The Digitization Centre is celebrating its 10th anniversary and the end of an unprecedented year by publishing this report. It highlights our key activities of the Digitization Centre over the past year and since March 2011 including: COVID-19 impact, partnership network, collections, software enhancements and upgrades, and user engagement statistics. Our Response to COVID-19: In […]
This blog post was written by Laura Moberg, a graduate student in the Dual Master of Archival Studies and Master of Library and Information Studies program at the UBC School of Information. From May to August 2021, I worked as a co-op student with UBC Library Digital Initiatives. As the Digital Projects Student Librarian, I researched […]
The following is part of a series on web archiving at the UBC Library. This post was written by Sarah Gallagher, a graduate student in the Master of Library and Information Science program at UBC’s iSchool. For all posts about web archiving, please see https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/tag/web-archiving/ From January through April 2021, I worked with the Digitization […]
A new item is now available on Open Collections in our UBC Library Digitization Centre Special Projects. “Recollections of my Indian Career” is an autobiographical account of Lieutenant-General John Matthew Cripps’ experiences serving in the British Indian Army from the mid to late nineteenth century. During the course of his service he was personally involved […]
One of the most common assumptions about digitization is that entire collections can be scanned without prioritization. Collection assessment and evaluation is essential before proceeding with any project. In the case of Chinese rare books, as more and more volumes are scanned and made accessible online, it is important to evaluate proposed digitization projects to […]
About Us
The UBC Library Digitization Centre embraces new technologies, methods of access, workflows and preservation strategies while building sustainable digital collections to support and enrich the educational, cultural and economic endeavors of the University, the people of British Columbia and communities beyond.
Summaries and links to some of our completed and ongoing digitization projects.
Propose a digitization project and learn about OJS journal hosting, digital preservation, our web archiving activities, as well as cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository.
Workflow, standards, policies, and impact reports of the Digitization Centre.
Find the hidden gems of UBC’s digital collections, hand-picked by the staff.
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Last updated on June 21, 2018 @10:46 am
