UBC Library’s Indigitization program is now accepting applications for audio digitization project grants.
Gerry Lawson (MOA) providing instruction during a training session, July 2015.
The program offers resources for BC Indigenous organizations for preservation and access – providing equipment, training and funding support for the conversion of audio materials on cassette to digital preservation formats. It also seeks to promote enhanced and appropriate access to these recordings for communities, and where possible, the broader public.
“[T]he support of the Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program has made it possible to both preserve these important recordings and make them accessible for present and future generations.”
– Union of BC Indian Chiefs
BC First Nations, Métis and Inuit community institutions and agencies that have the preservation of information resources as part of their mandate are encouraged to apply for funding.
The program is sponsored by UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia and the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies.
The deadline for applications is February 12, 2016. Additional information, including funding details, eligibility, application guidelines, adjudication criteria and more is available at indigitization.ca.
For further information, please contact Sarah Dupont, Program Coordinator, Indigitization Program.
About Indigitization
The grant program is part of the Indigitization project, which began in 2010 between the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the First Nations Technology Council, and three First Nations communities: Heiltsuk, Ktunaxa, and ‘Namgis. Other contributors include UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, the School for Library, Archival and Information Studies, and the First Nations House of Learning. This project is committed to clarifying processes and identifying issues in the conservation, digitization, and management of Indigenous community knowledge. It does so by providing information resources through the Indigitization toolkit and by enabling community-led audio cassette digitization projects through grant funding and training.