recollectionwisconsin.orgWAPL 2013 Emily Pfotenhauer, WiLSHandout and slides:

recollectionwisconsin.org/wapl2013

recollectionwisconsin.org provides free access to a growing set of state and local history resources from the collections of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies across Wisconsin.

South Wood County Historical Museum,Wisconsin Rapids

http://content.mpl.org/u?/swch,64

Recollection Wisconsin also provides guidelines, training and support to contributing partners and offers opportunities for visitors to share their own stories, images and comments.

UW-Madison Archiveshttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?

repl1=UW&repl2=UW.uwar00831.bib

Program sponsors and partners• WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services)• Milwaukee Public Library• University of Wisconsin-Madison• Wisconsin Historical Society• Nicholas Family Foundation• Academic libraries, public libraries, archives,

museums, and historical societies around the state

Wisconsin Historical Societyhttp://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/248

Founded as Wisconsin Heritage Online in 2004– Original mission: “to inspire education and discovery by

making Wisconsin’s cultural heritage available to the public via the World Wide Web”

New name, Recollection Wisconsin, and new website launched in 2013– Addition to mission: “and provide opportunities for

audiences to discover personal connections to the past.”

Three Lakes Historical Societyhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/tlhs,88

UW-Madison Archiveshttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?

repl1=UW&repl2=UW.uwar01662.bib

“Our assignment is to develop an intriguing aggregator of curious collections, an exciting digital screen door through which people pass on the way to discovering their Wisconsin heritage.” --creative brief as defined by

Dan Saal (StudioSaal Corp.) and Jeff Ganger (Muchohedron)

Recollect: to recall or remember

Re-collect: to bring together

• Recollection means: the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance

• Re-collection means: the act of collecting, gathering, or assembling again

• It’s a “collection” of Wisconsin databases• It’s a way to “re” connect to our

collective history• It’s about “re” interpreting collections

April 2013: recollectionwisconsin.org includes…124,758 historical resources from 195 digital collections

…and more content is added every month.

McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapidshttp://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,1319

• Photographs• Postcards• Letters • Diaries• Maps• Yearbooks• Scrapbooks• Music• Recipes

• City directories• Local histories• County histories• Oral histories• Artifacts• Artworks• Magazine articles• Newspaper clippings

New Berlin Historical Societyhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/nbhs,33

–Mostly primary sources– Vetted and well-documented

resources– Some locations and subjects are

well represented, others less so

Menasha Public Libraryhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?

repl1=WI&repl2=WI.mdhc0094.bib

Browsing & exploring– Read small slices of state & local history in “Stories from

Wisconsin Collections”– Explore a map and link directly to individual collections– Browse to sort collections by topic, source, and type of

material

Kenosha History Centerhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?

repl1=WI&repl2=WI.ken1524.bib

Searching– Behind our website is a search engine that brings

together information about digital items contributed by our partners. This search engine is like a bridge, linking you to content from around the state.

Oshkosh Public Libraryhttp://oshkoshpub.cdmhost.com/cdm/

ref/collection/p15089coll3/id/24

Searching– Use Basic Search to search across all collections by

keyword, name or place– Use Guided Search to search by phrase or other,

more complex, searches

UW-Milwaukee Librarieshttp://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uwmphoto/id/402

Searching – full text– Our search engine searches

only the descriptive information provided by contributing partners. To search the full text of books or other documents, open a specific item or collection and then run a second search within that item or collection.

St. Norbert Collegehttp://content.mpl.org/u?/snc,6067

Sharing– Current theme:

Wisconsin at Work, Wisconsin at Play

– Anyone can submit stories and photos using a web form

– In partnership with Wisconsin Life on WPR

Milwaukee Public Libraryhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/HstoricPho,1302

wiscohisto.tumblr.com

pinterest.com/recollectionwi

flickr.com/groups/recollectionwi

Participate– Contribute to the State of

Wisconsin Collection (LSTA-funded projects through UWDCC)

– Build a collection hosted in CONTENTdm by Milwaukee Public Library

– Build a collection using an OAI-compliant platform of your choice

– More info: recollectionwisconsin.org/organizations

Wisconsin Historical Societyhttp://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/663

• Apply Recollection Wisconsin standards and guidelines for digital imaging, metadata, and digital preservation

• Ensure that digitized resources are freely available to the public for personal, educational, informational, recreational and research use

• Ensure that digitized resources are in the public domain or cleared for public access

• Accept responsibility for preservation of digital master files

Contributing Partners are expected to . . .

Mount Horeb Public Libraryhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?repl1=WI&repl2=WI.hitch0187.bib

– File naming– Digital preservation– Protecting your physical

collections– Metadata– Project promotion– Video tutorials on photo

scanning and assigning titles to historic photos

recollectionwisconsin.org/guidelines

– Project planning– Selecting materials– Copyright– Creating digital images

Woodville Community Libraryhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/

SSRecIDSearch?repl1=WI&repl2=WI.indh0078.bib

Twitter: @recollectionwi

Facebook: facebook.com/recollectionwisconsin

Monthly email newsletter:Sign up at recollectionwisconsin.org

Milwaukee Public Libraryhttp://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,1319

Thank You!Emily Pfotenhauerepfotenhauer@wils.wisc.edu608-265-2138

Handout and slides: recollectionwisconsin.org/wapl2013

Mineral Point Historical Societyhttp://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/

singleitem/collection/mphs/id/3/rec/29