recollection wisconsin presentation for wapl 2013
DESCRIPTION
Presented for the Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians (WAPL) annual conference in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, May 3, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
recollectionwisconsin.orgWAPL 2013 Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLSHandout and slides:
recollectionwisconsin.org/wapl2013
recollectionwisconsin.org provides free access to a growing set of state and local history resources from the collections of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies across Wisconsin.
South Wood County Historical Museum,Wisconsin Rapids
http://content.mpl.org/u?/swch,64
Recollection Wisconsin also provides guidelines, training and support to contributing partners and offers opportunities for visitors to share their own stories, images and comments.
UW-Madison Archiveshttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?
repl1=UW&repl2=UW.uwar00831.bib
Program sponsors and partners• WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services)• Milwaukee Public Library• University of Wisconsin-Madison• Wisconsin Historical Society• Nicholas Family Foundation• Academic libraries, public libraries, archives,
museums, and historical societies around the state
Wisconsin Historical Societyhttp://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/248
Founded as Wisconsin Heritage Online in 2004– Original mission: “to inspire education and discovery by
making Wisconsin’s cultural heritage available to the public via the World Wide Web”
New name, Recollection Wisconsin, and new website launched in 2013– Addition to mission: “and provide opportunities for
audiences to discover personal connections to the past.”
Three Lakes Historical Societyhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/tlhs,88
UW-Madison Archiveshttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?
repl1=UW&repl2=UW.uwar01662.bib
“Our assignment is to develop an intriguing aggregator of curious collections, an exciting digital screen door through which people pass on the way to discovering their Wisconsin heritage.” --creative brief as defined by
Dan Saal (StudioSaal Corp.) and Jeff Ganger (Muchohedron)
Recollect: to recall or remember
Re-collect: to bring together
• Recollection means: the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance
• Re-collection means: the act of collecting, gathering, or assembling again
• It’s a “collection” of Wisconsin databases• It’s a way to “re” connect to our
collective history• It’s about “re” interpreting collections
April 2013: recollectionwisconsin.org includes…124,758 historical resources from 195 digital collections
…and more content is added every month.
McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapidshttp://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,1319
• Photographs• Postcards• Letters • Diaries• Maps• Yearbooks• Scrapbooks• Music• Recipes
• City directories• Local histories• County histories• Oral histories• Artifacts• Artworks• Magazine articles• Newspaper clippings
New Berlin Historical Societyhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/nbhs,33
–Mostly primary sources– Vetted and well-documented
resources– Some locations and subjects are
well represented, others less so
Menasha Public Libraryhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?
repl1=WI&repl2=WI.mdhc0094.bib
Browsing & exploring– Read small slices of state & local history in “Stories from
Wisconsin Collections”– Explore a map and link directly to individual collections– Browse to sort collections by topic, source, and type of
material
Kenosha History Centerhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?
repl1=WI&repl2=WI.ken1524.bib
Searching– Behind our website is a search engine that brings
together information about digital items contributed by our partners. This search engine is like a bridge, linking you to content from around the state.
Oshkosh Public Libraryhttp://oshkoshpub.cdmhost.com/cdm/
ref/collection/p15089coll3/id/24
Searching– Use Basic Search to search across all collections by
keyword, name or place– Use Guided Search to search by phrase or other,
more complex, searches
UW-Milwaukee Librarieshttp://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uwmphoto/id/402
Searching – full text– Our search engine searches
only the descriptive information provided by contributing partners. To search the full text of books or other documents, open a specific item or collection and then run a second search within that item or collection.
St. Norbert Collegehttp://content.mpl.org/u?/snc,6067
Sharing– Current theme:
Wisconsin at Work, Wisconsin at Play
– Anyone can submit stories and photos using a web form
– In partnership with Wisconsin Life on WPR
Milwaukee Public Libraryhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/HstoricPho,1302
wiscohisto.tumblr.com
pinterest.com/recollectionwi
flickr.com/groups/recollectionwi
Participate– Contribute to the State of
Wisconsin Collection (LSTA-funded projects through UWDCC)
– Build a collection hosted in CONTENTdm by Milwaukee Public Library
– Build a collection using an OAI-compliant platform of your choice
– More info: recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations
Wisconsin Historical Societyhttp://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/663
• Apply Recollection Wisconsin standards and guidelines for digital imaging, metadata, and digital preservation
• Ensure that digitized resources are freely available to the public for personal, educational, informational, recreational and research use
• Ensure that digitized resources are in the public domain or cleared for public access
• Accept responsibility for preservation of digital master files
Contributing Partners are expected to . . .
Mount Horeb Public Libraryhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?repl1=WI&repl2=WI.hitch0187.bib
– File naming– Digital preservation– Protecting your physical
collections– Metadata– Project promotion– Video tutorials on photo
scanning and assigning titles to historic photos
recollectionwisconsin.org/guidelines
– Project planning– Selecting materials– Copyright– Creating digital images
Woodville Community Libraryhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/
SSRecIDSearch?repl1=WI&repl2=WI.indh0078.bib
Twitter: @recollectionwi
Facebook: facebook.com/recollectionwisconsin
Monthly email newsletter:Sign up at recollectionwisconsin.org
Milwaukee Public Libraryhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,1319
Thank You!Emily [email protected]
Handout and slides: recollectionwisconsin.org/wapl2013
Mineral Point Historical Societyhttp://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/
singleitem/collection/mphs/id/3/rec/29