[OPLINLIST] Opening History: U.S. History Resources from Libraries, Museums, and Archives

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

I have received feedback that the U.S. History Resources from Libraries,
Museums, and Archives link is not working. The error message states that
there is too much traffic for their server to handle it but we have
contacted DCC and asked them to try to resolve the problem.

The link was working earlier and I apologize for the inconvenience.

Marsha 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

www.library.ohio.gov

 

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Subject: Opening History: U.S. History Resources from Libraries,
Museums, and Archives 

 

Please excuse multiple postings...

 

The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce that Opening History:
U.S. History Resources from Libraries, Museums, and Archives is now
available through the Ohio Digital and Special Collections
<http://www.library.ohio.gov/PCS/digitalcontent>  sources section of the
State Library website. Opening History is a registry of websites
nationwide that users may search and browse.  The site contains a
multitude of fascinating digital content organized for easy access by
subject, location, and object type, such as images, manuscripts and
three-dimensional objects. 

 

The State Library of Ohio has participated in the Opening History
project by surveying library websites across Ohio and identifying those
with collections of digital content to incorporate into Opening History.
Examples of digital content from Ohio include the Lincoln Letters
<http://wiki.cincinnatilibrary.org/index.php/Lincoln_Letters>  wiki, a
project of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County; the 
Digital Shoebox <http://www.digitalshoebox.org/index.php> , a
collaborative effort of institutions from Southeastern Ohio; and Images
in Time <http://66.213.36.25/> , a collection of images created by
Toledo Lucas County Public Library. The State Library has also
identified websites belonging to cultural-heritage institutions, such as
historical and genealogical societies, to be part of Opening History.
"We anticipate that the Opening History project will provide increased
access and expanded awareness of online digitized content to Ohio
institutions of all sizes," said State Librarian Jo Budler.  "For that
reason, we are very pleased to offer this service and participate in
this exciting project."

 

Opening History <http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/history/>  is a
project of the IMLS Digital Collections and Content (DCC) registry.
Sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the DCC's purpose is to
bring together digital collections funded by IMLS National Library
grants.  Opening History was created to highlight non-IMLS-funded
digital collections. A nationwide Opening History and DCC projects blog,
called Sowing Culture <http://sowingculture.wordpress.com/> , contains
highlights of newly-added sites.

 

For more information about the Opening History project contact Shannon
Kupfer at skupfer at sloma.state.oh.us.

 

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

www.library.ohio.gov

 

 

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