Building Digital Collections in support of Teaching & Learning

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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.
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In support of the University’s teaching and learning, the Digitization Centre works in collaboration with UBC departments, UBC Library branches and other groups within the UBC community to build digital collections. These digital collection items also serve as a valuable tool for research when students and scholars cannot access the physical materials. In this blog post we will explore these collections.

Epigraphic Squeezes

We partnered with UBC Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, formerly known as Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, to digitize over 380 epigraphic squeezes which are filter paper impressions of inscriptions, mainly from Athens and the surrounding area of Attica and Nemea from the 5th century BCE. A precise copy of the incised letters on the original is used in assignments and translation exercises that introduce students to the field of digital humanities.	Athenian Tribute List 22, [between 433 and 432 BCE]
Decretum de Samiis, [between 199 and 100 BCE]	Springhouse, [between 199 and 100 BCE]
Dedicatio Choregica, [440 BCE]

One Hundred Poets | 百人一首

Hyakunin isshu jokun shō; 百人一首女訓抄, Kaei 2 [1849]; 嘉永 2 [1849]	Collaborating with the UBC Department of Asian Studies, Asian Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) and Technical Services, we digitize 115 books and 25 card sets relating to the poetry anthology Hyakunin Isshu 百人一首 (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each, hereafter HNIS), and one set of print consisting of 17 woodcut sheets. This popular collection has received over 235,000 item views and the digital items are used in Japanese literature and poetry classes and seminars.
Ogura hyakunin isshu; 小倉百人一首, Meiji 34 [1901]; 明治 34 [1901]	Hyakunin isshu no uchi; 百人一首之内, [Tenpō 9 [1838]]; [天保 9 [1838]]
Karuta 1-kumi; 歌留多一組, [Meiji period [1868-1912]?]; [明治時代 [1868-1912]?]

Royal Fisk Gold Rush Letters

UBC Woodward Library and RBSC were our project partners for this collection. It contains over 900 manuscript letters from the Cariboo Gold Rush period (1862-1868), correspondence from merchants, telegrams, bills of exchange and other documents related to the Fisk Hotel in Silver City, California. These resources are used in Canadian History classes and as a topic for assignments.	[Bill of exchange, Falkner Bell Co. to Royal Fisk, April 15 1863], 1863-04-15
[Telegram, J.A. McCrea to Royal Fisk, July 17 1866], 1866-07-17	[Letter, G.H. Fisk to Royal Fisk, August 19 1863], 1863-08-19

These three collections are a part of our projects, please visit our Open Collections to see the full list. If you are interested in working with us on a project, visit our Work With Us page.