We’re now accepting applications from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies to participate in Year Two of our IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program. In 2019, CCDC will support a cohort of ten teams. Each team will include a graduate student from the iSchool at UW-Madison or the School of Information Studies at… Read More…
Keynote presentation by Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLS, for a digital preservation symposium coordinated by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), Boston, November 9, 2018…. Read More…
Curating Community Digital Collections lightning talk by Vicki Tobias, WiLS, for Creating Community Through Digital Futures, a symposium hosted by the Art Institute of Chicago, November 1, 2018…. Read More…
In this panel, participating students and site supervisors shared their experiences and lessons learned from the Summer 2018 IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) cohort. Presented for the Wisconsin Library Association annual meeting in La Crosse, October 25, 2018…. Read More…
Are you headed to the Wisconsin Library Association conference in La Crosse or the Local History-Historic Preservation conference in Elkhart Lake later this month? Say hi to the Recollection Wisconsin team! CCDC Project Coordinator Vicki Tobias and Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager Emily Pfotenhauer will be in the WLA Exhibit Hall, Booth 13, Wednesday and Thursday… Read More…
It’s cliché, but true, I can’t believe how quickly this summer flew by! Our first Curating Community Digital Collections cohort just wrapped up their summer work. Well done, folks, well done. (Cue Pomp and Circumstance.) Let’s crunch a few CCDC numbers . . . 6 host sites and 8 host site supervisors 6 graduate students… Read More…
Vicki Tobias, our coordinator for the IMLS-funded CCDC program, recently gave an interview to WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services), the 501(c)(3) member organization that manages the Recollection Wisconsin consortium. Read about her work with CCDC and with the iSchool at UW-Madison, her favorite podcasts, her forays into playing bass guitar, and her chihuahuas Peppi and Diego!… Read More…
Hello from La Crosse! I’m Scott Brouwer, Archivist at the La Crosse Public Library Archives. In my position, I enjoy the many things in which I am involved, including collection processing, website management, digital content management, research assistance, media consulting, local history reference, photo scanning, metadata creation, and extensive local history programming. I would encourage… Read More…
Hello from the Barron County Historical Society! I’m Tamera Schutz, the Executive Director. Three years ago, we started digitizing our photos, with vague thoughts of sharing them online and providing another way to ensure their preservation. The digitization of these photographs raised a lot of questions, as we did not know where to go from… Read More…
Greetings from the Rock County Historical Society in Janesville, WI! My name is Kristin Arnold, and I am the archives manager at RCHS, where I work alongside dedicated volunteers and innovative staff members. One of the most exciting projects happening at RCHS is the Story Squad program, led by our insightful and gracious History Teller,… Read More…
