Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 12:30:38 -0500 From: Debbie Cardinal <cardinal@wils.wisc.edu> Subject: WHO News #12 Message-id: <A3B3F63E9AEE402A99B216CCFD52DAA7@OCLCA>
<http://wisconsinsheritage.org/> Wisconsin Heritage Online News
May 2009 Issue #12
CONTENTS
News of the Day <file:///T:\templates\WHO\whonews12.html#news#news>
Featured <file:///T:\templates\WHO\whonews12.html#collections#collections>
Collections
Project <file:///T:\templates\WHO\whonews12.html#projectnews#projectnews>
News
WHO
<file:///T:\templates\WHO\whonews12.html#_WHO_Resources_Wiki#_WHO_Resources_
Wiki> Resources Wiki
Events to Note <file:///T:\templates\WHO\whonews12.html#events#events>
News of the Day
Nicholas Long Family Nicholas Family Foundation Grant!
Wisconsin Heritage Online has received a grant from the Nicholas Family
Foundation to assist small cultural heritage institutions in Wisconsin with
digital projects. The focus of the grant will be to provide digitization
training, and will include materials selection, project planning,
reformatting and workflow techniques. We expect applicants to meet a short
set of criteria the most important of which will be commitment to a
sustainable digital program.
With the grant money, almost $226,000 over two years, we will hire an
Outreach Specialist who will travel the state talking with cultural heritage
institutions about digitization. Selected institutions will receive no cost
assistance in choosing material, and no cost staff training in using
standard digitization equipment (we do not provide equipment or digitizing
service) and Digital
<https://wiheritage.pbworks.com/session/login?return_to_page=Digital%20Imagi
ng> Imaging and Metadata
<https://wiheritage.pbworks.com/session/login?return_to_page=Metadata>
guidelines, available on the Wisconsin Heritage Online Resources wiki
<https://wiheritage.pbworks.com/> . While the grant will help institutions
start a digital project, Nicholas Family Foundation grant funds will not
cover ongoing costs for digital projects. Selected organizations must be
able to commit some funds annually to build a sustainable digital
collection. To receive second year grant funding we will need to meet our
first year goals.
Within the next month, we will be posting information about the criteria
applicants must meet.
You can read the most recent version of the grant proposal on the resources
wiki at wiheritage.pbworks.com/Training+Grant+page
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Wisconsin Heritage Online Changes
Wisconsin Heritage Online Suspends Harvest Function
Wisconsin Heritage Online had a three-year contract with the University of
Wisconsin for them to harvest, or collect the cataloging information, from
Wisconsin related digital collections all over the state. The harvested
metadata added to the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal at
wisconsinheritage.org <http://wisconsinheritage.org/> provides a one-stop
search experience for digital collection users.
We hoped of course that we could renew the contract, but as of July 2009,
harvesting of digital collection metadata for the portal site will be
suspended due to economic conditions at the state and university levels.
The portal site, with the collections harvested since 2006 through June 2009
will remain available and searchable, as the university will maintain the
portal indefinitely. For an undetermined period, no new collection metadata
will be added. We will put a notice on the home page letting the searching
public know.
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Milwaukee Public Library Hosting New Digital Collections
The Milwaukee Public Library, a CONTENTdm content management system user,
has offered enthusiastically to host digital collections for small cultural
heritage institutions in Wisconsin. Contact Debbie Cardinal, WHO Program
Manager, 608 265-2138 or cardinal@wils.wisc.edu for more information about
digital collection hosting.
Due to economic conditions, the Wisconsin Historical Society has
discontinued hosting digital collections for small cultural heritage
institutions in Wisconsin. They will continue to maintain existing
collections and owners of those collections may continue to add new content
and new sub-collections.
An economical way for small institutions to make their digital materials
available on the world wide web is to choose to have a hosted collection.
When a collection is hosted by another organization the collection provider
does not have to maintain a server or purchase collection management
software.
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Featured Collections
Wetherby Cranberry Library Digital Collection
For the featured collections below, I have often included searches for you
to try. One search will take you directly into the featured collection; the
second search will search for something in a featured collection but the
retrieval set will illustrate the 'portal power' of harvested metadata by
bringing hits from other collections of which you may not be aware.
