Information for organizations involved in digitization through SCRLC | |
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SCHOAM! for November 2023
Special Collections, Historical Organizations, Archives & Museums
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in short: News | Grants | Ideas | Events | Webinars | Jobs | |
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News from SCRLC
We're Looking for Physical Newspapers!
I recently found out that the New York State Library's Conservation grants could be used for "rehousing"- which would include the microfilming of physical newspapers. These grants cannot be used for digitization (because digitization is not conservation, after all!), but microfilming is often the first step to getting newspapers digitized. Microfilm is also hard to beat for how stable and space-efficient it is. Does your organization have physical newspapers that haven't been microfilmed? Send me an email!
New Collection: Broome County Clubs
Dozens of photographs from the Broome County Historical Society and digitized under the auspices of the Broome County Public Library, showing many different clubs of Broome County in the 20th century.
New Collection: Seneca Falls Historical Materials
This collection of miscellaneous materials includes two great reference books about local cemeteries, as compiled by the D.A.R. chapter of Trumansburg. If you're doing any research in Fayette, Varick, Romulus, Ovid, Lodi, Covert, Hector, Ulysses, Ithaca, Enfield or Newfield, check out volume 1 and volume 2. This collection also includes a rural directory that covers Seneca, Yates and Schuyler counties.
New Collection: Cayuga County Portraits
Dozens of photos of Cayuga County residents from the 20th century, including painter Frank A. Barney and Jerome "Brud" Holland, the first African-American to play football for Cornell University besides a list of other accomplishments. The photographs show farmers, activists, factory workers, and others, too.
New Collection: Historical Homer Collection
Despite never having the village of Homer in their chartered area to serve, the Cortland Free Library has a copy of "Reminiscences of Early Settlers of Homer" by Charles Kingsbury, which was printed in the Homer Republican in 1878. We also found and digitized a list of letters left behind at the Homer Post Office dating between 1819 and 1829, serving as an informal, if partial, census of presumed residents.
New Collection: Citadel Yearbook Collection
SUNY Broome shared copies of their yearbooks, which they had already digitized for their own archives website. We uploaded the yearbooks less than two weeks ago and the collection has already gotten 200 pageviews- without us having done any advertising!
New Collection: Newfield Scrapbooks
These scrapbooks were carefully compiled by a longtime local teacher, Margaret Van Riper, and a local historian, Edith Horton. They include clippings from multiple newspapers, recording births, marriages, deaths, and other news tidbits from the Newfield area.
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Ideas & Inspiration
Museums as Polling Stations
Chemung County Historical Society is now a polling station, and they're using the opportunity to make the museum free to voters and non-voters all day! If your location could be a polling station, reach out to your local county Board of Election; it's a great way to get new people in your building.
Great Migration Materials
Between 1910 and 1970, six million black Americans moved from the southern United States to big cities like NYC, Detroit, and Chicago, but also to Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Albany, and Binghamton. The demographic shift in our region tended to be more in the 1950s and 1960s (a period that is rapidly turning into "history" rather than "nowadays"!) This collage of two images created with IPUMS census data shows where the black population grew in Upstate New York, county by county:
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The topic of the Great Migration often overlaps with Urban Renewal, a subject that is getting a lot of attention from historians lately as we reach 50-year anniversaries. Does your institution have material that reflects on the Great Migration? I would like to expand on the subject in our HistoryUnbound LibGuide, so any resources are appreciated! See the Library of Congress's recent blog post about the Great Migration for ideas in teaching with primary sources and discussing with community members.
Calls for Conference Proposals
1. MANY, the Museum Association of New York, will be in Albany in April, and through November 17, they're seeking proposals for presentations. They have a list of ideas of topics that would work with their theme, so think it over and submit a proposal: Call for Proposals (nysmuseums.org)
2. NYAC, the New York Archives Conference, will be in June and online only. Their deadline for proposals is December 1: https://www.nyarchivists.org/nyac/
3. CALM, the Conference on Academic Library Management, will be held virtually in May, 2024. They're looking for presentation proposals about person-centered management practices. Proposals are due December 1.
4. NYSCATE, the New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education, Southern Tier regional conference will be held at Corning Painted Post High School on March 18. They're looking for presenters on the topic of "Connecting Media Literacy to Student Success." Last year, I presented on New York Heritage collections to about two dozen teachers. Proposals are due January 1.
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Happening in the Neighborhood
Celebrating the Smaller Organizations in Chenango
Chenango County Historical Society's November Histor-E-newsletter (such a great pun!) advertised an upcoming celebration at the Guilford Historical Society in honor of GHS's 25th anniversary. It's always great to see the county historical societies working closely with the village and town societies.
CCHS has also been running a lot of programs about and for local writers, the latest of which was a successful partnership with SUNY Morrisville's Human Services Institute on National Author's Day.
Marking the Historians' Trail in Cortland
Thanks to the Cortland County Historical Society for sharing news about McGraw Historical Society's Mary Kimberly, who organized a week-long event throughout Cortland County. Visit the different town and village history rooms, get your card marked by the historian, and enter the completed card for a chance at a prize. What a great idea!
