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New webinar! Demystifying Digitization

Submitted by Pamela Vadakan on Mon, 04/20/2020 - 22:27

Due to the coronavirus, we need to cancel our summer workshops.

Like everyone else, we'll see you on the internet! We're substituting our workshops with a webinar, "Demystifying Digitization: An Introduction to California Revealed," on Thursday, April 30th, 12:00-1:30pm.

During this webinar, Director Pamela Vadakan will provide general guidelines for any digitization project, as well as review the steps to participate in California Revealed. 

Please feel free to join us if you're new to our program or would like a refresher. All are welcome!

Autumn Newsletter 2019

Submitted by Pamela Vadakan on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 00:04

Happy Harvest Season!

We have had a rich and transformative year and
we are glad that our end-of-year harvest is a full and happy one. 

We redesigned our new website, 
launched a new funding opportunity for outreach initiatives,
established an onsite camera,
hired new staff, and more...

Our Collections, Our Communities: New Outreach Assistance

Submitted by Pamela Vadakan on Mon, 11/04/2019 - 20:48

 

What is the purpose of digitization and preservation without community access and connection?

Want to develop an exhibit?
Host a community digitization day?
Develop curriculum?
Sponsor an archives crawl?
Host a screening or talk? 

We're offering $5,000 awards to promote your collections!

In order to foster community discovery, engagement, and use of digital collections, we are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity called "Our Collections, Our Communities."

On the road: summer 2019 workshops

Submitted by Pamela Vadakan on Sat, 09/14/2019 - 06:29

From the north to the south, we're traveling to a town near you to introduce the California Revealed program:

Sacramento - Thursday, June 6, 2019
La Quinta/Palm Springs - Monday, June 10, 2019
San Diego - Friday, June 14, 2019
San Francisco - Monday, June 24, 2019
Watsonville - Monday, July 22, 2019
Sonora - Friday, July 26, 2019
Pasadena - Thursday, August 8, 2019
Fresno - Thursday, August 22, 2019

We'd love to meet you and your collections!

Processing/Cataloging Assistance

Submitted by Pamela Vadakan on Sat, 09/14/2019 - 06:17

In order to "reveal" more of California's history, the State Library invites smaller libraries, archives, and history museums to apply for up to $10,000 for a project to process and catalog California-related library and archival materials from their unprocessed collection backlogs. Awarded projects can begin as early as June 1, 2019 and must be completed by August 31, 2019.

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