Wetherby Cranberry
Lori Erickson and Stosh Jonjak have been working on this collection since
July 2008. It is a beautiful collection with a lot of interesting
information about Wisconsin's cranberry industry.
The Wetherby Cranberry Library Digital Collection includes historically
significant items about cranberry production in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is the
number one producer of cranberries in the world and the cranberry is
Wisconsin's state fruit. Candidates for digitization include historic
photographs of cranberry farming, institutional annual reports and minutes
(Ocean Spray, Northland, Wisconsi Cranberry Growers Association),
inter-institutional letters and memos concerned with how to effectively deal
with cranberry industry crises, grower resources and cranberry culture
information.
At Wisconsin Heritage Online, wisconsinheritage.org
<http://wisconsinheritage.org/> search Wetherby by entering it into the
search box. You will retrieve ALL eight hundred plus items in the Wetherby
Cranberry Library's digital collection.
Return to the search portal by clicking on the Exit button at the top of the
screen. Now search pesticide. As you scan the Submitter field of 45
retrievals, you will notice that while the Wetherby Cranberry Library has
the most material, the UWDC collections also have information about
pesticides. Alternatively, search cranberries and you will find that in
addition to the Wetherby Cranberry Library, both the Wisconsin Historical
Society and the UWDC have digital items about cranberries.
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L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Local History
Find resources on local history, including Eau Claire City Directories,
local histories from the Library's Special Collections area, Wisconsin
history and other local databases.
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library uses the services of Northern
Micrographics (digitization of text material), NMT Corporation (provides
metadata) and ResCarta, (mounts the files on their software server). All
three companies are located in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
At Wisconsin Heritage Online, wisconsinheritage.org
<http://wisconsinheritage.org/> search LEPhillips. Your retrieved set of
items will be all thirty-three items in the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public
Library's digital local history collection. If you are not sure what L.E.
Phillips has digitized or you are not sure exactly where to look for what
you want but you know it has to do with Eau Claire's history, this is a good
general search that will let you scan the titles to see if one meets your
needs.
You can also search on the Wisconsin Heritage Online site for specific
titles in the local history collection if you know the titles. You cannot
search the full text of the L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Local
History collection from Wisconsin Heritage Online. To search the full text
of all materials you must be on the ResCarta server site at
192.159.83.56/ResCarta-EAU/jsp/RcWebBrowse.jsp.
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Waterford Public Library, Waterford Area Local History
Waterford
Western Racine County pioneer families began staking their claims in the
Waterford area in the fall of 1836. The early years of settlement are
documented here by a collection of historical artifacts digitized from a
variety of formats including books, manuscripts, photographs, maps and
newspapers.
These additions include The Emerald, Waterford's high school yearbook, for
the 1940s through the 1980s. The Waterford Area Local History Collection was
funded, in part, through grants from the Library Services and Technology Act
(LSTA) in 2006 and 2008.
At Wisconsin Heritage Online, wisconsinheritage.org
<http://wisconsinheritage.org/> the phrase Waterford Area Local
History.This search will bring the 783 items in this collection. The
Submitter field shows UWDC Collections because LSTA projects are digitized
by the UW and are put into The State of Wisconsin collection, a nice hosting
arrangement for small institutions.
Click on the Exit button at the top of the screen to return to the search
portal. Next, search drug store. The small retrieval set will show several
items from the Waterford Area Local History collection as well as some from
the Oshkosh Public Library, the Manitowoc Local History collection, Lawrence
University and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life
Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural
The History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life collection is based on a
bibliography compiled as part of the National Preservation Project for
Agricultural Literature. Items in the bibliography, primary and secondary
materials published through 1945, were initially ranked by a review panel
for preservation microfilming. The latest additions include the Transactions
of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society.
At Wisconsin Heritage <http://wisconsinheritage.org/> Online,
wisconsinheritage.org <http://wisconsinheritage.org/> , search the
collection title History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life. Your
retrieval set will include all 254 items in this collection and a few other
items from other collections because of the nature of keyword searching.
Click on the Exit button at the top of the screen to return to the search
portal. When you search the phrase cheese factories, the retrieval set will
be much smaller and include books from the History of Wisconsin Agriculture
and Rural Life sub-collection, the Oshkosh Public Library, Wisconsin
Historical Society, and the Belgian-American Research Collection, a
sub-collection of the State of Wisconsin Collection, like the History of
Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life collection.
