Yesterday I attended the BC Digitization Update session in Vancouver, BC. This was a follow-up to the BC Digitization Symposium of 2008 which I wrote about then.
Speakers were:
Lynne Copeland, President, Canadiana.org, also University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University
Carolyne Presser, Chair, Canadiana.org Marketing & Membership, previously Director of Libraries, University of Manitoba
Simon Neame, Chair, BC Digitization Coalition, and Assistant Director, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia
Gordon Coleman, Project Co-ordinator, BC Electronic Library Network
Chris Hives, University Archivist, University of British Columbia Library
There was a good range of participants from Lower Mainland academic and public libraries and larger museums, and a few from outside the region, as well as representatives from the British Columbia Genealogical Society. the British Columbia Historical Federation and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs Resource Centre, the Sto:lo Research and Resource Management Centre and the Pacific Newspaper Group (a division of Canwest Publishing Inc.).
The first presentation was about Canadiana.org's current membership and outreach approaches, next was an update on the BC Digitization Coalition's work, a look at the Digital Collection Builder (DCB) software, and then information on the BC History Digitization Program and its 2010 grants.
There were good questions asked throughout and the session wrapped up with a discussion centred around the participants' comments on the 'Components' document published in the Spring by the BC Digitization Coalition.
I have a lot of ideas and concerns about strategies for digitizing British Columbia and Canada's historical resources, so I'll be posting those and more about these presentations over the next few days.
LINKS
BC Digitization Coalition
BC History Digitization Program
Canadiana.org
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