By rdnewsNOW staff

preserving history

City launching digital archives collection

Jan 14, 2020 | 1:55 PM

Starting next week, Red Deerians will have access to a treasure trove of archives detailing our city’s history.

A digital archives collection is launching this month on a new web site hosted by Preservica. The collection includes photos and videos from Red Deer’s history that are available online to search, download and use by members of the public for the first time.

More than 9,000 images (out of approximately 150,000 images that exist in the archive collection) are contained in the digitized collection, along with over 200 videos from the mid-1980s to the late 2000s from CHCA television (also known as CKRD and RDTV).

These files are becoming publicly accessible online for the first time.

“We’re excited to launch a digital collection of Red Deer’s history to the public,” said Darren Kuz, Information Management Supervisor. “There are many great community stories and memories contained in the collection that we’re pleased to make available online and without user fees.”

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The collection will continue to grow as more files are added (including at least 800 additional videos that are in the process of being digitized for this purpose). There is no cost to access the collection or use the content.

A public launch for the digital archves is happening at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on Tuesday, jan. 21 from 3 – 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.reddeer.ca/archives.

(City of Red Deer)