Société historique de Saint-Boniface

Published purpose

The goal of the project is to digitize as many videocassettes as possible (Beta and VHS formats, for which copyrights and reproduction rights have been assigned to the Société historique de Saint-Boniface [SHSB]), in order to preserve them over the long-term for the future. Using these criteria, the SHSB archivist has already identified some 567 videocassettes to be digitized, for a total of roughly 918 hours of recordings. The goal for Phase 1 of this project is to digitize approximately one third (180) of the identified total. Since Beta and VHS formats have a limited lifespan, digitization is required before the physical deterioration of the cassettes is too far advanced.