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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please excuse multiple postings…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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Description automatically generated" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">We
are pleased to announce that the State Library of Ohio has awarded over $29,000 in Metadata Mini-Grants to empower five libraries, one museum, and one cultural heritage organization to prepare their collections for the
<b><a href="https://ohiodigitalnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Ohio Digital Network (ODN)</a></b> and
<a href="https://dp.la/">Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)</a>. Libraries of all types, museums, and cultural heritage organizations were eligible to apply for a State Library Metadata Mini-Grant for up to $4,999 in federal LSTA funds. The awarded funds
may be used to pay metadata contractors, vendors, or obtain other services (including digitization) needed to ensure their collections meet the ODN and DPLA metadata application profile guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The seven institutions awarded Metadata Mini-Grants are Case Western Reserve University/Kelvin Smith Library, Cleveland State University/Michael Schwartz Library, Community
Library in Sunbury, Kent Historical Society and Museum, The King Arts Complex, Marietta College/Legacy Library, and Wright State University/University Libraries Special Collections and Archives. They will work on their collections from January through September
of 2021, at which time they will be added to DPLA, as a part of the Ohio Digital Network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“Ohio’s leadership in the national landscape for digital libraries has provided a strong foundation on which libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage organizations
can include local collections to enrich Ohio’s presence in the DPLA,” said Wendy Knapp, State Librarian of Ohio. “By assuring national metadata standards are met, each institution is making their collections more discoverable to students, researchers, historians,
or anyone else interested in Ohio’s history.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">As Ohio’s service hub for the DPLA, ODN is working to make digital collections from all ODN cultural heritage institutions more accessible to the world. DPLA serves
as a portal to over 40 million cultural heritage items from libraries, museums, and archives across the country. Freely accessible to all, DPLA empowers people to learn, grow, and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society by maximizing access
to our shared history, culture, and knowledge. Click <a href="https://dp.la/search?partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network" target="_blank">
here</a> to view available items from ODN in DPLA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“The State Library Board is thrilled to help make it possible for even more Ohio cultural heritage institutions to share the state’s rich history—online with the broad
array of users of the Digital Public Library of America,” expressed State Library Board member Janet Carleton. “In a few months, school children—and researchers of all kinds—can easily locate photos of daily life of mid-century Columbus-area African Americans,
or see the adventures of Dayton’s Wright Brothers as they work towards mechanical flight, and more.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The awarded grants include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Case Western Reserve University/<a href="https://case.edu/library/" target="_blank">Kelvin Smith Library</a>, Cleveland<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://digital.case.edu/islandora/object/ksl%3AcphCollection" target="_blank">Cleveland Play House (CPH) Production Photographs Collection</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">In 2011, the Kelvin Smith Library acquired the Archives of the <a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/" target="_blank">Cleveland Play
House</a>. Founded in 1915, the Cleveland Play House is America’s first professional regional theatre. The archives include correspondence, photographs, posters, legal and financial records, design drawings, and audio and video tapes from the founding of the
Play House through 2011. Spanning nearly 100 years, the CPH Production Photographs collection, numbering over 6,000 still images, has been digitized and is accessible online. The collection offers an expansive look at the development of regional theater productions
from the view of the audience, backstage, and during rehearsals. The grant will be used to ensure the collection meets the ODN and DPLA metadata application profile guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Depositing the production photographs, and later, other materials from the CPH collection, into DPLA, will give researchers unfettered access
to a comprehensive catalog of theatre history, showcasing it alongside similar collections from the New York Public Library, University of Utah, and Tarrant County College. A significant part of Cleveland’s cultural heritage, CPH has long participated in partnerships
and collaborations with community organizations. CPH was an early adopter of children’s theater and community-based educational programming and continues to promote and elevate the works of emerging actors and playwrights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Cleveland State University/<a href="https://library.csuohio.edu/speccoll/" target="_blank">Michael Schwartz Library</a>, Cleveland<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The William Wynne Photographic Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">William Wynne, who is 98, was a professional photojournalist for Cleveland’s morning newspaper,
<i>The Plain Dealer</i>, and in that capacity recorded many of the events of the day. Mr. Wynne donated the collection which consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks (including letters and notes) mostly documenting Cleveland area history
and news stories for <i>The</i> <i>Plain Dealer</i> newspaper. Subjects documented within this collection include animals, the arts, celebrities, civil and human rights, industry, nature, as well as political, religious, and sporting figures and events. Additional
