When tech and history collide - CLA 2014
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Engage your community in local history by jump-starting a video history project or online archive in your library. Whether you are looking to start a local history collection or already have an established local history collection, see how technology can enhance access to materials, from digitization and online archives to in-library touchscreen monitors. Learn how to conduct research, digitize items, team with community partners, and overcome common challenges. Librarians from the successful digital history projects Foto East LA, Burlingame Living History Project, The Phoenix Project: Reclaiming Moorpark’s History, and Topanga Digital History Project will overview their experience and provide quick tips on how to get started in your community.
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- 1. When History and Technology Collide Chase McMunn Bradley McCulley Heather Cousins
- 2. Mobilizing your resources Chase McMunn San Luis Obispo County Library
- 4. A Unique Perspective • Creative • Whimsical • Young
- 7. So you want to start a digital history project…
- 8. Talk to decision makers • Explain the need for the project • Have a plan • Have research • Find an ally
- 9. Needs assessment What you worry about • Computers • Lighting • Scanners • Servers What you really need
- 11. Rely on the kindness of others
- 12. Budget time • Budget approximately way more time than you think you will need • Speak to the managers of everyone on your team. • Thank everyone profusely. • Spread the workload.
- 13. Have your new experts teach • Work in cycles • Let those that edited your first batch teach new editors • Avoid burnout, they are still busy people
- 14. Do Great Things Thank you! Chase McMunn cmcmunn@slolibrary.org TopangaDigitalHistory.org
- 15. CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2014 LIBRARY HISTORY INTEREST GROUP BURLINGAME LIVING HISTORY PROJECT “EQUIPMENT ISSUES AND VOLUTEERS”
- 16. Tuskegee Airman Holocaust Survivor
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- 29. Thank You! Brad McCulley mcculley@plsinfo.org www.burlingame.org/library “Living History”
- 30. From Ashes to Archives: Using Crowdsourcing to Build Metadata Moorpark City Library
- 31. Charles and Mary Schwabauer •Moved to Moorpark in 1961 •Helped start Chamber of Commerce •Helped start Historical Society •Led cityhood initiative
- 32. Southern California Edison Building, ca. 1987
- 33. Ventura County Firefighter; photo courtesy of Ken Koller Pieces of the collection are distributed among MHS members, most of the material is lost in the fire.
- 35. What remains from the MHS collection is stored in an uninsulated shed at the Schwabauer’s farm.
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Editor's Notes
- Incorporated area. Beautiful area between Pacific Palisades, Calabasas, and Malibu. 12 sq miles, fewer than 8,000 people living there. One major thoroughfare through a mountainous area, it can be relatively difficult to get around Topanga.
- From the early homesteaders seeking a small parcel of land to raise cattle, to the loners seeking a quiet refuge, to the hippies that arrived in the 60s, and the families that now call it home, Topanga has always had it’s own way of doing things. With so many artists and free spirits, and a few celebrities, everyone has a story to tell about Topanga. Despite the rich history, Topanga is still very young.
- Walk into any community library and you are likely to encounter at least a small local history collection.
- Rose Wiley Grandfather Francisco Trujillo second homesteader in Topanga Born in Topanga, 1931 Rosie Dagit Nancy Williams Richard Sherman Runs “Topanga Underground” Lived in Topanga since 1962 The “unsanitized” history Lynn Dickhoff Ellen Geer
- Time is learning Time is recording Time is editing video Time is cataloging photos As project manager you are going to be thinking about equipment – that decision will take a few hours You will have to worry much more about scheduling
- Have your powerful ally put out a call for volunteers Video editing is a must, and many people do that as a hobby If no one has ever edited a video, use video tutorials Lynda.com is great YouTube is free
- Think about the organizations and individuals in your community. How would they like to help out the library? Run a volunteer organization County of Los Angeles Public Library Topanga Historical Society Susan Lovell OneTopanga.com Friends of the Topanga Library Topanga Messenger
- "every time an elder dies, a library is lost” These programs made us think “how can we preserve these oral histories for the future?” Recorded my grandmothers oral histories