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Discovering Georgia History and Culture: GALILEO and the Digital Library of Georgia. Digital Library of Georgia. GALILEO initiative Gateway to Georgia history and culture Archive collections from many academic and public libraries and other institutions
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Discovering Georgia History and Culture: GALILEO and the Digital Library of Georgia
Digital Library of Georgia • GALILEO initiative • Gateway to Georgia history and culture • Archive collections from many academic and public libraries and other institutions • Digitized newspapers, books, government docs, historical docs • Diaries • Photographs • Maps • Moving pictures (film and video)
Collection Examples • VanishingGeorgiaNearly 18,000 photographs in Georgia 1890-1930 • Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Georgia cities and towns 1884-1922 • Georgia Historic Books 19th and early 20th centuries • Picturing Augusta: Historic Postcards From ECGRL • 1936 Gainesville Tornado Film footage and interactive map • Georgia Government Publications From state agencies and departments 1994-present • Georgia Historic Newspapers
Civil Rights Digital Library WALB news film clip of African American students turned away from using the public library in Albany, Georgia, 1962
GeorgiaInfo This Day in Georgia History September 15, 1926 The first regularly scheduled airmail service to and from Atlanta begins.
Search Keyword: baseball Vanishing Georgia Collection
Search Keyword: baseball Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection
Search Keyword: baseball New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1
Library Programs and Promotion • Present a computer workshop on local history • Create flyers to showcase collections • Check out the flyers available at http://help.galileo.usg.edu/librarians/documents/ • Promote to home schoolers and to 4th and 8th graders working on Georgia history assignments • Send press release with links to pertinent collections to local newspapers • Include links on library web page, including pages for reference, genealogy, online resources • Bookmark selected collections on library computers
Collections in other states • Online Archive of California http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ • Kentuckiana Digital Library http://kdl.kyvl.org/ • Florida Memory Project http://www.floridamemory.com/ • UNC Digital Collections http://www.lib.unc.edu/digitalprojects.html • Duke Digital Collections http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/ • Library of Congress Digital Collections http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html • National Library of Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/ • Suggested search terms: digital library, digital archive, digital collection, historical collection, <name of state or university>
Thank You! Contact GALILEO at http://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/admin/contact/