University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Welcome 2010 LSTA Grant Recipients!

On Wednesday, January 13th, the UWDCC will host Wisconsin public librarians at a day-long workshop to aquaint these 2010 LSTA grant recipients with the UW Digital Collections Center, its staff, digitization process and more!

Approximately 20 librarians, representing ten libraries or library systems throughout the state, will enjoy staff presentations on scanning, metadata creation, copyright, marketing digital collections and more.

Since 2005, the UWDCC has partnered with Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)and public libraries to digitize and make available online, materials that present Wisconsin local history including city directories, atlases and plat maps, community photo collections, oral histories, yearbooks, newsletters and other archival materials. To date, over 30 projects have been completed, digitizing thousands of images and book pages. These collections are freely accessible via the State of Wisconsin Collection at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.

For more information about the LSTA program, visit http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/lsta.html.