B'C' Digitization Activities

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B.C. Digitization Activities

• Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
• B.C. Digitization Symposium
• December 2, 2008

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Overview of CHIN

• Agency of the Federal Department of Canadian
  Heritage
• Created in 1972 to
• Assist museums with collections management
• Crete a national inventory of collections in
  Canadian museums (Artefacts Canada)
• 1995 Professional training program
• 2001 Virtual Museums of Canada Investment
  Program

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CHIN website today

• 1 300 members
• Access to knowledge and expertise from CHIN
• Current resources
• 500 virtual exhibits and
  
• educational resources
• Repository of 3.5 million records
• Image gallery of 580,000 items
• Learning center

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Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)

• As an active museum network, CHIN engages
  audiences in Canadian heritage through leadership
  and innovation in digital heritage, partnerships
  and lifelong learning opportunities

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Professional Training Program
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Artefacts Canada
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Virtual Museums of Canada (VMC) Investment Program
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VMC Investment Program

• Annual call for proposals deadline January 13,
  2009
• Virtual exhibits
• The ceiling for investment is 400,000 per
  project
• Emphasis on partnerships and museum contribution
• Community Memories
• Smaller grants of 5,000
• Available to museums with 5 full-time staff or
  less
• Learning object collections educational
  resources
• New requirement for VMC virtual exhibits