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Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access

Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access. Digital State Publications Jennifer Davison Head, Government Documents, State Library of NC. Background. NC State Publications Clearinghouse DIMP – Digital Information Management Program

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Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access

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  1. Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access Digital State Publications Jennifer Davison Head, Government Documents, State Library of NC

  2. Background • NC State Publications Clearinghouse • DIMP – Digital Information Management Program • Depository Library Meeting & Depository System Advisory Committee in 2008 • East Carolina University, the State Library of North Carolina, and the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  3. Scope • Beginning in 2009, a total of 360,000 pages (approximately 1,440 volumes) will be digitized over the course of three years from the collections of all partners libraries. • Broad sampling of state publications • Emphasis on 19th and early 20th centuries

  4. ncgovdocs.org

  5. Education component to the grant • ECU’s Teacher Resources Center will lead a workshop for master teachers in 2011 • Develop educational activities for classrooms

  6. Research guides • Native Americans • African Americans • Transportation • Health Care

  7. Biennial reports of the State’s prison • 1919 – 1963/64 • Types of offenses • Occupation and education level tabulated by race and age • Many years also reported on diseases, tests performed and surgeries • Reports from the 20's and 30's contain neat stuff about farming and crops as well as inventories of machinery, equipment, and livestock • 1930/32 contains the historical development of the state prison system going back to 1816

  8. Timeline • Started in 2009-10 • Will finish in 2011-12 • Public Documents – end of year • Web site – Spring • Teacher workshops – summer 2011

  9. Vital Statistics – 1915-1996

  10. Public Documents – end of year

  11. Session Laws – during next year

  12. Educational publications

  13. John Ehringhaus Jonathan Worth Locke Craig Cameron Morrison Thomas Bickett Angus McLean Oliver Gardner Joseph Broughton Robert Cherry Clyde Hoey William Scott William Umstead Governor’s Papers

  14. Finding Contentstatelibrary.ncdcr.gov/govdocs/cdm/index.html

  15. Searching for NC State Government Publications

  16. Search – Ensuring Democracy

  17. Content currently available

  18. Vital Statistics

  19. Internet Archive www-tracey.archive.org/details/ncgovdocs

  20. WorldCat

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