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<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/get-wilde-with-our-digitized-content/" title="Get Wilde with our Digitized Content"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2016/04/cdm.specialp.1-0229462.0003cdm.specialp.1-0229462.0004_full-e1461868052789-150x150.jpg" alt="Get Wilde with our Digitized Content" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
Get Wilde with our Digitized Content
Way back in January UBC Library scored a rare book coup, acquiring two exceptional examples of early gay literature that share a connection with famed Victorian writer Oscar Wilde. Teleny and its prequel, Des Grieux, were first published in the 1890s. It’s long been suspected, but never confirmed, that Wilde may have authored or contributed […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/bibleiophilia/" title="Bibliophilia"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2016/03/bible5-150x150.jpg" alt="Bibliophilia" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
Bibliophilia
We’ve got another new (but actually really really old) addition to our digital collection. We’re excited to share that we have digitized a rare Latin Bible from the 13th century! You can check it out in out Western Manuscripts collection where many of our oldest books live. This Bible is an amazing addition to our […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/more-digitization-of-bc-sessional-papers/" title="More Digitization of BC Sessional Papers!"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2016/03/cdm.bcsessional.1-0059851.0012full-150x150.jpg" alt="More Digitization of BC Sessional Papers!" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
More Digitization of BC Sessional Papers!
Digitization of BC Sessional Papers, from 1933-1952, is on its way. Phase 3 of Sessional Papers has been approved and digitization will start this summer! This phase will look at 41 bound volumes from the British Columbia Sessional Papers. It will increase our current collection by 19 years – and as an added bonus there […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/poem-packs-an-epic-into-a-tiny-package/" title="Poem Packs an Epic into a Tiny Package"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2016/02/ladyknight-150x150.jpg" alt="Poem Packs an Epic into a Tiny Package" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
Poem Packs an Epic into a Tiny Package
Forget watching Star Wars, Avengers, and Lord of the Rings on your cellphone– if you are looking for a larger-than-life story delivered to you in a small container check out our newly digitized epic poem Orlando Furioso in Western Manuscripts. The full size of the book is only 11 by 5 cm. This preciously small package […]
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Sneak Peak: 3D Digitization
This week we are going give you a sneak preview of one of the coolest new machines coming soon to the Digital Initiatives, and even better a new collection we are partnering with Woodward Library! The machine sounds about as futuristic as it gets—a 3D imager. But not to worry, it is far from HAL […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/ubc-okanagan-di-gold-mine-of-information/" title="UBC Okanagan + DI = Gold Mine of Information"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/IMG_342731-150x150.jpg" alt="UBC Okanagan + DI = Gold Mine of Information" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
UBC Okanagan + DI = Gold Mine of Information
UBC Okanagan + DI = Gold Mine of Information Digital Initiatives is at it again with UBC Okanagan Library, to provide you with new historical resources from the resource industry! Employees at DI helped to consult and work collaboratively with Arielle Lomness, Collections Librarian at UBC Okanagan and Dual MAS/MLIS candidate Paige Hohmann, in digitizing […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/sneak-peek-one-hundred-poets-phase-2/" title="Sneak Peek: One Hundred Poets Phase 2"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/Mostow_083_004-e1442249416118-150x107.jpg" alt="Sneak Peek: One Hundred Poets Phase 2" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
Sneak Peek: One Hundred Poets Phase 2
The One Hundred Poets project originated from the personal collection of Professor Joshua Mostow of the UBC Department of Asian Studies. It was made possible through generous funding from the Toshiba International Foundation (TIFO) and collaboration between the UBC Department of Asian Studies, Asian Library, Digitization Centre, Rare Books and Special Collections and Technical Services. […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/explore-open-collections-ancient-artefacts/" title="Explore Open Collections: Ancient Artefacts"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2015/08/W-150x150.jpg" alt="Explore Open Collections: Ancient Artefacts" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
Explore Open Collections: Ancient Artefacts
Made in partnership with Rare Books and Special Collections and the From Stone to Screen project, the cuneiform tablets are among the most ancient objects Digital Initiatives has ever digitized! The tablets are part of Ancient Artefacts collection, which also includes Egyptian papyri. Considered today to be one of the most significant cultural contributions by the Sumerians, […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/percy-broughton-journals-a-mysterious-missionary-revealed/" title="Percy Broughton Journals: A Mysterious Missionary Revealed"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2015/07/notes-150x150.jpg" alt="Percy Broughton Journals: A Mysterious Missionary Revealed" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
Percy Broughton Journals: A Mysterious Missionary Revealed
What might drive a man to eat his own coat? The answer can be found in the newly digitized journal of Percy Broughton, an Anglican missionary. The journal itself originates from the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and the digitization is a joint project filed under Special Projects with Digital Initiatives. Broughton, a missionary whom we […]
<a href="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/whats-on-deck-art-poetry-and-the-oldest-literary-magazine-in-western-canada/" title="What’s on Deck: Art, Poetry, and the Oldest Literary Magazine in Western Canada"><img src="https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/files/2015/07/IMG_20150717_143300-150x150.jpg" alt="What’s on Deck: Art, Poetry, and the Oldest Literary Magazine in Western Canada" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
What’s on Deck: Art, Poetry, and the Oldest Literary Magazine in Western Canada
This week we’re exploring one of our most exciting projects and developing partnerships right now –the digitization of PRISM international! PRISM international one of the oldest literary magazines published here in Vancouver by the Creative Writing Program at UBC. A quarterly magazine established way back in 1959, PRISM’s goal, as stated on their website, is to “publish […]