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The Memorial Union Terrace: A Landscape History
The formal dedication of the Memorial Union took place on October 5th, 1928,
but this history of one of the UW's most iconic locations examines what
stood at this site prior to the Union as well as the expansion, renewal, and
other changes that occurred after the Union's founding.
With pictures, map and other historic documents, this volume shows the
dynamism of the Memorial Union Terrace.
At Wisconsin Heritage <http://wisconsinheritage.org/> Online,
wisconsinheritage.org <http://wisconsinheritage.org/> search the phrase
memorial union terrace from the search box. There is a small number of
returns about the Memorial Union Terrace), including this single volume
book.
Click on the Exit button at the top of the screen to return to the search
portal. From the portal search box, type the word terrace. Now you'll have a
retrieval set that includes this book but also material of all kinds from
Milwaukee Public Library, the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database, Marquette
University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and several different
sub-collections of the University of Wisconsin Collection and the State of
Wisconsin Collection.
Project News
Neville Public Museum
Neville Public Museum, Preble High School, and the University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay will digitize and make accessible a long-forgotten and
heretofore underutilized archival collection of 1,721 records relating to
local soldiers from World War I. This project will create an accessible
digital archive, lesson plans for educators, and a museum exhibit featuring
the collection. This project will rescue and make available publicly an
incredibly important and rare archival collection and help students,
teachers, and the greater Green Bay community reconnect with the lives and
stories of these World War I veterans.
The First World War had a transformative effect upon Green Bay as well as
Wisconsin generally. Despite the state's reputation as the "traitor state,"
thousands of Wisconsinites served in the war. In the Green Bay area alone,
more than 1700 soldiers went to Europe. After the war ended, the Brown
County War History Committee interviewed local soldiers and their families
about their wartime service and collected a wealth of personal, family, and
military information, including hundreds of photographs and original
letters. The goal of the Committee's project was to publish a book, but it
was never completed.
By historical quirk, this Brown County War History Committee collection
survived, is owned by the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, and is
housed at the University of Wisconsin Green-Bay Area Research Center. The
problem with the collection is that there is no index. The Committee
organized the records of the soldiers by number, not name. Our project will
rescue those soldiers from the long-forgotten files of the Brown County War
History Committee and make them accessible to the public.
This "Save Our History" grant will und a joint venture between the Neville
Public Museum, Preble High School, and the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay. Utilizing students from Preble High School and UW-Green Bay, we will
scan the entire archival collection. At the same time, two Preble High
School teachers, Jason Baudhuin and Michael Wittig, will develop educational
lesson plans, deploy them, and assess them in a ninth grade social studies
class and a twelfth grade AP US History class. These records will also be
featured prominently in the Preble High School curriculum, which is
currently being redesigned and refashioned to meet state and national
history standards. Finally, the grant will help fund a World War I exhibit
at the Neville Public Museum.
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Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
Decorative Arts
A digital archive of Wisconsin objects 800 catalog entries from 30 Wisconsin
historic sites and museums are now online in the Wisconsin
<http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/index_wda.php?CISOROOT=/wda>
Decorative Arts Database! Alternatively, search for Wisconsin Decorative
Arts Database through the Wisconsin Heritage <http://wisconsinheritage.org/>
Online portal.
Visit the database to browse and search examples of furniture, pottery,
textiles, metalwork, beadwork, basketry, and other artifacts made by early
Wisconsin craftspeople. Explore the treasures held by museums and historical
societies throughout the state. Discover the stories of the diverse range of
people who made and used these objects. Find sources for books, articles and
other websites to learn more about each item.
The Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database is an ongoing collaborative project
of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Chipstone Foundation, and the
Material Culture Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since fall
2006, we have photographed and researched decorative arts objects in the
collections of 30 content contributors across the state (see full list
below).
The search continues, and you can participate! Are there examples of early
Wisconsin furniture, ceramics, metalwork, or other crafts in the collections
of your local historical society or museum? If so, the Wisconsin Decorative
Arts Database would love to hear from you. To learn more, contact Project
Coordinator Emily Pfotenhauer at Emily.Pfotenhauer@wisconsinhistory.org or
608-264-6526.
