# Digitalization of Tijuana’s Archive Progresses: IMAC
The digitalization process of Tijuana’s historical archives is making substantial progress, according to Jesús Emmanuel Villalba León, the director of the Municipal Institute of Art and Culture (IMAC) in Tijuana. Managed in collaboration with California State University San Diego (SDSU) and the University of Houston, this initiative aims to digitize archives at risk of degradation due to Tijuana’s environmental conditions.
So far, 70 percent of the archive has been successfully digitized. Villalba León emphasized the necessity of focusing the digitalization efforts on specific, high-risk areas of the archive. “It’s an overwhelming amount of material, so we decided to digitize the sections that are most deteriorated and those that are most frequently used and consulted, particularly the photograph library and specific newspapers,” he explained.
Villalba León highlighted that the collaboration with these educational institutions has provided essential technical equipment and personnel to advance the digitalization process.
The primary objective is to ensure the preservation of vital historical records that might otherwise be lost. Priority is given to the most fragile and frequently consulted documents to maximize the benefit to users and preserve essential historical information.
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