What would data farming look like if we were Wendell Berry? If we were building the commons? It surely would be aimed at helping our clients become more self-sufficient than modern business allows. Our expertise, therefore, is in data management, but it comes with rules.
We work with heritage groups, but only provide short-term contracting for database construction and cleaning, data validation, conversion, geomatics, and image-processing services. If you need something longer-term than that, we provide consulting and training services.
Our main work is the continuing development of a data platform where scale economies are beyond the size of community-based non-profits, and the skills needed are very complex.
KITH is working with heritage groups in Antigonish, Hants and Halifax counties to preserve and digitize the A. F. Church maps and match the map information with existing genealogical records. The goal is to improve our understanding of the history and social relations in nineteenth century Nova Scotia, and make this data publicly accessible.
