OurDigitalWorld will be partnering with SOLS to conduct a survey on the state of digitization activities in public libraries across Ontario. We’re undertaking this research in light of the Ontario Culture Strategy goal to promote cultural engagement and inclusion, and the National Heritage Digitization Strategy goals based on medium and creation date. Continue reading Digitization in Ontario Public Libraries
The NHDS is asking for your help. They’ve produced a draft content strategy and are looking to find out more about Canada’s archival collections and digitization. Continue reading Take the National Heritage Digitization Strategy content strategy survey!
With the anniversary of Agnes Macphail’s birthday coming up this Saturday (she was born on March 24th, 1890) we thought we would share some of our work from the Multicultural Community Capacity Grant project we’ve been working on.
Our MCC project is designed to highlight and elevate the stories of Ontarians we don’t hear enough about. We decided to focus on women’s history, and the histories of black and Japanese Ontarians. Continue reading Ontario’s Multicultural History – and an update on our MCC project
A free webinar is being hosted by the Ottawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society tonight at 7pm:
https://scottishsig.ogs.on.ca/womens-institute-tweedsmuir-community-histories/
Irene Robillard of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario will be discussing their digitization work on the Tweedsmuir scrapbooks, which are being scanned and shared in VITA thanks to a number of grants. She’ll also be talking about how to use VITA to search and browse for materials.
We’re passing on these two opportunities – to nominate someone you know for an award, and to help the AAO build a yearly accession register so we can coordinate collections across the province.
This is a great year for YCW internships, as they’re funding four times the usual number. If you’ve been waiting to digitize a valuable collection, now is your chance! The application deadline has been extended to March 4th and we’d be happy to help you with any details regarding digitization, VITA, training, or resources for your staff. Continue reading Great news! The YCW applications deadline is extended!
Next week we’re fearlessly taking it to the next level: Loren will be at the GLAM Summit organized by Library and Archives Canada on Tuesday, and the ODW team will be at the OLA SuperConference for the rest of the week! Continue reading We’ll be at the GLAM Summit (and at OLA)!
We’ll be at the OLA SuperConference again this year. We’re involved in two sessions, and of course we’ll be at our booth, #707, in the Expo Hall, where you can find us easily throughout the conference, right near the entrance!
Our members at the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario continue to receive acclaim and great press for their efforts at digitizing local history. The Hastings and Prince Edward branches recently received a substantial grant to digitize their Tweedsmuir books, scrapbooks and documentation of their work in the community:
It’s #GivingTuesday! Today we’re asking you to consider supporting us or one of our wonderful members. On Twitter and Facebook, we’ll be sharing and promoting our members’ campaigns, so follow along there! The following member organizations are also registered with the #GivingTuesdayCA campaign:
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