Image of a Bella Coola canoe, digitized by the United Church Archives in 2010, after receiving BCHDP funding.
In 2016 the BC History Digitization Program awarded more than $150,000 to 16 different community groups in B. Projects have included digitization of community newspapers, photographic collections, and church and museum archives. In total, the BCHDP has awarded more than $1.7 million dollars since its inception.
BCHDP is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 funding period. Applicants can receive up to $15,000 in funds for their projects, and can submit for multi-year projects. New this year, thanks to an investment from UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, successful 2018-2019 applicants will have the option to host their collections on Arca, a provincial collaborative repository platform, for three years.
The British Columbia Electronic Library Network (BC ELN) is a partnership between the Province of British Columbia and its post-secondary libraries. BC ELN’s purpose is to develop, promote, and maintain system-wide mechanisms that allow post-secondary libraries to cost effectively meet expanding information needs of the province’s learners, educators, and researchers. Arca, made possible by a partnership between BC ELN and its partner libraries, and initiated with seed funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, is a collaborative initiative to support the development and implementation of digital repositories at BC post-secondary institutions.
Applications are due by December 11, 2017. Information about the program and the application process is available on the BCHDP website.
For more information and to view images of past projects, please visit the B.C. History Digitization Program.