we wanted to ensure that the document was as focused, legible, and as much of a faithful representation of the original document as was possible. However, in doing so and in relation to Cohen and Rosenzweig's Digital History Chapter 3 on "Becoming Digital" we altered the text in its original format and thus may have unintentionally lost some of the academic integrity behind the images taken from the map in 1972. This is something that both the archivists at Clara Thomas Archives and the Map Library as well as the authors speak to in “Becoming Digital”. This challenge of the time and consideration one needs when digitizing a historical document can be seen through the questions that Cohen and Rosenzweig pose when they ask,“should a digitized text capture just the letters and words or also information about paragraphs, headings, centering, spacing, indentations, and pagination? What about handwritten notes?”
In our eyes, the text was all we needed in order for those engaging in Y.O.R.K. to get a sense of the historical change over time that occurred at Keele Campus over the years. However, another reason this judgement call was made was because we were advised of the copyright laws that surround maps found at the Mapping Library at York Keele Campus. Since only 10% of a map found in paper form (even a screenshot of it) can be used at a time, we decided that cropping, altering and editing the photo of the text so it could be as legible and clear as possible, was the only way to get the information across, however along the way we took away from the map as a primary source.
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All the photos of York University Keele Campus of today were taken by us, the Co-Creators of Y.O.R.K. While we realize that these are images that could have been taken from the Internet, we chose to purposefully create our own photography to solely be used on this website. We did this for a variety of reasons. Firstly, we wanted to ensure that all copyright laws were followed in the creation of this website. By taking our own photos of the York campus, we do not have to worry about infringing copyright laws and not asking permission of those whom own the rights to the photos posted online already. As a next step, should this proposal be chosen as a possible future project, we plan to watermark our images so that they cannot be used by any other sites affiliated by York University.
In addition, some of the text-based photos used in our site, particularly the "A Look into Keele Campus In the Past" section, were edited in order for the images to appear more crisp and clear. When we digitized the historical document we found in the Mapping Library here at York University Keele Campus, we wanted to ensure that the document was as focused, legible, and as much of a faithful representation of the original document as was possible. However, in doing so and in relation to Cohen and Rosenzweig's Digital History Chapter 3 on "Becoming Digital" we altered the text in its original format and thus may have unintentionally lost some of the academic integrity behind the images taken from the map in 1972. This is something that both the archivists at Clara Thomas Archives and the Map Library as well as the authors speak to in “Becoming Digital”. This challenge of the time and consideration one needs when digitizing a historical document can be seen through the questions that Cohen and Rosenzweig pose when they ask,“should a digitized text capture just the letters and words or also information about paragraphs, headings, centering, spacing, indentations, and pagination? What about handwritten notes?”
In our eyes, the text was all we needed in order for those engaging in Y.O.R.K. to get a sense of the historical change over time that occurred at Keele Campus over the years. However, another reason this judgement call was made was because we were advised of the copyright laws that surround maps found at the Mapping Library at York Keele Campus. Since only 10% of a map found in paper form (even a screenshot of it) can be used at a time, we decided that cropping, altering and editing the photo of the text so it could be as legible and clear as possible, was the only way to get the information across, however along the way we took away from the map as a primary source.
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The Future of York University Keele Campus
Y.O.R.K.: Your Orientation Round Keele Campus sought to explore York University Keele Campus both in the past and in the present in relation to the changes which occurred over time based on students’ wants and needs. But what about the future of York U Keele Campus? Over the past few years, the university has shared plans to grow and develop in a variety of ways. One of the main changes coming to campus is the addition of the new subway system. York University Keele Campus is known as a commuter school, with students coming from a variety of distances from Mississauga, Woodbridge and even across the world with the arrival of international students. This subway will be an opportunity for more students to be able to come to campus on a daily basis. It will be more accommodating to those who might be considering coming to the campus in the future as well as make the campus more convenient to those who are already enrolled. As the author of the article by Torontoist states:
“Universities are not just places of instruction. They are places of the generation, communication, and exchange of knowledge. They are points of connection for others across the city, country, and around the world; people bring their ideas about everything from germs to marketing to politics to dance, and share what they know... More exchange with and among post-secondary institutions is one of the most fruitful ways we can improve mobility in the Toronto area.”
Y.O.R.K.: Your Orientation Round Keele Campus sought to explore York University Keele Campus both in the past and in the present in relation to the changes which occurred over time based on students’ wants and needs. But what about the future of York U Keele Campus? Over the past few years, the university has shared plans to grow and develop in a variety of ways. One of the main changes coming to campus is the addition of the new subway system. York University Keele Campus is known as a commuter school, with students coming from a variety of distances from Mississauga, Woodbridge and even across the world with the arrival of international students. This subway will be an opportunity for more students to be able to come to campus on a daily basis. It will be more accommodating to those who might be considering coming to the campus in the future as well as make the campus more convenient to those who are already enrolled. As the author of the article by Torontoist states:
“Universities are not just places of instruction. They are places of the generation, communication, and exchange of knowledge. They are points of connection for others across the city, country, and around the world; people bring their ideas about everything from germs to marketing to politics to dance, and share what they know... More exchange with and among post-secondary institutions is one of the most fruitful ways we can improve mobility in the Toronto area.”
Below are more advancements and developments coming to Keele Campus in the next few years along with some excerpts from the articles which offer insight into the changes either already or soon to be offered for York University Keele Campus:
NOW Toronto, “Toronto Schools Open Gender Free Washrooms”, 2017.
- “York University's website lists 76 single-stall gender-neutral washrooms on its Keele campus, and map shows their locations." Thanks to transgender student activism in post-secondary institutions, there's been progressively more movement to develop inclusive bathrooms," says Sheila Cavanagh, an associate professor teaching gender and sexuality studies at York University.”
Inside Toronto, “York University Gets Funding Boost of More than 100 Million”, 2017. Web.
- “The provincial and federal governments, along with the university, is providing $113 million in funding to modernize labs in the faculties of science and health, create a new building for the Schulich School of Business, and boost energy-efficient cooling and power for 85 buildings on York’s Keele campus. The funding will be used in several areas, including converting the 48-year-old Farquharson life sciences building into a modern academic and research building using sustainable practices; renovating labs in three other buildings on the Keele campus, and creating biology labs at Glendon, York’s bilingual campus; and building an environmentally-sustainable 67,000 square-foot building linked. ”
Suggested Articles for Further Reading:
- Daily Commercial News, “York U Schulich Expansion Drives for Sustainability”, 2017. Web.
- BlogTO, “Stunning New Student Centre Coming to York University” , 2017. Web.
- York University Website, 2017. Web.