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Digitizers’ Blog
Canadian Food Recipes
Canada is a multicultural country, and its culinary traditions reflect that. Many people often ask Canadians: what are typical Canadian dishes? I’ve asked that question myself a few times and usually heard “gravy” or “poutine.” Well after a bit of digging, we found the answer, and it is way more than just gravy! While browsing […]
Teach me how: Handle and Preserve Family Photographs and Documents
You or someone in your family may have documents and photographs that hold the history of your family. Often times, people are worried that this information could be lost or damaged and want to know how to preserve this history for future generations. To begin to answer how you can save your cherished treasures, we’ve […]
Explore Open Collections: Uno Langmann Travel Photo Albums
Our Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs has several photo albums with tons of interesting materials. Photo albums act as collections of memories for families and are always a good source for remembering moments, people, and places. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, people didn’t have digital cameras to take multiple photos […]
The seven Ps of marketing in our collections
Marketing is an important part of any business. People need to know about a product before they buy it, and businesses need to convey exactly what their product or service does in order to make that sale. The seven P’s of marketing is a classic marketing tool used to study what a brand or product […]
Explore Open Collections: Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era
Maps are not just for marking land. Through maps, you can travel back in time to understand how society was structured, how a region was recognized, the power structures of that time, and other cultural and societal aspects of the place being represented. The Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era Collection is a treasure trove […]
2018 FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is always an exciting event! This year, Russia will be hosting the games from June 14 to July 15, and 32 national teams will be participating. To get you into the sportive spirit, we selected some photos from our collection. After years of preparation and practices… The time […]
OCR and non-Latin text
The UBC Digitization Centre is responsible for the creation of more than 50 collections, all available through the Open Collections website. Our collections are diverse in formats, information and languages. Having non-English materials, or materials that are not written using the Latin-based alphabet, may be a barrier to access and retrieving information. But technology can […]
Eight Business Lessons From the Canadian Pacific Railway
Lately, we’ve been highlighting some important lessons that can be learned in our collections, including the history of typography, how surgery was performed in the 16th century, and which artists are responsible for the art in the Chung Collection. But did you know that our collections also contain important business lessons? That’s right, business lessons […]
