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Recollection Wisconsin Office Hours
Recollection Wisconsin Office Hours are held every third Thursday of the month from 9:00 – 10:00 Central Time to provide guidance on new projects, feedback on metadata, or any other live help you...
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The Toolkit: Content Statements
The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: Should my institution include a content warning...
View ArticleWorkshopping the Digital Readiness Levels
One of the foundational resources we are creating as part of the Digital Readiness Community of Practice project is a road map for embarking on digital collections development work. Based on the...
View ArticleRolling Out the Digital Readiness Levels
Over the past few months, we have been busy gathering feedback from experts and colleagues and honing the Digital Readiness Levels. The Levels are a structured roadmap for organizations to plan and...
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Door County Library: A Digital Readiness Case Study
About Door County Library Active since 1866, community libraries throughout Door County, Wisconsin combined in 1953 to become branches of the Door County Library (DCL). Currently there are seven...
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Our Digital Readiness Fairs are officially underway!
On June 29, 2021, Appleton Public Library and their local history librarian, Katie Stilp, hosted our first of four summer events. Over 40 fair-goers enjoyed presentations from UW-Madison iSchool...
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The Toolkit: Wrapping Up a Digitization Project
The Toolkit brings together resources for creating, managing, and sharing digital collections to address common concerns we often hear, like this one: My digitization project will end later this year....
View ArticleDigital Readiness Fairs: That’s a Wrap!
The Digital Readiness Community of Practice has been an NHPRC-funded project at Recollection Wisconsin since 2019, and we’ve spent the past two years planning for, growing, learning about and...
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Credits
Building a Statewide Digital Readiness Community of Practice In 2020-2021, staff and volunteers representing cultural heritage institutions across Wisconsin met regularly to identify priorities, plan...
View ArticleEvaluate: Silver Level
Understanding UseWeb AnalyticsResources and Tools Understanding Use Do you know how users are searching for, finding, and using your digital content? Gathering data and stories about collection use can...
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Wrapping Up a Digital ProjectShare What You LearnedFor Recollection Wisconsin Content Partners: Digital Readiness Community of PracticeResources and Tools Wrapping Up a Digital Project As you approach...
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Preserving At-Risk 16mm Acetate Films: A Case Study of the Milwaukee Public...
This post was contributed by Bronwen Maseman, a Madison-based librarian, educator, consultant, and researcher. This case study is part of the Community Archiving Workshop Regional Training of Trainers...
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Travel Back in Time to Kiel
Kiel, Wisconsin, is located near the banks of the Sheboygan River and was once the “Wooden Shoes Capital of Wisconsin,” which, though impressive, was mostly because Kiel was home to the only wooden...
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Travel Back in Time to Wilmot
Wilmot, near the southern border of Wisconsin, was named as a joke; a joke that may have made sense at the time, but definitely needed some research to understand today (at least we needed to do a...
View ArticleRecollection Wisconsin Statement on Harmful Content and Culturally Sensitive...
Harmful Content Recollection Wisconsin provides access to historical materials collected by Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums, and other organizations for the purposes of education, research, and...
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