Items scanned included single page objects as well as multi-page objects, such as a yearbook from 1933, called the Log, an issue of the Galeon, precursor to the El Vaquero, photos of football, cheerleaders, students congregating outside the cafeteria, and more textual objects such as a postcard from 1973 from a community member to the Board complaining about the raise in taxes for a bond to support the college . Uploading of objects to a web-based  server  provides exposure to a collection that has not seen a wider audience.  

The project provides a glimpse into the riches of this collection. The GCC Library Archives has always been accessible in person during the opening hours of the library. Staff and librarians have contributed numerous hours responding to specific requests from remote audiences and users. As the collection gains more exposure, we hope the campus, community members, and alumni (or relatives of alumni) will contribute by providing additional information to identify these unique objects so that the knowledge pertaining to the objects can be documented. 

The GCC Foundation provided the seed money for this project now available through the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration (PDHC), the host of GCC’s collection. The PDHC is a natural partner. Mary Ann Laun, interim dean for the library, and retired, emeritus dean to Pasadena City College Library, is one of the founding members of the PDHC, and who strongly supported the collaboration between GCC and the PDHC. Mary Ann’s in-house expertise provided the impetus to pursue a GCC Foundation Grant for the project. Then the project got off the ground in the Spring of 2015, when the director of the PDHC was hired to consult on this digitization project.   We hope you will be inspired by this digital collection. With your support and contributions, we hope to digitize and identify more items in order to provide access to a broader audience.  Access the pilot collection here http://pasadenadigitalhistory.com/2016/04/21/glendale-community-college/