September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month and we’re taking this opportunity to share several related history and archival resources! First, what’s up with the name? In recent years some members of Spanish-speaking populations of the United States have questioned the use of Hispanic to describe themselves. Latino, or sometimes the gender-inclusive Latinx,… Read More…
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The Toolkit: Wrapping Up a Digitization Project
The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: My digitization project will end later this year. What do I need to do to wrap up this work? All good things must come to an end, right? Whether grant-funded or supported by… Read More…
Digital Readiness Fair Hosts: In Their Own Words
Throughout Summer 2021, we facilitated four Digital Readiness Fairs where local history practitioners and invited guest experts shared their experiences working with digital projects including their challenges and successes, “best practices” and a few lessons learned along the way. Did you miss the Digital Readiness Fairs? We’ve got you covered! Content from all four Digital… Read More…
New in Recollection Wisconsin, Summer 2021
Last month, we welcomed four new collections from three of our current content partners: UW-Milwaukee’s Desi Wisconsin, oral histories from some of the first South Asian immigrants to Wisconsin on their journey to develop a distinct identity. Two magazines from UW-Oshkosh: Context (1976-2001) was dedicated to sharing the important research and creative activities of the University’s faculty and academic… Read More…
The Toolkit: You asked, let’s chat!
The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear. This month, we’re featuring a few frequently-asked questions posed by local history practitioners during our summer Digital Readiness Fairs. Any advice for getting started with a digitization project? How should we create metadata to allow a… Read More…
Missed the first three Digital Readiness Fairs?
It’s not too late to jump on the bandwagon! Join us for the last Digital Readiness Fair of the summer on August 18, 2021 from 1 – 4:30 pm (CST). Hosted by the Kenosha County Historical Society, this fair will include guest presenter sessions on the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee’s video oral history program and… Read More…
Our Digital Readiness Fairs are officially underway!
On June 29, 2021, Appleton Public Library and their local history librarian, Katie Stilp, hosted our first of four summer events. Over 40 fair-goers enjoyed presentations from UW-Madison iSchool faculty Dorothea Salo who shared strategies for A/V preservation, Kitty Werner of the Oconto County Genealogical Society who talked about their newspaper digitization project, and Lawrence… Read More…
Sharing Local History Resources: A Digital Readiness Case Study
You digitized some of your favorite and most engaging materials from your local history collection – now what? Some local history organizations digitize collections to facilitate reference requests or reduce wear and tear on their oldest or most frequently handled materials. Others share images on their organization’s website or social media sites to generate community… Read More…
LGBTQ+ Collections
As Pride Month 2021 comes to a close, we’re glad to share several LGBTQ+-related resources from Recollection Wisconsin and our partner organizations. As Governor Tony Evers shared in the order designating Pride Month: “The tradition of recognizing June as Pride Month began to commemorate the concerted campaign toward a liberation movement against repressive intervention in… Read More…
The Toolkit: Inheriting a Digital Project
The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: Help! I inherited my organization’s digitization project and I don’t know where to start! Some of us have the luxury of building a digitization project or program from scratch. Others, though, take on… Read More…
