USC Cebuano Studies Center’s Nueva Fuerza Online Archive

CEBU, Philippines — On August 31, the Cebuano Studies Center launched its Nueva Fuerza online archive at the Rigney Hall of the University of San Carlos Talamban Campus.

The online archive is the product of the “Shared Future Project: Enhancement of the Cebuano Studies Center,” sponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. It is an envisioned cooperative project to digitize and provide an openly-accessible collection of one of Cebu’s oldest newspapers. The online archive initially features the digitized copies of Bag-ong Kusog from 1921 until 1926.

The online archive allows continued access to historical facts, cultural information and literary works by not only scholars and students today, but also preserve the paper for the future generation.

Although access is free, users need to register before they can browse the archive. Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, Director of the Cebuano Studies Center, says that the registration enables the Center to monitor the use of the archive and the nature of the users’ needs. The information will be used to improve the online system.

For more information, one may visit the archive.cebuanostudiescenter.com. (FREEMAN)