Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook Primary Ohio History Sources

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Ohio Memory Online ScrapbookPrimary Ohio
History Sources

• Laurie Gemmill

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Goals

• Create an online scrapbook of historical
  materials
• Increase access to primary source materials
• Encourage teaching and study of state and local
  history
• Commemorate the bicentennial
• Facilitate collaboration among archives,
  historical societies, libraries and museums
• Include materials from every community in Ohio

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Partners

• Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN),
  Ohio Bicentennial Commission, State Library
  (LSTA/IMLS) -- funding
• Ohio Historical Society -- administration
• Ohio Library Council -- workshops
• OhioLINK -- database, storage
• INFOhio -- educational resources

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Ohio Memory Project

• 1995 original idea for Bicentennial Scrapbook
  project
• 2000 OPLIN board awarded 500,000
• Funded Phase 1 July 2000- July 2002
• To include materials up to 1903
• OHS sought funding to complete scrapbook

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Phase 1 July 2000- July 2002

• July 2000 - Staff began work
• Sept 2000 - Project site launched
• Fall/Spring 2000 - 20 workshops to staff of
  museums, archives, historical societies and
  libraries to encourage participation
• 5 submission deadlines

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Scrapbook Premiere

• March 26, 2002 at the Ohio Statehouse
• Mrs. Hope Taft, First Lady of Ohio, was honored
  guest
• Partners recognized
• Recognition given to representative institutions
• http//www.ohiomemory.org/om/premierepics2.html

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Ohio Historical Society Component

• July 2002-September 2002
• Focused on OHS collections
• Audiovisual
• Manuscripts
• State archives/LGR
• Museum collections
• Ohio Originals exhibit

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Phase 2 Oct. 2002-Sep. 2003

• Focus on 1903-2003
• Will continue to accept pre-1903 materials
• Audio and video component
• Workshops Oct.-Nov. 2002
• Cleveland, Columbus, Springfield, Findlay
• One submission deadline Dec. 15, 2002
• Workshops on using scrapbook in spring 2003
• Digitization survey
• Project site - http//www.ohiomemory.org/om

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260 Participating Institutions

• 124 Historical societies and museums
• 75 Public libraries
• 34 Special libraries/archives
• 28 Academic libraries/archives

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Material Currently Online

• 15,000 images available
• 2,100 descriptions
• More added weekly
• http//www.ohiomemory.org

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Scrapbook Materials

• Primary sources such as
• Books/ pamphlets/ papers
• Ephemera
• Photographs
• Museum objects
• Archeological artifacts
• Microfilm/ microfiche
• Other

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Education

• Teaching American History grant proposal
• History Day
• Working with INFOhio and teachers
• lesson plans
• exhibits

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• Questions?
• Contact Laurie Gemmill
• www.ohiomemory.org
• lgemmill_at_ohiohistory.org
• [phone]