Presentations

Slides and handouts from past Recollection Wisconsin presentations, webinars and training workshops.

Wisconsin Library Association: The Past Through Tomorrow – Empowering Digital History at the Library

In November 2021, Kristen Whitson (Recollection Wisconsin), Steven Rice (Door County Historical Museum) and Beth Renstrom (Sturgeon Bay Historical Society) presented at the Wisconsin Library Association conference. Session Description:“Recollection Wisconsin resources can prepare your library to respond to the digital heritage needs of your community. Join us to hear about Recollection Wisconsin’s NHPRC-funded Digital Readiness… Read More…

National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Digital Preservation Conference: Building a Digital Readiness Community of Practice

On November 4, 2021, Kristen Whitson (WiLS Digital Projects Specialist) and Kristen Leffelman (Wisconsin Historical Society Southeast Outreach Coordinator), along with Jennifer Gurske (Madison Trust for Historic Preservation) and Dustin Mack (The History Museum at the Castle) presented virtually at the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA). The group shared the project origins and goals, project… Read More…

Wisconsin Historical Society Local History and Historic Preservation Conference: Digital Readiness Workshop

In October 2021, Emily Pfotenhauer and Kristen Whitson, both of Recollection Wisconsin, presented a Digital Readiness workshop at the Wisconsin Historical Society Local History and Historic Preservation conference. The 90-minute workshop guided participants through the first steps in Recollection Wisconsin’s Digital Project Planning worksheet (see the handout we used here). Building a Community of Practice… Read More…

Midwest Archives Conference: Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice

Earlier this spring, WiLS staff Vicki Tobias and Kristen Whitson presented at the Midwest Archives Conference annual conference on the Digital Readiness Community of Practice. Joined by Launch Committee members Robin Untz (Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society) and Janean Mollett Van Beckum (History Center of Washington County), the group shared the project origins and goals,… Read More…

Digital Projects on the Move – How to use Digitization Kits for your Next Digitization Project

Wisconsin libraries and local history organizations are building digital collections through community engagement and circulating toolkits. These kits provide equipment, training documentation and support to digitize or create born-digital resources. Local practitioners gain hands-on experience curating digital resources without incurring the expense of building and maintaining a digitization lab. Introducing mobile or circulating toolkits through… Read More…

Curating Indigenous Digital Collections

Presented at the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference, November 5, 2020. Native Nations are charged with collecting, preserving, and sharing language and culture. Tribal cultural institutions not only preserve the belongings, stories, and words of their communities, they also protect tribal identity, knowledge, and sovereignty. Whereas most digital archives initiatives champion open access to content… Read More…

Digital Preservation Advocacy

Earlier this month, Emily Pfotenhauer and Vicki Tobias delivered a WiLSWorldShorts webinar focused on Digital Preservation Advocacy. Webinar slides, recording and a list of supporting resources are all available on the WiLS website. This hour-long webinar introduced participants to key concepts related in digital preservation work for libraries, archives and cultural heritage institutions. Topics included… Read More…

Students Share CCDC at Midwest Archives Conference

This April, first-year Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) cohort and UW Madison iSchool graduate students Jessica Behrman and Kristina Warner presented a poster at the Midwest Archives Conference in Detroit, Michigan on “Curating Community Digital Collections: Digital Preservation at Small Cultural Heritage Institutions.”… Read More…

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