OurDigitalWorld http://ourdigitalworld.org Mon, 06 May 2013 14:59:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Join us from coast to coast: Conferences 2013 http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-us-from-coast-to-coast-conferences-2013/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-us-from-coast-to-coast-conferences-2013/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:39:25 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=2603 Upcoming ConferencesUpcoming Conferences
Expos:
National Council on Public History (Ottawa, Ont. Apr 18-20)

Atlantic Provinces Library Association (Charlottetown, May 14-17)

Ontario Genealogical Society (Oshawa, Ont. May 30-June 2)

Ontario Heritage Conference (Midland, Ont. June 7-9)

American Library Association (Chicago, Ill. June 29-July 2)

Sessions:

Atlantic Provinces Library Association (Charlottetown, May 14-17)

Canadian Library Association (Winnipeg, Man. May 29 – June 1)

Ontario Genealogical Society (Oshawa, Ont. May 30-June 2)

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-us-from-coast-to-coast-conferences-2013/feed/ 0 Announcing: All-in-One Newspaper Digitization http://ourdigitalworld.org/announcing-all-in-one-newspaper-digitization/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/announcing-all-in-one-newspaper-digitization/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:56:25 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=2592 Microfilmed NewspapersOurDigitalWorld is very pleased to announce our new All-in-One Newspaper Digitization Service!

Want to move your newspaper collection online? Whether you have paper or microfilm copies, index records, or clippings, we’ll do all the legwork and handle everything from digitization to display.

More information coming to this website soon. Meanwhile, you can check out this brochure or talk to us about your project ideas! info@ourdigitalworld.org

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/announcing-all-in-one-newspaper-digitization/feed/ 0 Whitby Newspaper Collection online http://ourdigitalworld.org/whitby-newspaper-collection-online/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/whitby-newspaper-collection-online/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:42:48 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=2583 Whitby ChronicleBuilding on great things, Whitby Public library has launched its new Whitby Digital Newspaper Collection. The project was made possible by a generous anonymous donation. Containing 40 titles and 140 years of local news, the newspapers can be browsed and index records searched. Coming soon will be full text searching for the newspaper pages themselves! These papers are a genealogists’ delight, and a boon for anyone from or interested in the history of Whitby, Ontario.
Check out the collection here and don’t forget to explore the Whitby Images site as well, where more than 6000 photos, documents and more.

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/whitby-newspaper-collection-online/feed/ 0 Multicultural oral histories shine new light on Canada’s past http://ourdigitalworld.org/multicultural-oral-histories-shine-new-light-on-canadas-past/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/multicultural-oral-histories-shine-new-light-on-canadas-past/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:08:47 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=2578 The Multicultural History Society of Ontario is partnering with OurDigitalWorld and using the VITA Toolkit to provide free access to more than 100 hours of testimony in 23 languages and a collection of photographs representing more than 50 ethno-cultural communities.
Read the full press release here.

Harry Gairey with other CPR porters

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/multicultural-oral-histories-shine-new-light-on-canadas-past/feed/ 0 Article in OHS Bulletin http://ourdigitalworld.org/article-in-ohs-bulletin/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/article-in-ohs-bulletin/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:21:29 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=2570 The summer issue of the Ontario Historical Society Bulletin arrived on our desks last week!
Ontario’s historical societies discover, preserve and celebrate heritage and culture in so many ways and we’re reaching out to help any way we can. Read on!

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/article-in-ohs-bulletin/feed/ 0 OMA Conference http://ourdigitalworld.org/oma-conference/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/oma-conference/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:54:22 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=2564 Join us at the Ontario Museum Association annual conference, October 17-19, 2012 in Niagara Falls!

OMA Conference 2012

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/oma-conference/feed/ 0 Join OurDigitalWorld at June 2012 conferences http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-ourdigitalworld-at-june-2012-conferences/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-ourdigitalworld-at-june-2012-conferences/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:41:24 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=2487 Join us and learn more at these three great conferences in June:

Ontario Genealogical Society Borders & Bridges

Kingston, ON June 1-3

Visit us at the ODW expo booth

 

 

Ontario Historical Society A year of history

Kitchener, ON June 8-9

Hear us speak as part of the “Archives in Waterloo Region Roundtable”

Talk to delegate Brian Bell while you’re there

 

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-ourdigitalworld-at-june-2012-conferences/feed/ 0 ODW finalist for EMC Heritage Trust Project grant http://ourdigitalworld.org/odw-finalist-for-emc-heritage-trust-project-grant/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/odw-finalist-for-emc-heritage-trust-project-grant/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:20:17 +0000 jposgate http://ourdigitalworld.org/?p=1932 Vote for more, better heritage news online!

OurDigitalWorld is a finalist for the EMC Heritage Trust Project grant–and your vote counts! ODW will use the grant to develop and enhance our existing beta news portals (http://ink.ourontario.ca and http://news2.ourontario.ca) so that we can streamline and increase access to one of the largest free collections of digitized newspaper pages and index records. Much of the news content is uploaded by VITA Toolkit subscribers!

The winning project is based on social media broadcasting and accumulated votes for the finalists. Help us with your votes and share the news on your Facebook pages!

http://www.facebook.com/emccorp/app_222471081145150

]]> http://ourdigitalworld.org/odw-finalist-for-emc-heritage-trust-project-grant/feed/ 0 Join us at OLA Super Conference 2012! http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-us-at-ola-super-conference-2012/ http://ourdigitalworld.org/join-us-at-ola-super-conference-2012/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:20:55 +0000 jposgate http://vita.stage6.industrialmedia.ca/?p=513 We’ll be demonstrating the VITA Toolkit at Ontario Library Association’s annual Super Conference. Join us February 2 and 3 at Expo booth #434/436 for an onsite tour of the software and featured collections.

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