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Digital Forsyth
an NC ECHO funded collaborative digital library
digitalforsyth.org - overview
15,000 Digital images Partners
Winston Salem State University Forsyth County Public Library Wake Forest University Old Salem Museums and Gardens
LSTA Grant funded through NCEcho3 year digitization project, continuing with community digitization training
digitalforsyth.org - Overview
Mission Through digitization, Digital Forsyth, a collaboration of
cultural heritage institutions in Forsyth County, North Carolina, facilitates access to cultural, historical and scientific heritage photograph collections, thereby increasing interest in and knowledge of the past and informing future generations.
Vision Users will turn to Digital Forsyth as the definitive online
repository of cultural heritage resources held by Forsyth County institutions. The digital library will provide the community with content available under creative commons licensing.
Collaborative digital libraries
Content discovery
Community participation
Community participation
Education - Lesson activities
Creating an Open Access DL
Platform Open Source (Dspace, Wordpress)
Sustainable, scalable (Flickr)
Easy to use
Licensing Find common goals
How open can our content be?
Build Open Access in your contracts
Outreach
Educate the public on copyright issues
Bring context to digital images (Lesson plans, stories, comments)
Build partnerships (Outreach grants, training, equipment)
Next steps - Preserving Forsyth’s Past
Outreach program in conjunction with Forsyth County Public Library
Work with local organizations to learn how to organize, preserve, and digitize historic resources.
Establish digitization centers at area libraries for organizations and individuals
Timeline (Digitization centers – Fall 2009, Workshops – November 2009, Feb 2010, April 2010, June 2010)
Digital Forsyth:http://www.digitalforsyth.org/
Erik Mitchell – [email protected] Gilbertson – [email protected]
Susan Smith – [email protected]