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By Jessica Woolman on May 15, 2012
An innovative UBC Library project is helping preserve First Nations history and culture for the digital age. The project, dubbed Indigitization, is a collaboration between various UBC units, including the Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the First Nations House of Learning, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. […]
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Community Report, digitization, Indigitization, preservation, strategic plan
By Glenn Drexhage on May 11, 2012
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Photo credit: © Lara Swimmer Photography A project to digitize past issues of the Whister Answer newspaper is featured in Whistler’s Pique Newsmagazine. This project received a grant from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, digitization, IKBLC, Media coverage
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
By Glenn Drexhage on November 29, 2011
An article on the British Columbia History Digitization Program (BCHDP) appears in the fall 2011 issue of Museums Roundup, the quarterly newsletter of the British Columbia Museums Association. The piece appears on pages 26-28. Curious? You’re invited to find out more about the BCHDP, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can […]
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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
By Glenn Drexhage on September 1, 2011
Stories about the digitization of past issues of the Prince Rupert Daily News (dating from 1911 to 1923) are featured in the Northern View and the Muskeg News. This project has received funding from the BC History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the articles here and […]
Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage
By Glenn Drexhage on June 22, 2011
An article on a digitization project being led by the Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives appears in the Coast Reporter newspaper. The project, which involves the digitization of Sunshine Coast newspapers, received support from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the article here, and […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage
By Glenn Drexhage on June 8, 2011
An article on a digitization project being led by the Lake Country Museum and Archives appears in the Lake Country Calendar newspaper. The project involves the digitization of 47 original manuscripts dealing with aspects of Lake Country’s history from the late 1800s to the 1950s. This project has received support from the B.C. History Digitization […]
Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage, UBC Okanagan
By Glenn Drexhage on June 2, 2011
A story on the digitization of UBC Library’s exceptional Tokugawa maps collection appears in the June 2011 issue of UBC Reports. You can view the article here, and view the table of contents here.
Posted in General | Tagged with digitization, maps, Media coverage
By Glenn Drexhage on May 30, 2011
An article on a digitization project at the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia appears in the May 20, 2011 issue of the Jewish Independent. This oral history project received support from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the article here: Jewish Independent. […]
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