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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s annual funding program is now accepting applications. IKBLC provides matching financial contributions for institutions
doing digitization projects related to British Columbian history, up to $15,000 per applicant. Projects can be multi-year initiatives. Funding is open to all institutions with preservation of historical British Columbia materials as their mandate – this includes
libraries, historical societies, archives and private or public institutions.</span></p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">New this year is an agreement between the IKBLC and the British Columbia Electronic Library Network in order to facilitate
the use of </span><a href="https://ubc.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e16ca49d875b94fc549d40fa0&id=d81718ef60&e=98cc7f5bd6"><span style="color: rgb(0, 35, 89); text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; ">Arca</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> –
a provincial collaborative repository platform. This means that all successful 2018-2019 applicants will have the option to host their digitized material on Arca for three years.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Applications are due by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><b>December 11, 2017</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">.
For questions, contact Eirian Vining</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 35, 89); text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; "> at </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><a href="mailto:bc.historydigitization@ubc.ca">bc.historydigitization@ubc.ca</a></span></p>
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