Electronic collections featuring community newspapers, B.C. history, fossil specimens, medical artifacts and works by renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman will all be a mouse click away, thanks to a community initiative from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia.
Launched in 2006, the BC History Digitization Program provides funds to make B.C. heritage accessible to the public. Original and historical documents — including images, sound or print materials such as books and documents — are scanned and converted into digital files that can be viewed or heard on a computer.
The digitization program provides up to $200,000 in overall annual matching funds. The program provides three funding categories for organizations involved with the preservation of historical provincial material, such as libraries, archives, museums, post-secondary institutions and community groups. The next round of program applications will begin in mid-December.
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