Recollection Wisconsin Statement on Harmful Content and Culturally Sensitive Materials

Harmful Content Recollection Wisconsin provides access to historical materials collected by Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums, and other organizations for the purposes of education, research, and preservation. These materials represent a wide range of cultures and time periods. As a result, some content or its description contains outdated, offensive, harmful, or biased views and depictions. You… Read More…

Travel Back in Time to Wilmot

Wilmot, near the southern border of Wisconsin, was named as a joke; a joke that may have made sense at the time, but definitely needed some research to understand today (at least we needed to do a little research). According to 1879’s “The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties,” a meeting was called in 1848… Read More…

Travel Back in Time to Kiel

Kiel, Wisconsin, is located near the banks of the Sheboygan River and was once the “Wooden Shoes Capital of Wisconsin,” which, though impressive, was mostly because Kiel was home to the only wooden shoe manufacturer in the state. Enjoy images of Kiel, all courtesy of the excellent Heritage Collection at Kiel Public Library…. Read More…

Preserving At-Risk 16mm Acetate Films: A Case Study of the Milwaukee Public Museum

This post was contributed by Bronwen Maseman, a Madison-based librarian, educator, consultant, and researcher. This case study is part of the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers program, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant (RE-85-18-0039-18) in partnership with the Association of Moving Image… Read More…

Evaluate: Gold Level

Wrapping Up a Digital Project Share What You Learned For Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners: Digital Readiness Community of Practice Resources and Tools Wrapping Up a Digital Project As you approach the end of a project, think ahead to how you will wrap it up. Tying up loose ends, gathering documentation, and taking time to reflect… Read More…

Evaluate: Silver Level

Understanding Use Web Analytics Resources and Tools Understanding Use Do you know how users are searching for, finding, and using your digital content? Gathering data and stories about collection use can help you make the case for allocating funding to digital projects and can inform your decisions about what to digitize next. A solid plan… Read More…

Credits

Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice  In 2020-2021, staff and volunteers representing cultural heritage institutions across Wisconsin met regularly to identify priorities, plan events, and provide feedback on content created to support the digital readiness needs of Wisconsin’s public history practitioners. This Digital Readiness Community of Practice Launch Committee was central to the… Read More…

Digital Readiness Fairs: That’s a Wrap!

The Digital Readiness Community of Practice has been an NHPRC-funded project at Recollection Wisconsin since 2019, and we’ve spent the past two years planning for, growing, learning about and implementing the statewide network of resources and practitioners.  The Community of Practice and digital readiness efforts will continue to be a focus of Recollection Wisconsin, though… Read More…

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…

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…