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Resources

Search Engines for Canadian Historical Digitized Materials

• West Beyond the West Discovery Portal: Digital images, text, audio and video materials about British Columbia history, heritage and culture.
• British Columbia Archival Information Network: Maintained by the Archives Association of British Columbia, this portal provides access to digitized archival finding aids, historical photographs and virtual exhibits from archives across BC.
• Alouette Canada Discovery Portal: Through this AlouetteCanadaDiscovery Portal, Canadians have one navigation and resource discovery system to find digital collections from libraries, archives, galleries, museums, historical societies in a wide range of formats.
• OurOntario Discovery Portal: One stop access to digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, community groups, government agencies, and private collections in Ontario and across Canada.
• Archives Canada - Canadian Archival Information Network: Maintained by the Canadian Council of Archives and Library and Archives Canada, this portal provides access to thousands of digitized archival finding aids and hundreds of virtual exhibits from archives across Canada.

Digitization Grants and Funding

• Irving K. Barber Learning Centre - British Columbia History Digitization Program

Digitization Initiatives & Strategies in Other Jurisdictions

• Knowledge Ontario - Our Ontario
• The Alberta Library (TAL) - Digitization Project
• Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Digital Information Strategy
• Manitoba Library Consortium & partners - Manitobia
• British Library - Digitisation Strategy 2008-2011

BC Digitization Symposium funding partners include the BC Electronic Library Network,
the Ministry of Education, Public Library Services Branch,
and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC.

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