Speaking of great ideas, Cortland County Historical Society recently wrapped up their photograph scavenger hunt, and it's something you could imitate. They created clever limericks like "in the frozen expanse, did endeavor, this man whose journals are a treasure. With a marker like wood, in a tree-like plot stood, rests the kin of an Arctic explorer" - and participants turned in photos of the historical spot.
A Homeless Historical Society in Allegany
BRAG, the Bolivar, Richburg, Allentown and Genesee Historical Society needs to find a new home. Most of the collection is in Ceres at their schoolhouse museum, but a large reference collection has been held at the Bolivar Free Library for 25 years. With the contractual agreement expiring next year, the library would like the room back in order to make the building handicapped-accessible for patrons. Read more.
Busy House Museum in Oneonta
The president of the Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Helen Rees, spoke at a teacher's conference in Laurens (Otsego County) last month to promote the use of a historic house museum when planning for American 250th commemorations. The Swart-Wilcox House Museum's latest newsletter recounts a very busy year and adds that they're looking for a spare 3-hole punch, if you happen to have an extra.
Breaking Ground at Seward House Museum in Auburn
Seward House Museum's Director of Operations, Mitch Maniccia, noted during his remarks at the recent groundbreaking ceremony that "renovate barn and carriage house" was on his initial goals list in 2015- and he was sure he'd finish by 2016. Patience (and lots of hard work) have paid off, and the project has officially begun! The museum staff aren't taking a break during construction; Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Emma Dailey, can be seen in this fun video about a Seward family card game called "Game of Birds," which dovetails well with their upcoming event: Seward Family Game Night.
Connected by Glass in Corning
Corning Museum of Glass has a really interesting program coming up on November 9, with an online option available- Disclosure: the Whiteness of Glass. Their newest exhibit is fascinating, too, with artifacts from an ancient glassmaking workshop that are being presented in an interactive way. CMOG is offering another Evening for Educators event this month, where educators are invited to come and meet the exhibit curators. This is something all of our organizations can definitely try: buy some snacks and open up your doors with a formal invitation to local teachers! Get a conversation started about your work and build bridges into your local schools.
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Zooms & Webinars Up Your Alley
How to Work With An Architect
Tuesday, November 7 at 1 pm
No Time to Wait 7 Conference (open media, open standards, digital AV preservation)
November 8 through November 10
Northeast Summit on Climate Adaptation for Library Facilities
Wednesday, November 8 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Managing Social Media Records
Wednesday, November 8 at 10 am
* I'm highlighting this because it's something many SCRLC members have asked for help with!
First of Her Race: The career and connections of Margaret Reynolds Hunton
Wednesday, November 8 at 10 am
State Digital Equity Planning Update
Wednesday, November 8 at 11:30 am
The Urgency of Indigenous Values
Wednesday, November 8 at 1 pm
Chats in the Stacks Book Talk: Tamika Y. Nunley
Wednesday, November 8 at 4:30 pm
Dealing With Data, Part 2: Services For Research Data Management And Reproducibility
Thursday, November 9 at 11 am
Driving Student Success: Leveraging Technology to Connect Libraries, Faculty and Students
Thursday, November 9 at 11 am
EDI 2.0: Individual Responsibility for Creating Belonging and Connection in the Library Profession
Thursday, November 9, 12 to 3 pm
ACRL/NY User Experience (UX) Fall 2023 virtual meeting
Tuesday, November 14 at 10 am
9 Insights to Boost Primary Source Instruction
Tuesday, November 14 at 2 pm
All Booked Up: Care and Access for Book Collections
Tuesday, November 14 at 2 pm
Learn more about Preserving Websites
Tuesday, November 14 at 4 pm
Learning From the Past: Community-Led Strategies for Digital Equity
Tuesday, November 14 at 4 pm
Stories from the Field: Transcribing the John Torrey Papers at the New York Botanical Garden
Wednesday, November 15 at 1 pm
Making Sense Of Your Data: Coding And Analyzing Results From Focus Groups, Interviews, And Observational Research
Wednesday, November 15 at 2 pm
"Tired of hearing "I didn't know the library did that?" Here's Your Fix.
Wednesday, November 15 at 2 pm
Webinar: Crisis Management and Recovery
Thursday, November 16 at 10 am
Article Discussion Group: Changing the Racial Demographics of Librarians
Thursday, November 16 at 1 pm
No More Neutral - How to Champion the Right to Read
Tuesday, November 28 at 2 pm
Library Branding 101: Thinking Beyond Logos and Trademarks
Thursday, November 30 at 2 pm
Several self-paced multi-week courses ($125-$300) through Preserve This begin this week, including Preservation of Photographic Materials, Grant Writing Basics, Intro to Rare Books and Special Collections, and How to Advocate for Your Archive.
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
The Powerful Resilience of Small Museums - Virtual Summit
December 5 & 6 | $55
In Person Events
Two Row Wampum Treaty with Sachem Sam Geroge, Chief Lyons and Mike Bishop
at Southworth Library in Dryden (Tompkins County)
Thursday, November 16 at 6 pm
Recordings
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That's all for this month! Send me an email if there's anything at your organization you'd like me to include in the next newsletter: clovell@scrlc.org | Claire Lovell, Digital Services Librarian | | | | |
