Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:21:02 -0500 From: Debbie Cardinal <cardinal@wils.wisc.edu> Subject: WHO News #10, July 2008 Message-id: <003c01c8e11e$ff607880$dd7e5c90@OCLCA>
Dear Colleagues,
Please see the attached newsletter for details on the headlined sections.
The newsletter format has been improved with images from featured
collections.
News of the Day (p.1)
Central Wisconsin Digitization Project
CWDP, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/cwdp/ is one of seven new
collections harvested into Wisconsin Heritage Online
<http://wisconsinheritage.org/> this month.
Featured Educational Opportunity (p.1)
Check out ALA's Copyright Advisory Network (CAN) Forum. It is a free
service - you just have to register to be able to post a question,
http://www.librarycopyright.net/wordpress/punbb/viewforum.php?id=1
Featured Wisconsin Digital Collections (p. 1-2)
Seven new collections harvested for Wisconsin Heritage Online!
Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, Beloit College, Marquette
University, Carroll University, UW-Milwaukee
CONTENTdm Featured Collections: July 2008 (p.3)
Nevada Test Site Oral History Project
<http://digital.library.unlv.edu/ntsohp/> - University of Nevada, Las
Vegas. The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project documents, preserves, and
disseminates the remembered past of persons affiliated with and affected by
the Nevada Test Site during the era of Cold War nuclear testing.
PS Magazine, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
<http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_psm.php?CISOROOT=/psm> - Virginia
Commonwealth University. PS Magazine is a collection featuring rare examples
of the incomparable work of the late comic artist, Will Eisner.
Division of Animal Industry's Brand books, 1849-1930
<http://historyresearch.utah.gov/digital/540.htm> - Utah State Archives.
Brand books contain all registered livestock brands and ear marks. This
collection contains digital versions of Brand books from 1849 to 1930.
Wisconsin Heritage Online Project Resources Wiki News (p. 3)
As of September 1, 2008, the WHO wiki will be accessible to WHO members
only. We'll be changing the password at that time. WHO membership fee is
either $50 or $100. If your organization is not a WHO member, please fill
out the WHO <https://wiheritage.pbwiki.com/f/memberformFY09.doc> membership
form and return it to Shirley Schenning, 728 State St., Rm. 464, Madison, WI
53706 or 53706 or schenning@wils.wisc.edu.
Call for Digital Projects (p. 3)
We are looking for new projects! Does your organization fit in one of these
categories?
. You have or share a digital content management system on a server and have
web-accessible digital collections. If your digital collection is
OAI-compliant, WHO will be able to harvest it!
. You have information stored in a XML file at a persistent HTTP URL.
. You apply to the WHO Collection Development Working Group to start a
project on the hosted CONTENTdm server at Wisconsin Historical Society.
. You export an existing digital collection to the hosted CONTENTdm WHS
server. PastPerfect collections fit in this category.
You can find out the details of these categories by calling Debbie at 608
265-2138.
Events of Note (p. 3-4)
BCR's CDP Releases Digital Imaging Best Practices, Version 2.0
To view the entire document, please see:
www.bcr.org/cdp/best/digital-imaging-bp.pdf
Note: Wisconsin Heritage Online Digital Imaging Working Group based our
Wisconsin guidelines on the CDP's first version. It will be interesting to
see if our Digital Imaging Guidelines change to reflect the new CDP version.
Not Wisconsin Heritage Online but interesting (p.4)
Debbie Cardinal
Wisconsin Heritage Online Coordinator
<mailto:cardinal@wils.wisc.edu> cardinal@wils.wisc.edu
608 265-2138
Project Resources site: <http://wiheritage.pbwiki.com/>
http://wiheritage.pbwiki.com/
<http://wiheritage.pbwiki.com/>
Portal <http://www.wisconsinheritage.org> http://www.wisconsinheritage.org
<http://www.wils.wisc.edu/> http://www.wils.wisc.edu
728 State St., Rm. 464
Madison, WI 53706
Fax 608 262-6067
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