Digitization of Ray Culos Vancouver Society of Italians Collection: Sons of Italy Project Complete
The Italian Cultural Centre Museum has completed its digitization of Ray Culos Vancouver Society of Italians Collection: Sons of Italy. The Sons of Italy was one of Vancouver’s main Italian mutual aid societies in the early 20th century. The collection includes documents from the Sons of Italy’s sister organization, the Lega femminile, enabling researchers to better understand the way that family, gender, and the public and private sphere functioned in the early 20th century for Italian immigrants in Vancouver.
The digitization of Ray Culos Vancouver Society of Italians Collection: Sons of Italy was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program.
For more information about the 2021/2022 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
MsC-244-068 This booklet contains organizational constitution of The Sons of Italy incorporated into Societies Act of BC., February 12, 1911.
Retrieved from https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/italian-cultural-centre-1385/costituzione-della-societa-veneta-di-mutuo-soccorso-page-1
Sophie Corless
Senior Program Assistant, Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication
Background
Sophie joined the Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication in January 2023. Prior to the CWSC, Sophie held administrative positions in the Faculty of Arts at UBC, working in Theatre and Film, Music, and Sociology. Originally from the UK, Sophie moved to Vancouver at the end of 2019 after a decade living and working in Dubai. She was a high school theatre director for many years, and she is a writer, currently working on her third novel.
Current Role and Responsibilities
As the Sr. Program Assistant for the CWSC, Sophie handles the day-to-day running of the Centre. This includes overseeing the scheduling of writing consultations, maintaining the website and event listings, coordinating data collection, and handling the logistics for the Centre’s workshops. She is the first point of contact for all CWSC enquiries.
Contact
Email: sophie.corless@ubc.ca
Phone: 604-827-1603
Digitization of Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection, B.C. titles Project Complete
The University of the Fraser Valley has completed its digitization of the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection, B.C. titles. The UFV Library has digitized 80 titles from the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection (NWCC). Cookbooks, beyond their original intention, are now seen as cultural texts that illustrate a community’s structure including perceived gender norms, as well as food practices and technologies. This project benefits students in fields such as Geography, Anthropology and Culinary Arts as well as individuals, local historians and genealogists, and heritage organizations.
The digitization of the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection, B.C. titles was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program and is made available through Digitization Program and is available via Arca.
For more information about the 2022/2023 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
Edith Adams’ Recipes (1960).
Digitization of Summerland Review (1946-1967) Project Complete
The Summerland Museum and Archives Society has completed its digitization of Summerland Review (1946-1967) Digitization Project. The project digitized microfilmed copies of the Summerland Review providing insight to local news articles, national and international news articles, gossip columns, announcements of births and marriages, obituaries, classifieds, Okanagan sports results and news, government notices, and advertisements.
The digitization of the Summerland Review (1946-1967) Digitization Project was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program and is available via Arca here and via Summerland Museum & Archive’s site.
For more information about the 2021/2022 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
Local Safety Team
Current Local Safety Team (January 2022)
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Rochelle Mazar |
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre |
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Pouneh Naderi |
Music, Art and, Architecture Library |
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Rob Stibravy |
Digitization Centre |
robert.stibravy@ubc.ca |
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Hiller Goodspeed |
Archives/RBSC |
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TBD |
Arts One/CAP |
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Daniel Murphy |
Chapman Learning Commons |
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Kristen Wong |
Community Engagement |
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Charlotte Grenson Sharon Lim Ilia Starr |
CTLT |
charlotte.grenson@ubc.ca |
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Sandy Abah |
iSchool/SLAIS |
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Rob Stickles |
Music, Art, and Architecture 3rd Floor |
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Rhona McElwain |
Music, Art, and Architecture Library 4th Floor |
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TBD |
Ike’s Café |
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Alicia Munro Kajsa Moore |
Library Administration & Facilities |
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Library Collection Storage Services |
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Amity Chiang |
Library Human Resources |
amity.chiang@ubc.ca |
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Lucia Balabuk |
Science One/CSP |
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Anne Lama |
Preservation |
Digitization of Publications of BC Francophone Organizations Project Complete
The Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (SHFCB) has completed its digitization of Publications of BC Francophone Organizations Project. 32,000 pages were digitized from 87 publications of 38 Francophone organizations in 13 B.C. cities, spanning from the 1960s to the present.
The digitization of the Publications of BC Francophone organizations was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program and is available via Arca.
For more information about the 2021/2022 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
2023/2024 BC History Digitization Program Call for Applications
The British Columbia History Digitization Program (BCHDP) is now accepting applications for project funding. The program, initiated by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in 2006, provides matching funds to support digitization projects that make unique British Columbia content freely available. Since its inception in 2006, the BCHDP has awarded more than $2 million of matching funds for more than 250 projects.
In 2022, the program awarded more than $150,000 for more than 20 projects. The wealth and diversity of unique British Columbia content to be digitized is impressive. The BCHDP will be accepting applications for the 2023/2024 funding year. Applicants can receive up to $15,000 of matching funds for their projects. Multi-year projects are accepted with each successive year going through the adjudication process.
New initiative for Indigenous applicants
In the context of de-colonization and reconciliation, the BC History Digitization Program will consider applications from Indigenous organizations for projects that will not result in public access to the digitized material. IKBLC recognizes that open access is not always ethical or appropriate for Indigenous content. Indigenous applications will be evaluated according to the same criteria in all other aspects of the project applications but will not be required to provide public access to the digitized content.
Applications are due by Friday, December 9, 2022 @ 5:00 pm PST. Information about the application process as well as the guidelines and application form are available on the BCHDP website (https://ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/bcdigitinfo/bchdp-applicant-information/). It is highly recommended that applicants consult the Guidelines and Instructions as well as accessing the Application Form because both are updated annually based on feedback from applicants and the program adjudicators.
For more information about the program and to view past projects, please visit the BC History Digitization Program website (https://ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/bcdigitinfo/).