Digital Collections (Images, etc.)
An Explanation of Digital Collections
Digital collections are an archiving of images, sounds, and other materials in a website. These collections are designed with a focus on educational resources, historical archiving, preservation of unique and rare materials, or sharing of resources.
If you would like to suggest a Digital Collection to add to this list, please contact Library Staff.
American Digital Collections and Programs
Hosted by the Library of Congress, this directory of digital collections and programs across the United States of America is quite comprehensive. Some of the best are part of the American Memory program.
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Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads
Containing over 30,000 ballads, the Bodleina Library is a special and unique collection of resources, some of which have been digitized for world wide access.
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Canada’s Digital Collections
Offered by the Government of Canada, Canada’s Digital Collections is a massive directory of Canadian content on the Internet. Some of the best are from the National Library of Canada, the National Archives of Canada, and Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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Digital Morphology
Coming from the National Science Foundation Digital Library, this collection contains digital images of morphology and X-ray tomography of biological specimens.
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Digital Scriptorium
The Digital Scriptorium is an archive of images from the Medieval and Renaissance period that have been converted into the digital format and is available for scholastic research and teaching.
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Designing Shakespeare (incorporating King Lear Performance Photographs Collection)
Provides materials about the design and interpretation of Shakespearean dramatic works in the British theatre industry since the mid-1900s. Includes text, video, pictures, and models.
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ECO: Early Canadiana Online
This is a true digital library containing over 13,000 titles available in HTML and RTF (though not all materials are available for free). Some unusual benefits of this collection are the detailed online lesson plans provided for teachers. Click here to view the selection under the heading Learning Resources near the bottom of the page.
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UBC Digital Collections
UBC Library Digital Collections represents many of the locally-created digital collections developed and maintained by the University of British Columbia Library. Collectively they document a diverse range of people and places, activities and events, and serve as a resource for students, historians, genealogists, and other researchers.
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Whitehorse and Yukon—Pictures for Educational Use
Digital pictures, in jpg, taken by Amanda Graham, Whitehorse resident and Instructor/Coordinator at the University of the Arctic.
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