Cross-Consortia Collaboration
Cross-Consortia Collaboration
Now this is meta-collaboration! In 2016, WPLC worked with Recollection Wisconsin on ways to help public library systems support their members’ growing interest in digitizing unique local collections.
With funding from WPLC, and guidance from the newly-created WPLC Historical and Local Digital Resources Committee, Recollection Wisconsin created several resources:
- The Digital Projects Toolkit online course: This free series of five short courses is designed for CE coordinators and other system-level staff. Topics covered include copyright, scanning, metadata, file storage, and digital preservation.
- A Digitization Vendor List (available to any library on request) and related tip sheet for working with vendors
- Grants for Digitization Projects blog posts: These blog posts share Information about eight potential funding sources for digital projects, including examples of successful proposals
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