-Martha ChantinyUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

Association of Hawaii Archivists Annual Meeting 2/9/08

Visualizing the Hawaii State Collaborative

Virtual Library/Archive/Museum Online Digital History & Cultural

Heritage Memory Project

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/stateportals.html

AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries.

AlabamaMosaic was initiated under a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and is now administered by the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL).

The Alaska Virtual Library and Digital Archives project is a collaborative effort initiated by the Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and the Alaska State Library in Juneau.

Now in its third phase, the initiative is funded by a congressional award and contributions from these institutions with additional support of the Rasmuson Foundation.

The Arizona Memory Project is an online effort to provide access to the wealth of primary sources in Arizona libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions. As a portal to many institutions' collections, the project will help individuals locate materials relevant to their interests and to better appreciate the connections between those materials. This project is made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.

Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a collaboration between the Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut State Library, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, Mystic Seaport, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society. Both Phase One and Phase Two (currently in progress) have been made possible by a National Leadership Grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM) is a cooperative initiative of the state universities of Florida to provide digital access to important source materials. PALMM projects may involve a single institution or may be collaborative efforts between multiple institutions or a combination of university and non-university institutions. PALMM projects create high-quality virtual collections relevant to the students, research community and general citizenry of Florida.

The Georgia Public Library Service (Board of Regents, University System of Georgia) and the Digital Library of Georgia and GALILEO are collaborating on a long-range initiative to digitize valuable collections on Georgia local and family history and to support partnerships between public libraries and the Digital Library of Georgia. The Georgia HomePLACE initiative is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

The Iowa Heritage Digital Collections (IHDC) is envisioned as an online collection of Iowa history and culture created by bringing together documents, images, maps, finding aids, interpretive and educational materials, and other media from collections held by a wide range of organizations throughout Iowa. These organizations will include colleges and universities, public libraries, schools, historical societies, museums, archives and other appropriate groups. Access to IHDC will enable searching across these multiple collections while at the same time maintaining the identity of each individual organization.

The Kentuckiana Digital Library is built to enhance scholarship, research and lifelong learning through the establishment of access to shared digital archival collections in the state of Kentucky. It also provides guidance and instruction for Kentucky libraries, archives, historical societies and museums on applying appropriate technologies used in the production of digital library resources.The Kentucky Virtual Library was first conceived by the State-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky (SAALCK); comprised of heads of the eight state-assisted university libraries. The planning committee successfully won federal funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to assist its planning of implementation.

The LOUISiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library containing photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more that document Louisiana's history and culture. Libraries, museums, archives, historical groups, and other institutions across the State contribute materials to the LDL. There are currently 19 participating libraries, archives, museums, and historical centers contributing digital items and the descriptive text

for their collections.

The Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program is a collaborative, statewide digitization program headquartered at the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center in downtown Baltimore. The State Library Resource Center (SLRC) conducted an initial inventory, funded by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) via the Department of Library Development Services (DLDS). The LSTA Grant provided the basis for the first steps in the creation of the Maryland Digital Union Catalog of collections.

The Missouri Digitization Planning Project is funded by LSTA (Library Services & Technology Act) funds distributed by the federal Institute of Museum & Library Services and administered through the grant programs of the Missouri State Library, a division of the Secretary of State's Office.

To develop an immersive, user-centered information portal, to support the New Jersey learner, through a collaboration among cultural heritage institutions that supports preservation of the past; new access strategies for the future; and active engagement with resources at the local and the global level, for shared access, local ownership. The New Jersey Digital Highway is being developed by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. NJDH was conceived, promoted and developed as a grass roots effort by cultural heritage organizations throughout New Jersey.

DIGITAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM ADDS NEW PARTNERS TO PRESERVE STATE GOVERNMENT DIGITAL INFORMATIONDigital Preservation Network Grows to More Than 100 with New Partners

January 7, 2008 Contact: Guy Lamolinara (202) 707-9217; glam@loc.gov

Twenty-one states, working in four multistate demonstration projects, are today joining the Library of Congress’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in an initiative to catalyze collaborative efforts to preserve important state government information in digital form.

States face formidable challenges in caring for digital records with long-term legal and historical value.[...]

These partnerships expand the NDIIPP network to include state government agencies. In August, the network added partners from the private sector in an initiative called Preserving Creative America. With these new partners, the NDIIPP network now comprises well over 100 members, including government agencies, educational institutions, research laboratories and commercial entities.[...]

The states projects are the most recent initiative of NDIIPP (www.digitalpreservation.gov), authorized by Congress in December 2000. A cornerstone of NDIIPP has been the establishment of a broad network of partners committed to the continuing selection, collection and preservation of significant digital content that is at risk of loss. The total amount of the funds being made available to the new partners is $2.25 million.

Money

•Federal grants - IMLS, NHPRC (National Historical Publications and Records Commission), NEH•State library support•Statewide priority Primary focus is on collections of interest to the citizens of Pennsylvania. In cooperation with other Pennsylvania agencies including the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, PALINET and PALCI, HSLC/Access PA is working toward a unified approach to digitization in Pennsylvania.

•Membership fees (join the Digital Commonwealth)

Organizational structure with a governing body representing primary supporters/partners

•Network of Alabama Academic Libraries•The University of Kentucky was selected by KYVL to manage the ongoing technological infrastructure for the Kentuckiana Digital Library. UK manages the systems infrastructure, creates and conducts training and performs digital conversion of selected archival material from around the state.•LOUIS: the Louisiana Library Network, provides technological support for the institutions who participate. LOUIS combines the resources of Louisiana's public and private academic libraries, along with a centralized support staff located on the LSU campus• Oversight and strategic direction for NJDH are provided by the New Jersey Digital Highway Statewide Advisory Committee. Ongoing management and decision-making for NJDH are provided by the NJDH Steering Committee.

Solicit input - money, partnership, contributions, feedback

•Who do I contact about making a donation of funds or materials

•The Arizona Memory Project is open to any Arizona cultural institution that is interested in making their digital holdings available online. There are many benefits to becoming a Partner, including access to tools and training that facilitate the digitization process.

CARPE DIEM: GETTING STARTED

“CARPE DIEM: GETTING STARTED ON NEWSPAPER DIGITIZATION”

--John Herbert, University of Utah

The prospect of launching this type of project, though, can be daunting. On the surface it may appear to be too large and complex to separate into manageable components. Some of the issues to deal with are: project organization, fund raising, source materials, scanning, optical character recognition, copyright, database software, website development [...]

Every state has millions of newspaper pages to digitize, so this project will take a very long time to complete. In fact, it’s a journey rather than a discrete project.

From Vision to … Action?

•Ideas?

•Questions?

•Objections?