Digitization for preservation and access: a case study

Abstract

This article describes the process whereby digitization of a journal is used to preserve and provide access to the contents on the World Wide Web. The journal chosen, The Canadian Architect and Builder, was the only professional architectural journal published in Canada before World War I. The original printed version is in an extremely fragile state and the digital version will provide accessible, electronic access to the contents. Funded in part by the federal government’s Youth Employment Strategy, the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian Library Association, the project’s objectives and goals are described and the steps taken towards those goals are presented.