My name is Briana Fiandt and I’m the Curator of Collections at the Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, WI. I am the site supervisor for this summer’s CCDC program and I’m so excited about the project that we have undertaken. The Bong Historical Center is a museum dedicated to telling the stories… Read More…
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Digital Preservation at Douglas County Historical Society
My name is Taylor Kelley, and this fall I’ll be beginning my final semester at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, where I’m working on an MLIS degree with an archives concentration. I’m really excited to be participating in the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program this summer and see it as an… Read More…
McMillan Memorial Library and South Wood County Museum join forces to preserve digital content
This is Colin McGinnis the Adult Services Manager at the McMillan Memorial Library. Our director, Andy Barnett, in coordination with the South Wood County Museum got us involved in this year’s Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) project. I have enjoyed the process of getting reacquainted with digital collections. I had metadata for digital collections course… Read More…
Digital Preservation Workflows and Policies at UW River Falls
Hello, everyone – I’m Kristen Whitson, an MLIS student at the UW Madison Information School. I’m glad, proud, excited, nervous, challenged, and thrilled to be a part of this year’s CCDC cohort! This summer, I’m working with the UW River Falls University Archives and their University Archivist Morgan Paavola. Morgan has been in her role… Read More…
Reflections from Appleton Public Library
by Katie Stilp, Appleton Public Library Local History Librarian Appleton Public Library is fortunate to be a host site for the Curating Community Digital Collections program this summer. When I began the position of Local History Librarian a year ago, I inherited hundreds of photographs – both digitized and born digital. Our digitized photographs include… Read More…
Organizing Oral Histories at the Bong Veterans Historical Center
My name is Laura Vavrosky and I’m thrilled to be part of the Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) program this summer. After taking several classes in Library and Information Studies through the University of Wisconsin–Madison, I’m eager to apply my knowledge of metadata and information organization to a practical cause. The 3-day workshop all CCDC… Read More…
Digital Preservation Work at Door County Library
My name is Laura Kayacan, the Adult Services Librarian at Door County Library in Sturgeon Bay, and I am one of the Supervisors for this summer’s CCDC program. I look forward to Georgia Brown’s help with the digital preservation of our files, and to the guidance from Mentor Sarah Titus, who is nearby at St…. Read More…
CCDC Student Georgia Brown Begins Work at Door County Library
My name is Georgia Brown, and I am about to start my final year of the coordinated History and Library Science Master’s program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I am so excited to be working with Door County Library in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin this summer on their digital preservation practices. Studying history really highlights how… Read More…
CCDC Projects Begin
And…we’re off and running! Curating Community Digital Collections 2019 participants kicked off their summer projects at our digital preservation immersion workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, May 21-23. … Read More…
National Archives Grant Will Support Strategic Planning
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has awarded $3,492,445 for 35 projects in 21 states to improve public access to historical records. WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services), the program manager for the Recollection Wisconsin consortium, was awarded $22,547 from the National Archives grants program to undertake a community-driven strategic planning process intended to build… Read More…
