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Welcome to the Wisconsin Heritage Online Resources Wiki!
This wiki is designed to serve current and potential Content Providers--Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies that are sharing their unique collections through the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal.

 

With the Wiki, You Can . . . 

  • Access up-to-date guidelines and educational opportunities. 
  • Take part in continuing discussion and development of statewide digitization standards.
  • Make connections with other WHO content providers and partner organizations. 

 

To become a Content Provider, contact us or submit the WHO Membership Form. Annual member dues are $50 for small organizations and $100 for large organizations.

 

 

**Latest News** 

WHO News #21
Our fall newsletter includes updates on collections from Milwaukee Public Library, Ripon College, and the Stone Lake Area Historical Society as well as a feature on imaging vendor Northern Micrographics of La Crosse.

 

New collections harvested

In September, 24 new collections were harvested into the Wisconsin Heritage Online research portal. To explore the new collections, check out the sub-collection drop-down menu on the Guided Search page of the WHO portal.

Beloit College

     Logan Museum of Anthropology 

Carroll University

     Carroll Student Newspaper Collection

     Theatre Collection: May N. Rankin and the Carroll Players

     Wisconsin Artists Collection 

Edgewood College

     Edgewood College History

     Edgewood College Yearbooks

     Owen J. Gromme Field Notes

Iowa County Historical Society 

La Crosse County Historical Society 

Marquette University

     Generation After Oral History Project 

McFarland Historical Society

Milwaukee Public Library

     Historic Recipe File

     Milwaukee Leaders

New Berlin Historical Society

Outagamie-Waupaca InfoSoup

     Appleton Memory Project

     Door County Memory Project

     Hortonville Memory Project

     Oconto Falls Memory Project

Ripon College Archives

Stone Lake Area Historical Society  

Three Lakes Historical Society 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

     Digital Sanborn Maps of Milwaukee 1894 and 1910

Whitefish Bay Public Library 

Wisconsin Historical Society

     Civil War Collection

 

Training grant available through December 2011

Thanks to a grant from the Nicholas Family Foundation, Wisconsin Heritage Online has hired an Outreach Specialist who will provide digitization training and support to local historical societies, small public libraries, and other cultural heritage institutions across the state through December 2011. See the Training Grant page to read our grant proposal. See the Hosted Content Providers page for a list of projects currently underway with grant support.

 

 

 

What is WHO?

These links provide a general introduction to this collaborative statewide digitization initiative.

 

 

 

For Content Providers

Start with the links below to learn about planning and executing a digital project. 

 

  • Planning Guidelines for selecting materials and equipment, plus an overview of the steps involved in working with WHO.
  • Copyright Essential legal issues to consider before posting material on the web.
  • Digital Imaging Scanning, photography, image editing, and more.
  • Audio Files An introduction to working with digital audio collections, particularly oral histories.
  • Metadata Best practices for cataloging your digital content.
  • CONTENTdm For Hosted Content Providers using the Project Client provided by the Milwaukee Public Library.
  • PastPerfect For Hosted Content Providers cataloging items in PastPerfect.
  • Preservation Recommendations for storing and maintaining your digital files.
  • Other Issues This catch-all page includes information about collection development, accessibility, and other concerns.
  • Forms and Documents Useful things, including the WHO Membership Form and Collection Hosting Application.
  • Educational Resources Tutorials, blogs, guidelines, listservs, and articles about digitization efforts nationwide.
  • Explore Digital Collections Browse a diverse array of digital collections from national and international institutions.
  • Confused by any of the terms used in official WHO documents? Check out the WHO Glossary

 

 

WHO Board and Working Groups

 


WHO News Archive 
 

 

Questions? Contact us.


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