| Title | Gold Rush in the Digital Age: Immersing UBC Students in Primary Sources in an Online Environment |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | UBC Library |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2014 |
| Completion | 03/31/2016 |
| Project Summary | UBC students benefit from the Library’s digitized collections but they are currently delivered in a passive environment- students can view digital collections and cite them as primary sources in papers, but there is not currently a method for delivering a more immersive experience, such as is practiced in the Digital Humanities. Using a collection of letters from the B.C. Gold Rush era, this project proposes to expose UBC History students studying B.C. history to such an immersive experience by providing an online mechanism for the students to participate in the transcription, description and analysis of the letters. The project will utilize existing technology such as UBC Wiki and Blogs for these digital humanities exercises, but opens the doors for the Library to re-purpose the data and transcriptions the students produce, hence benefiting future course work across departments. The letters must first be digitized and uploaded to UBC Library’s digital collections. |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2014/2015 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Larissa Ringham |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 13,400 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Larissa Ringham, Digital Projects Librarian, Digital Initiatives, UBC Library |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2015/2016 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Larissa Ringham |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 20,900 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Larissa Ringham, Digital Projects Librarian, Digital Initiatives, UBC Library |