H-JAPAN (E) June 29, 2011
....the entire "Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era" collection has now been digitized. All works are accessible via the database at
http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/tokugawa/
.....the previously digitized flat maps in the collection. Books and atlases have now been added, as well as scrolls such as the following:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/zoomify/G_7962_S24_P5_1860z.htm
A recent article on the collection and the digitization efforts can also be
found in UBC Reports: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/06/02/library-digitizes-rare-japanese-maps/
The Asian Library's Japanese language librarian Shirin Eshghi (shirin.eshghi@ubc.ca) and the Rare Books and Special Collections librarian
Katherine Kalsbeek (katherine.kalsbeek@ubc.ca) welcome comments or queries from those with interest in the collection.
....the entire "Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era" collection has now been digitized. All works are accessible via the database at
http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/tokugawa/
.....the previously digitized flat maps in the collection. Books and atlases have now been added, as well as scrolls such as the following:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/zoomify/G_7962_S24_P5_1860z.htm
A recent article on the collection and the digitization efforts can also be
found in UBC Reports: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/06/02/library-digitizes-rare-japanese-maps/
The Asian Library's Japanese language librarian Shirin Eshghi (shirin.eshghi@ubc.ca) and the Rare Books and Special Collections librarian
Katherine Kalsbeek (katherine.kalsbeek@ubc.ca) welcome comments or queries from those with interest in the collection.
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