WHO Resources Wiki <http://wiheritage.pbworks.com/> wiheritage wiki
Membership required
Until January 2009 the Wisconsin Heritage Online Resources
<https://wiheritage.pbworks.com/> wiki was available free to any
institution. Since January 2009 the wiki is only available to institutions
with paid WHO memberships. The fee for Wisconsin Heritage Online is a
contribution to WHO infrastructure and is necessary to assist Wisconsin
Heritage Online to become self-supporting. Fees for WHO are $50 for a small
organization; $100 for a large institution. One institution fee will allow
access for multiple people from that institution.
30-day site evaluation subscriptions are available upon request. Click on
the Request Access button on the Wisconsin Heritage wiki page,
wiheritage.pbworks.com <https://wiheritage.pbworks.com/> . Or, if your
institution has already paid the membership fee, add more people to the wiki
using the Request Access button. Put a note in the comments box explaining
either that you want an evaluation subscription or that your institution
already has a paid membership.
The wiki has many valuable resources for digitization projects.
Training Grant Proposal posted
You can read the training grant proposal, referred to above, here
<https://wiheritage.pbworks.com/Training+Grant+page> . Take particular note
of the goals and objectives we plan to achieve in the first year to qualify
for receipt of second year funds.
Events to Note
Wisconsin Heritage Online Board meeting
The Wisconsin Heritage Online board will meet May 29th in Milwaukee. This is
the first board meeting in almost a year, so there's a full agenda posted on
the wiki. Contact one of the board members if you have a concern you would
like discussed.
Ewa Barczyk, UW- Milwaukee ( ewa at uwm.edu)
Matt Blessing, Marquette University (matt.blessing at marquette.edu)
Peter Gilbert, Lawrence University (peter.j.gilbert at lawrence.edu)
Linda Gruber, Milwaukee Public Museum (gruber at mpm.edu)
Cathy Markwiese, Milwaukee Public Library (Cmarkw at milwaukee.gov)
Joshua Ranger, UW-Oshkosh (ranger at uwosh.edu)
Louise Pfotenhauer, Neville Public Museum (pfotenhauer_lc at co.brown.wi.us)
Cristin Waterbury, Wisconsin Maritime Museum (cwaterbury at
WisconsinMaritime.Org)
Rita Magno, Viterbo University (rmmagno at viterbo.edu)
Mary Rieder, Wisconsin State Genealogical Society, (mrieder at wi.rr.com)
Debbie Cardinal, WiLS (cardinal at wils.wisc.edu)
Sally Drew, Reference and Loan Library (sally.drew at dpi.state.wi.us)
Paul Hedges, Wisconsin Historical Society (paul.hedges at
wisconsinhistory.org)
Kathy Schneider, WiLS (schneid at wils.wisc.edu)
Ed Van Gemert, UW-Madison (evgemert at library.wisc.edu)
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Register now for Spring Digitization Training!
Minitex has scheduled three in-person full day workshops for digital project
staff. We are also offering a series of four webinars on digitization
topics. See below for dates, locations, and links to registration
information.
If you are located on Wisconsin's western side or in northern Wisconsin,
these workshops may be close to you.
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From Pixels to Projects: An Introduction to Digitization Concepts
(in-person workshop)
May 27, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
Registration: www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/oclc.asp#207
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Digital Imaging (Hands-on scanning workshop)
May 18, 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Central Time)
College of Visual Arts, St. Paul,
Registration: www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/oclc.asp#224
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Developing, Funding and Managing Digital Projects: Digitization Series #1
(Webinar)
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time)
Registration: www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#215
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Copyright for Digital Materials: Digitization Series #2 (Webinar)
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Central Time)
Registration: www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#216
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Imaging, Quality Control and Digital Infrastructure: Digitization Series #3
(Webinar)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Central Time)
Registration: www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#217
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Metadata for Digital Projects: Digitization Series #4 (Webinar)
Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time)
Registration: www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#218
To browse an alphabetical listing of all our scheduled offerings, please
visit:
<http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/oclc.asp>
www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/oclc.asp
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Cardinal.
Wisconsin Heritage <http://wisconsinheritage.org/> Online
Wisconsin Heritage wiki <ttp://wiheritage.pbwiki.com/>
Debbie Cardinal
Wisconsin Heritage Online Coordinator
<mailto:cardinal@wils.wisc.edu> cardinal@wils.wisc.edu
608 265-2138
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