Historical Photographs and Other Digitized Resources at the

Historical Photographs and Other Digitized Resources at the VPL #5236. Philip Timms photo - Granville at West Hastings, , Vancouver, B. C. 1908

Why Digitize?

1. Preservation VPL# 6729. Philip Timms photograph. Dupont St (now East Pender), Vancouver, B. C. , 1907

2. Accessibility VPL # 6232. Leonard Frank photo. Crowded deck of Komagata Maru, Vancouver, B. C. 1914

3. Expectations VPL#1343. Province Newspaper photo. Japanese Men Reading the Evacuation notice “To Male Enemy Aliens”, Vancouver, B. C. 1942

Issues to consider when choosing a collection to digitize: • • coherence & size of collection copyright issues preservation funding (e. g. Vancouver's Golden Years CPR project )

Accession Book

Shelf List Card – Front & Back

Entry Form for #4705

Record # 4705 cont’d

Record # 4705 cont’d

Search Interface Historical Photos Simple Search Interface

Benefits to the Organization §Accessibility – web vs. in-house §Search flexibility – Boolean operators, subject headings as links §Preservation – archival images stored on CDs to protect originals §Promotes the history of our communities §Revenue – broader audience and more photograph orders

Future Projects • • • Historical Photographs - ongoing BC Index Chinese-Canadian Genealogy website City Directories – digitization of text BC Then & Now – potential gateway