Digitization project in the Vancouver Sun
A digitization project that is a collaboration between UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Archives and the City of Vancouver Archives appears in the Vancouver Sun. The project is called The Chinese Experience in British Columbia, 1850-1950. It will explore Chinese immigration, work, and social and cultural life in B.C. through the digitization […]
B.C. History Digitization Program featured in the Prince Rupert Daily News
A Prince Rupert project that is part of the B.C. History Digitization Program – an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – is featured in the Prince Rupert Daily News. The article, published on August 28, 2008, appears below. Please note that the program’s successful 2008 candidates are listed at www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/ps/2008Projects.html. —————————————————————————————————— By […]
Learning Centre featured in Innovation magazine
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is featured in Innovation, the magazine from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. The Learning Centre is part of the 2007/2008 Project Highlights pictorial, and is featured on page 41. You can view a PDF of Innovation magazine here: http://www.apeg.bc.ca/resource/innovation/archive/2008/2008julaug.pdf
B.C. History Digitization Program in the Omineca Express
A Vanderhoof project that is part of the B.C. History Digitization Program – an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – is featured in the Omineca Express. You can view the article here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/ominecaexpress/community/27110314.html
Scanning the past with the B.C. History Digitization Program
The City of Surrey Archives on 56 Avenue and 176A Street is digitizing thousands of old black-and-white negative photographs donated by The Leader in 1992. Some were used in the newspaper, but most have never been seen by the public. This is the biggest digitization project the archives has ever undertaken, and the first time […]
B.C. History Digitization Program in the Surrey Leader
A Surrey project that is part of the B.C. History Digitization Program – an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – is featured in the Surrey Leader. You can view the article here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/Scanning_the_past.html
B.C. History Digitization Program in the Bowen Island Undercurrent
A Bowen Island project that is part of the B.C. History Digitization Program – an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – is featured in the Bowen Island Undercurrent. You can view the article here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/bowenislandundercurrent/community/26393124.html
Chapbooks on display at Rare Books and Special Collections
Fans of ephemeral literature are invited to visit a campus display of 19th-century English chapbooks at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC). Chapbooks are booklets that were popular in rural areas and towns from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and ranged from jestbooks to histories of depraved criminals, medieval romances to song […]
B.C. History Digitization Program in the Tumbler Ridge News
A Tumbler Ridge project that is part of the B.C. History Digitization Program – an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – is featured in the Tumbler Ridge News. You can view the article here: http://www.tumblerridgenews.com/story.php?id=202436
Prince George Newspaper Digitization Project Funding
Two Prince George projects are among the recipients of funding from the B.C. History Digitization Program from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, for carrying out the process of putting historical images and information online. Read more about it here: http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080723142683/local/news/digital-archive-funding-awarded.html