Category: Local History

Books and Manuscripts, Local History, Transcription

Pandemic Pivot – from Digitization to Transcription

Our department had a meeting on Monday March 16th and we agreed that while we couldn’t take the equipment to our homes, we could do transcription work, which is typically assigned to work study students, to get us through. We identified three projects right away that could be done and I happily claimed a book from the Frank and Cecelia Sylvester Fonds (collection) in the UVic Archives that we had digitized way back in 2008 as part of the Victoria’s Early History collection.

Books and Manuscripts, Collections, Local History

Run in With The Law

Apologies for the clickbait title but I wanted your attention to turn to this wonderful resource we’ve been able to add to the Libraries digital collection with the help of the Victoria Police Historical Society. The Victoria Police Department Charge Books collection includes several charge books, a complaint book, and three mugshot books from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Administration, Local History

Additions and Alterations

After some discussion, the decision was made to transition this from a personal blog to a departmental blog for the UVic Libraries Digitization Centre. This means more voices will be added, and more content in coming weeks, which means you get more behind-the scenes details of the type of materials we are working with, the equipment we use, and the challenges we face.