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Flickr [Textual record (electronic); Graphic material (electronic)]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-sub-series

Date:

[2008-2015].

Reference:

R16093-61681-X-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5637723

Context of this record:

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Stephen J. Harper fonds

Office of the Prime Minister - Communications unit

Official social media and online presence

Flickr
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Date(s):

[2008-2015].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

16,643 digital textual records.
16,625 digital photographs.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

Scope and content:

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This sub-sub series contains Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper's Flickr social media content. The records consist of photographs and accompanying sidecar files (corresponding text files containing metadata for each image).

The Prime Minister's Flickr content consisted of three accounts: one bilingual account dedicated to the Economic Action Plan (EAP); and two accounts dedicated to the Prime Minister in each official language. The exact names of these accounts are unclear since the original folders were labelled EAP, ENG, and FRE.

The Economic Action Plan account provides content on the Harper Government's economic measures to counter the effects of the global recession in Canada from 2009-2015. Content posted includes information on funding for research, infrastructure projects, and other economic stimulus projects. The two other accounts depict the Prime Minister's activities while in office including official visits, accomplishments, signed agreements or partnerships, ceremonies, special visits, budgets, interviews, etc. These accounts also highlight time with his family and personal interest in adoptable pets. Users could find daily captured moments under the hashtag #DayintheLife.

Metadata found embedded in the records or captured as a result of the export may include details such as the name of the photographer, copyright details, dates (taken and uploaded), number of views, number of comments, the title of the image, photo description, geotag information, keywords, and tags. Accents or symbols used in the caption content and in the file names do not always display properly. The metadata appears to contain only metadata from the producers of the content (PM staff) and not from interactions with Flickr users.

During processing, archival staff encountered 18 corrupted and/or degraded GIF files. These were removed however, the accompanying sidecar files (TXT files) were kept to preserve the description of the image that was uploaded to Flickr.

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Physical description note:

Digital records received in the following file format(s): TXT, JPG, and GIF (3.15 GB).

Custodial history:

Flickr is a video and image hosting platform that allows users to manage their media content. Established in 2004, it allows creators to post videos and photographs that can also be shared or "pushed" into other online content such as blogs, email, RSS feeds, web pages, etc. Flickr allows both creators and users to collaborate by adding tags and captions.

Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper's Flickr accounts date as early as 2008. The content was extracted from the platform using the Bulkr application on 19 October 2015.

Dates of creation note:

The date of creation dates reflect the date of the first posts and when the Flickr accounts were exported using the Bulkr application. The digital photographs contain some embedded descriptive metadata, however, the most of it is technical in nature (ICC, IPTC, and XMP standards). The TXT sidecar files contain the majority of the descriptive metadata for the Flickr content. Moreover, the metadata in the text files indicates the date the photograph was taken or posted, reflecting the most accurate date for these records.

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Graphic(photo): electronic

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Electronic container [R16093] R16093-61681-X

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

Textual records: electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Electronic container [R16093] R16093-61681-X

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

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Date modified:: 2024-06-27