topics beyond the Northern Ohio area are covered in the collection. The digitization process commenced earlier this year. The grant will be used to ensure the collection meets the ODN and DPLA metadata application profile guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.yourcl.org/" target="_blank">Community Library</a>, Sunbury<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Local History Archive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">These digital collections are part of<a href="http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/" target="_blank"> Delaware County Memory</a> and include
books, Civil War letters, maps, family histories, graduating class photos, glass plate negatives, stereographs, scrapbooks, videos, and public records such as Delaware County marriage, death, tax and will records. Delaware County Memory is an ongoing collaborative
project between libraries, governmental offices, local historical societies, and other local archives throughout Delaware County. The Community Library will utilize the grant funding to ensure the collection meets the ODN and DPLA metadata application profile
guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.kentohiohistory.org/" target="_blank">Kent Historical Society and Museum</a>, Kent<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Oral History Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The Kent Oral History Project— started in the early 1980s by the Kent Historical Society as part of its mission to preserve the town’s history—
consists of more than 200 recorded interviews with local residents discussing their personal experiences and perspectives on life in Kent, Ohio. The
<a href="https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll83/search">Kent Oral History Project</a> collection is part of Ohio Memory. Grant funding will be used to add metadata to the records and ensure the collection meets the ODN and DPLA metadata application
profile guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Many of the oral history files include experiences around the May 4, 1970 campus shootings at Kent State, in addition to many interviewees
that provide rich recollections of Kent, Ohio at the beginning of the 20th century. These recollections also include the experiences around the railroad industry, as the Kent hub was a busy one. They give voice to the day-to-day life experience of individuals
who have not been historically prioritized in textbooks. This includes members of the Black community and their unique experiences in the armed forces as well as entrepreneurial women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://kingartscomplex.com/" target="_blank">The King Arts Complex</a>, Columbus<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Photograph Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The King Arts Complex photograph collection consists of over 6,000 photographs of the African American community in Columbus, Ohio, from the
late 1960s to the early 1980s. The photographs were donated to the KAC. Most of the images were used for the
<i>Call and Post</i> newspaper. Images that show community events such as the Star Lite Cotillion, basketball tournaments, and community performances bring alive what it was like for African Americans living in Columbus during this time. The Metadata Mini-Grant
award will be used for digitization and metadata.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://library.marietta.edu/home" target="_blank">Marietta College/Legacy Library,</a> Marietta</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><br>
<a href="https://library.marietta.edu/spc/collections/photographs" target="_blank">Thomas Dwight Biscoe Collection</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Thomas Dwight Biscoe (1840-1930) was professor of sciences at Marietta College from 1874 to 1907 and an avid photographer. This collection
consists of 460 photographic negatives and prints. The first portion of the Thomas Dwight Biscoe collection contains photographs of Biscoe’s “Allegheny Valley Tour,” a trip which he took through West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in 1884. The photographs
from the tour document scenery, people and communities, and Civil War battle fields. The Metadata Mini-Grant award will be used for digitization and to add metadata to new and existing records.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Wright State University/<a href="https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/" target="_blank">University Libraries Special Collections and
Archives</a>, Dayton<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Wright Brothers Collection Photographs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The
<a href="https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wrightbrothers/photographs" target="_blank">
Wright Brothers Collection</a> at Wright State University Libraries is one of the most complete collections of Wright Brothers material in the world. The more than 2,000 photographs in the collection document the invention of the airplane and the lives of the
Wright Family, and they are among the most requested items in our holdings. The images are requested by scholars, school age children, publishers and authors, documentarians and producers, and those simply inspired by the story of two brothers from Dayton,
Ohio, who had a dream and changed the world. The Metadata Mini-Grant award will be used to prepare metadata for ODN and DPLA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/lsta-grants/" target="_blank">
Ohio’s LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) program</a>, funded through the independent federal agency
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/" target="_blank">IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services).</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62">Marsha McDevitt-Stredney, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62">State Library of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62">Tel: 614-644-6875<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/"><span style="color:blue">library.ohio.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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