This document summarizes the WWI Obituary Digitization Project at the Richland County Public Library. Volunteers transcribed obituaries from local newspapers into Excel sheets, which were then edited, quality checked, and uploaded to an online database for public access. Flickr was utilized as a solution to store and provide access to the library's collection of unique local history photographs and obituaries in a cost effective manner.

1. WWI Obituary Digitization Project

2. Unique RCPL collection not available elsewhere in any other format. Oral histories Obituary indexes of The State newspaper Palmetto Leader WWI; WWII obits State newspaper index Local History photographs

3. Before digitization there was indexing… Deaths in The State newspaper 1892 – 1925 Deaths in The Palmetto Leader 1925 – 1930 The Lake Murray/Columbia Magazine Greater Columbia Business Monthly Columbia Metropolitan County Focus The State

4. The Process

5. Volunteers transcribe the newspaper Access input Quality control Transfer to Excel Tab delimited Marc edit Comres upload

6. Comres upload – Marc Edit

9. Community Resources Module

10. Community Resources Module

11. The Flickr solution Solves the storage problem. Solves the unique collection problem. Easy to upload and manipulate data. Unlimited storage with pro account. Cheap…I mean cost effective.

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14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcls/