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BC historical newspapers
Happy Darwin Day
Today is Darwin Day. People all over the world pay tributes to Charles Darwin on his birthday, February 12. Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) was a renowned English naturalist and geologist who made significant contributions to the science of evolution. He proposed revolutionary scientific theories, best known for the theory of evolution by natural selection. His […]
Newspaper Comic Strips published on Christmas Eve
Which section of the daily newspaper do you read first – Local News? Sports? Advertising? If you go for advertising part first, you can check out our previous blog which features advertisements from the BC Historical Newspapers, Tairiku Nippō (Continental Daily News) and Ubyssey (UBC’s student newspaper). If the comics strip is your favourite part, […]
Expanding the BC Historical Newspapers Collection: Reflections on my Co-op Work Term
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 […]
Nelson Daily News Goes Online
Cover page from the prosperity and development edition, 1907 <https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0382636> Though it’s old news by now, phase one of the digitization project to make copies of the Nelson Daily News available online was completed this spring. In partnership with the rights holder, Touchstone Nelson, and using microfilm from the BC Archives, over 60 microfilm reels […]
Advertisements in Wartime
Historical newspapers are a useful source of information for understanding social and cultural trends during specific times. In the BC Historical Newspapers collection, we have digitized more than 53,000 newspaper issues from around the province, dating from 1859 to 1995. In this post, we compile a few advertisements from the collection dating from the First […]
Advertisements in Newspapers
Historical newspapers are good resources for researching the political, social and cultural trends in local areas during specific historical periods. One of the interesting components are advertisements, which contain information about local businesses, and popular industries around the time. Like today, the papers had designed their advertisements to catch readers’ eyes and attract new customers. […]
How We Digitize: Microfilm
Microforms are reduced-size copies of documents used for access and preservation. There are a few different formats of microforms, the most popular being microfilm (film reels) and microfiche (flat film sheets). This post focuses on how we digitize microfilm. At the Digitization Centre, we have digitized newspaper microfilms using our flexScan equipment. Although microfilm […]
Teach me how: Using Open Collections for Genealogy Research
Have you ever looked for information on your family history? Whether you are simply curious about a few relatives or embarking on an in-depth genealogy research project, there are many online resources that can help your search. If you have relatives from British Columbia, or relatives who are UBC alumni, UBC Library’s Open Collections can […]
Happy Halloween from the Digitization Centre!
In celebration of Halloween coming up tomorrow, enjoy these spooky and festive images from Open Collections. From the Tremaine Arkley Croquet Collection, three “modern” witches gather around a cauldron: This woodcut of a shrouded skeleton, by the artist Walter Crane, could serve as some last-minute costume inspiration: Watch out for this creepy spider […]
Subjects in Our Collections: Canadian Studies
British Columbiana and Canadiana are two of our largest areas of collection development. Our collections hold items that explore a range of disciplines related to these topics, including history, business, sociology, literature, and more. For example: BC Historical Books: This collection contains almost 2,000 books about and/or published in British Columbia. Three bibliographies of British […]
