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History + Technology Inspires Career Path for Winter

By Jon Winter, Business Manager for the Douglas County Historical Society in Superior and site supervisor for CCDC Team DCHS. Jon is a lifelong resident of Douglas County with family roots in the County dating back to the early 1890s.  Curating digital collections brings together under one roof two of my greatest interests: history and computers. I… Read More…

Preserving Veterans’ Stories Through Digital Preservation

My name is Briana Fiandt and I’m the Curator of Collections at the Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, WI.  I am the site supervisor for this summer’s CCDC program and I’m so excited about the project that we have undertaken.   The Bong Historical Center is a museum dedicated to telling the stories… Read More…

Digital Preservation at Douglas County Historical Society

My name is Taylor Kelley, and this fall I’ll be beginning my final semester at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, where I’m working on an MLIS degree with an archives concentration. I’m really excited to be participating in the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program this summer and see it as an… Read More…

McMillan Memorial Library and South Wood County Museum join forces to preserve digital content

This is Colin McGinnis the Adult Services Manager at the McMillan Memorial Library. Our director, Andy Barnett, in coordination with the South Wood County Museum got us involved in this year’s Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) project. I have enjoyed the process of getting reacquainted with digital collections. I had metadata for digital collections course… Read More…

Digital Preservation Workflows and Policies at UW River Falls

Hello, everyone – I’m Kristen Whitson, an MLIS student at the UW Madison Information School.  I’m glad, proud, excited, nervous, challenged, and thrilled to be a part of this year’s CCDC cohort! This summer, I’m working with the UW River Falls University Archives and their University Archivist Morgan Paavola.  Morgan has been in her role… Read More…

Reflections from Appleton Public Library

by Katie Stilp, Appleton Public Library Local History Librarian Appleton Public Library is fortunate to be a host site for the Curating Community Digital Collections program this summer. When I began the position of Local History Librarian a year ago, I inherited hundreds of photographs – both digitized and born digital. Our digitized photographs include… Read More…

Organizing Oral Histories at the Bong Veterans Historical Center

My name is Laura Vavrosky and I’m thrilled to be part of the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program this summer. After taking several classes in Library and Information Studies through the University of Wisconsin–Madison, I’m eager to apply my knowledge of metadata and information organization to a practical cause. The 3-day workshop all CCDC… Read More…

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