The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), Recollection Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS) are collaborating on a grant-funded project, Planning a Digital Readiness Community of Practice, to assess local historical societies’ “digital readiness.” They are working together to learn more about Wisconsin local history affiliates’ capacity to digitize and share their historic collections online. Throughout September, we… Read More…
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Curating Community Digital Collections: Final Cohort Update
Where has the time gone? It’s practically September and the Recollection Wisconsin consortium is winding down Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) and helping our year two (and final) cohort wrap up their digital preservation projects. (cue fireworks) Over the past two years, it’s been inspiring to witness the power of collaboration in practice and to support CCDC… Read More…
Public library systems attend training workshops for digitization kits
In July, 22 staff from 12 regional public library systems around the state participated in training workshops presented by South Central Library System and Recollection Wisconsin. The workshops, held in Madison at SCLS headquarters and in Keshena at the College of Menominee Nation Library, introduced system staff to the mobile digitization kits that were distributed… Read More…
Back for more digital preservation adventures in 2019!
My name is Bethany Huse, Librarian and Head of Special Collections at the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) S. Verna Fowler Academic Library/Menominee Public Library. I had the honor of participating in Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) for a second time in 2019. Our Library is unique in that it is a tribal, academic, and… Read More…
Training the Trainers Community Archiving Workshop – Building Audiovisual Preservation Capacity in Wisconsin
What is a Community Archiving Workshop? Recollection Wisconsin is one of three national anchor sites for the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers (TOT) program, supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) is a project of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) designed… Read More…
New Opportunities
by Sam Steingraeber, CCDC student One of the advantages of writing this post near the end of my tenure in the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program is that I can reflect on the experience as a whole, from the workshop in Madison, to the weekly trips to the Rock County Historical Society in Janseville,… Read More…
Preserving Exhibit Digital Interactives at the Neville Public Museum
by Louise Pfotenhauer, Collections Manager, Neville Public Museum Mary Ann Brevort and a handful of military companions set out for what was to be a short trip home across the Fox River after attending a dance at military Fort Howard. Instead, the group spent hours braving wind, rain, and cold as you can see in… Read More…
Building a Strong Foundation for Digital Collection Development at Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society
by Robin Untz and Claire Flood for Curating Community Digital Collections Part I: Our Organization – The Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Societyby Robin Untz, President, Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society When the Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society was established in 1941, its purpose was to preserve the town’s original brick church (1852) by transforming it… Read More…
Help Us Assess and Plan for Digital Readiness in Wisconsin!
Do you work with a local historical society, historic preservation group, or other organization affiliated with the Wisconsin Historical Society? Help us assess and plan for digital readiness in Wisconsin, and develop a plan for a Digital Readiness Community of Practice that will increase your capacity to create, manage and share digitized historical resources. Please… Read More…
Digital Records Management at UW River Falls
Hello! My name is Morgan Paavola and I am the Interim Head of the University Archives and Area Research Center, and Records Manager at the University of Wisconsin River Falls. This summer we have had the pleasure of hosting Kristen Whitson, an MLIS student at the UW Madison Information School. The University Archives at UWRF… Read More…
