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Digital Initiatives

Cover of the 1969 annual report of the Okanagan Historical Society

History of the Okanagan comes alive

By Jessica Woolman on July 15, 2013

The Okanagan Historical Society’s annual reports have recently been digitized by UBC Library.

Posted in General | Tagged with BC History, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, research learning and scholarship, UBC Okanagan

Preserving physical and digital collections

Preserving physical and digital collections

By Glenn Drexhage on April 4, 2013

UBC Library’s Alvan Bregman brings his expertise to a new preservation program for physical and digital collections.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, Digital Initiatives, Media coverage, preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections

UNESCO Declaration focuses on digital assets

UNESCO Declaration focuses on digital assets

By Glenn Drexhage on January 23, 2013

  The protection of digital assets is the focus of the UNESCO / UBC Vancouver Declaration on Digitization and Preservation, released by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). The statement emerged from an international conference, held in Vancouver in September 2012 and organized by UNESCO in co-operation with UBC, that focused on the preservation […]

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Digital Initiatives, digitization, preservation, UNESCO

Sharing UBC Library’s gems

Sharing UBC Library’s gems

By Glenn Drexhage on June 18, 2012

The Digital Initiatives (DI) Unit is a key part of UBC Library’s effort to adapt to the evolving needs of faculty and students, and to support teaching, research and learning at UBC. Its goal is to create sustainable, world-class programs and processes to make the collections and research at UBC available to the world. The Digital […]

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UBC theses go digital

By Glenn Drexhage on April 19, 2012

Users looking to delve into UBC graduate student research can now access thousands of theses from years past, thanks to the completion of UBC Library’s Retrospective Theses Digitization project. As a result, online access is available to virtually all UBC theses created between 1919 and 2007. There are more than 32,000 such theses in cIRcle, […]

Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, digitization

Historical newspapers project – media coverage

By Glenn Drexhage on November 17, 2011

UBC Library’s British Columbia Historical Newspapers Project, which features digitized versions of 24 newspapers from around the province, has received some great media coverage. Articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Nelson Star, Metro Vancouver (see page 28), the Cranbrook Daily Townsman and Moncton’s Times & Transcript. A mention of the project is […]

Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, Digital Initiatives, Media coverage

B.C. Historical Newspapers Project – press release

By Glenn Drexhage on November 7, 2011

More than 45,000 pages chronicling B.C.’s storied past are available online thanks to the British Columbia Historical Newspapers Project. Read the press release to find out more about this great UBC Library initiative.

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with BC Historical Newspapers Program, Digital Initiatives, digitization

Allan Bell is leading UBC Library’s Digital Initiatives Unit.

Advancing the digital agenda

By Jessica Woolman on June 20, 2011

  A new space, a strong team and a host of projects ranging from historical newspapers to the Chinese-Canadian experience are some highlights of UBC Library’s burgeoning digital agenda. “Things are really coming together,” says Allan Bell, Director of Library Digital Initiatives. “My goal is to help the Library be indispensable to teaching, research and […]

Posted in General | Tagged with Community Report, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, strategic plan, UBC Okanagan

Digital collection of Emma Crosby letters available online

By Glenn Drexhage on August 6, 2008

An illuminating set of letters from the wife of a prominent Methodist missionary in B.C. is now freely available online. The letters from Emma Crosby (1849-1926) provide a fascinating glimpse into the missionary experience. Due to her gender, Emma was not able to become a missionary, although her husband Thomas served as one on the […]

Posted in General | Tagged with digital collections, Digital Initiatives

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