On June 12, 2026, we had the opportunity to share our program as a WiLSWorld Shorts presentation. This one-hour panel explored what makes our internship program work, from both the student and host organization perspectives. Participants heard directly from graduate student interns and site supervisors who participated in the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (RWDI). Funded… Read More…
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Summer 2026 Digitization Initiative Cohort
The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (RWDI) connects libraries, archives, and cultural organizations across the state with graduate student interns to digitize local history collections. Through these partnerships, RWDI helps ensure that photographs, yearbooks, published histories, and archival materials documenting Wisconsin communities are preserved and shared online for anyone to explore. We’re thrilled to welcome our summer 2026… Read More…
Stranger in a Familiar Land
by Magnolia Sandell In the Spring of 2026 I had the opportunity to intern at the Whitewater Public Library (WPL) through the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, a wonderful way to round out my 1st year as a Library and Information Science graduate student at UW-Madison. Although I have a professional focus on academic libraries I’ve… Read More…
Recollection Wisconsin Named One of Family Tree Magazine’s Best State Genealogy Websites for 2026
We’re excited to share that Recollection Wisconsin has once again been recognized by Family Tree Magazine as one of the “Best State Genealogy Websites” in the country for 2026. Each year, Family Tree Magazine highlights outstanding online resources that help people discover and explore their family history. Their annual list recognizes websites that make genealogical… Read More…
Still the Same, After All These Years: Digitizing the Oconto Yearbooks
By Bri Quintero Bungert, UW-Madison iSchool (2026) This past semester, I had the wonderful opportunity of working with the Farnsworth Public Library in Oconto, Wisconsin, as a part of the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative. My project focused on digitizing the library’s yearbook collection, the years ranging from 1910 to 1949. The collection, which has been… Read More…
New in Recollection Wisconsin, Spring 2026
This quarter, we welcomed three new collections and two new content partners to Recollection Wisconsin, bringing with them a wealth of community history to the state’s trove. America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee was founded in 1988 by one of the only known survivors of a lynching in the U.S., Dr. James Cameron. The museum… Read More…
Digital Preservation in Wisconsin Libraries is Entering a New Chapter
PreserveWI, Wisconsin’s statewide digital preservation program, is moving into its next chapter. Digital preservation – the long-term, monitored storage of digital cultural heritage materials – is an essential but often underfunded part of any digitization program, and PreserveWI exists to make it achievable through shared statewide infrastructure. This collaborative initiative between Recollection Wisconsin and the… Read More…
Join the Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee!
The Recollection Wisconsin Steering Committee is seeking nominations to fill four vacant seats. The Committee helps shape the priorities and future directions of the Recollection Wisconsin statewide digital consortium. The Committee is made up of librarians, archivists, curators, educators, digital practitioners, and digital collection users representing a broad range of cultural heritage and memory-keeping organizations… Read More…
Summer 2026 Digitization Initiative Cohort
The Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative (RWDI) connects libraries, archives, and cultural organizations across the state with graduate student interns to digitize local history collections. Through these partnerships, RWDI helps ensure that photographs, yearbooks, published histories, and archival materials documenting Wisconsin communities are preserved and shared online for anyone to explore. We’re thrilled to welcome our summer 2026… Read More…
New in Recollection Wisconsin, Winter 2026
We are pleased to welcome Montello Public Library to Recollection Wisconsin, via Winnefox Library System. You can explore Montello High School’s excellently named Granite Hilltopper yearbooks from 1940 to 2018 in their digital collection…. Read More…
