Connecting to Collections – Call for Workshop Participation
Connecting to Collections is looking for individuals who are interested in attending three disaster planning and response workshops Read more
Posts from the ‘Digitization & Digital Projects’ Category
Mar 18
Jan 23
New digital collection: History of UW-Stout
A new digital collection from the University of Wisconsin-Stout Archives looks at more than a century of vocational education in northwest Wisconsin. Read more
Jan 21
Webinar series — Managing Digital Content Over Time: An Introduction to Digital Preservation
Organizations of all kinds create and use a wide variety of digital resources in the course of business. These resources represent each organization’s intellectual capital and, as such, have value and need to be carefully managed and preserved. While many of the traditional resources found in libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions–books, photographs, objects–can survive for years with no intervention, digital content is much more fragile. Managing it requires ongoing care and preservation activities to ensure continued access far into the future.
This workshop—sponsored by Minitex and based on the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Outreach and Education (DPOE) Program curriculum—introduces fundamental concepts for managing your digital content over time through a series of six modules. Read more
Jan 14
CONTENTdm Office Hours
OCLC has announced that it will hold open office hours for CONTENTdm users on a regular basis. There will be two sessions a month, on the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday, starting today!
CONTENTdm “quick start” office hours
Just getting started, or bringing on new staff? Starting January 14 at noon Pacific, Geri Ingram will hold office hours on the second Tuesday of every month. No registration necessary.
CONTENTdm technical office hours
Got technical questions? Starting January 23 at 11 AM Pacific, Christian Sarason will hold CONTENTdm office hours for open discussions on technical topics – for example, Google Analytics, API integration, customizations, or usability issues.
Dec 10
Upper Midwest Digital Creators and Curators Google Group
Do you work on digital projects at your library? Consider joining the new Upper Midwest Digital Creators and Curators Google Group! This group is open to all digital content creators, curators, and managers working in libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies in the Upper Midwest. It’s a place to discuss ideas, tips, news, and training opportunities regarding digital collection development, digital content management, digital preservation, and related issues.
If you have never used Google Groups before, the functionality is not all that different from a listserv . You can still use your email to read and reply to messages, or you can visit the Google Group webpage to view messages (NOTE: you need a Gmail email address to be able to reply to or post messages via the web interface, or to manage any notification preferences).
The group is moderated by staff from Minitex (Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota) and WiLS (Wisconsin). To join the group, head to groups.google.com/group/umwdigital and choose “Apply to join group” or contact Sara Ring, Minitex () or Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLS () to request an invitation.
Nov 15
Discover classic Wisconsin department stores with WHS Press author Michael Leannah
At the turn of the 20th century, most American cities of any size had a family-run department store (or two or more) entrenched in their downtowns. By New York, Chicago, or Philadelphia standards, Wisconsin department stores were small and modest, but they served their communities well. Michael Leannah, author of the new book Something for Everyone: Memories of Lauerman Brothers Department Store from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, has curated a new online exhibit of classic Wisconsin department stores for Recollection Wisconsin. To research this feature, Leannah visited the sites of former department stores in Kiel, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, and Oshkosh and was pleased to discover that many of these unique buildings are still standing.
The historic photos in the exhibit exhibit come from the digital collections of libraries and archives around Wisconsin:
- Big Streets in a Little City: Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980, Kiel Public Library. Part of the State of Wisconsin Collection from University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
- The Home Front – Manitowoc County in World War II. Part of the State of Wisconsin Collection from UWDC.
- Main Street, Oshkosh, Oshkosh Public Library
- Milwaukee Historic Photos, Milwaukee Public Library
- Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992, UW-Milwaukee Libraries
- Remember When . . . Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
View the exhibit.
Read more about the book Something for Everyone from WHS Press.
Nov 12
New digital collection: Kewaunee Ships of War
During World War II, the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Company delivered 80 vessels to the United States government for wartime use. The Kewaunee Public Library has recently made available online nearly 300 photos Read more
Nov 5
We’re looking for experts!
WiLS is happy to announce that we are now recruiting experts for our “Experts Connection” service. We’re looking for smart, talented people in the Wisconsin library community that are interested in sharing their knowledge and expertise with others for paid projects.
Aug 26
Local History and Historic Preservation Conference October 11-12
The seventh annual Local History and Historic Preservation Conference will take place in Wisconsin Rapids on October 11 and 12. This statewide conference, sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Council for Local History, offers in-depth sessions with experts in the field, tips to help expand your current outreach, and fun networking opportunities!
A ful conference agenda and registration information are available here.
Sessions and workshops that libraries will find especially valuable include:
Building Digital Collections Part 1: Planning and Creating a Digital Project
Building Digital Collection Part 2: Managing and Sharing Your Digital Content
Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLS and Sarah Grimm, Electronic Records Archivist, WHS
Archives 101: Processing Archival Collections
Richard L. Pifer, Director of Reference and Public Services, WHS
Archives 102: Public Services for Archival Collections
Greg Kocken, University Archivist, UW-Eau Claire and Peter Shrake, Archivist, Circus World Museum
Preserving Photographs: The Basics
Sally Jacobs, Archivist, WHS
Oversize, Overwhelmed? (Managing Oversized Paper Collections)
Robin Carlson, Conservator, WHS
Sharing Collections on the Web
Michael Edmonds, Digital Collections and Web Services, WHS
Fundraising Success Fundamentals
Diane Nix, Co-Director, Wisconsin Historical Foundation
Getting the Most from Your Local History and Family History Research
James Hibbard, University Archivist, UW-Platteville
Connecting Young Audiences to People and Places in History
Bobbie Malone, Office of School Services, WHS and Beth Lemke, Museum Educator, Wisconsin Historical Museum
Bringing “Them” on Board: Engaging Your Community
Jason Tish, Madison Trust for Historic Preservation and Destinee Udelhoven, Historic Indian Agency House
