By Hazel Johnson, UW-Madison iSchool, Summer 2026 During summer 2026, I was able to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin for three separate weeks to work at Gateway Technical College (GTC) library and begin the process of digitizing their archived materials. This experience was made possible through the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative, which matched me with GTC as… Read More…
Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative
Digitization Initiative – Fall 2026 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. This fall, we have four host sites… Read More…
WiLSWorld Shorts: Building Successful Internships with Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative
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…
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…
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…
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…
Immersion Workshop Highlights
Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative On January 15–16, we kicked off the Spring 2026 Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative with our Immersion Workshop, two days designed to get students and host site supervisors ready to hit the ground running. Day one we convened at the Fitchburg Public Library, with lots of coffee, conversation, and hands-on work. After… Read More…
Spring 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… Read More…
Meet our Spring 2026 Cohort!
We are excited to announce our next Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative cohort starting in January 2026. This initiative brings together Wisconsin content partners and information school graduate students to create new digital collections. Content partners will select collections to digitize, and student staff will handle digitization and metadata work as part of a paid practicum or independent… Read More…
