An endangered locations library will stay in business for at least another year, following an injection of cash from the Ontario branch of the Directors Guild of Canada.

DGC Ontario has put an unspecified amount into the Digital Locations Archive, following an ‘eleventh hour deal’ with owner Absolute Support Services. The online database was set to close on Oct. 1, due to lack of funds at the Toronto-based equipment renter. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The database contains 700,000 photos – helping directors and producers scout locations in Ontario. The physical library was shut down in April, due to a sharp decline in film and TV production in the province.

The online version stayed open, but since the spring has shed a number of photographers and has been unable to grow its library. The library is managed by Stephanie Astin, who will continue on under the new agreement, along with two part-time contract photographers.