The Digital Library of Georgia remembers Clifford M. Kuhn, associate professor of history at Georgia State University and executive director of the Oral History Association. Kuhn passed away on Sunday, November 8. Kuhn was a principal staff member of the Living Atlanta radio series, which aired on radio station WRFG, and was funded by the […]
We are happy to present three new collections from our partners at the Athens-Clarke County Library: Athens Regional Library System History Collection. The bulk of the collection covers the history of the Athens Regional Library System, including photographs, library event promotional materials, and administrative records. The collection also includes a report by the Commonwealth Fund […]
We are happy to announce one of our newest project partnerships with the Piedmont Regional Library System. Their collection, the Commerce Public Library Heritage Room Collection, includes photographs and text representing the history of Commerce and Jackson County, Georgia. These materials were digitized as part of DPLA’s Public Library Partnerships Project (PLPP), which connects public […]
The DLG is excited to welcome the Elbert County Library as a new project partner, with the Elbert County Library Collection. The Elbert County Library Collection features a collection of photographs of the Beverly Plantation and William Allen House in Elbert County, Georgia. The William Allen House was a two-story frame house built in the […]
The American Association of School Librarians is hosting a complimentary live webinar on Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 PM EST. The webinar, Using Digital Public Library of American for Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning, will be targeted to school library professionals, and those interested in the topic. Registration information for the workshop is available at http://www.ala.org/aasl/ecollab/dpla . In this session, presenters Franky […]
Please welcome our new project partner, the Okefenokee Regional Library System http://okrls.org/ , and their two new collections, the Okefenokee Postcard Collection (available at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/pos_search.html) and the Laura S. Walker Collection (available at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/lsw_search.html ). These collections were digitized as part of the DPLA’s Public Library Partnerships Project (PLPP), connecting public librarians and public library collections with the DLG […]
The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: The West Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/wgnewspapers The West Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to six newspaper titles published in five west Georgia cities (Butler, Carrollton, Dallas, Douglasville, LaGrange) from 1843 to 1942. Consisting of over 37,000 […]
We are pleased to announce a new collection from our partners at the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System. The collection, the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System Collection (available at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/gcm_search.html) is one of our newest resources featuring materials from public library collections that have been digitized as part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Public Libraries Partnerships Project […]
We are excited to announce our new partnership with the Pine Mountain Regional Library and welcome the Pine Mountain Regional Library Collection to the DLG. The Pine Mountain Regional Library Collection includes photographs from scrapbooks submitted to Georgia Power’s Champion Home Town contest in 1952 and 1953. The photos document the town’s progress in the […]
Today, we are celebrating GALILEO’s birthday! On this day (September 21) in 1995, GALILEO went online. For twenty years, GALILEO has worked to provide Georgia citizens with the best access to high quality educational resources regardless of their location or economic status. Georgians of all stripes have used GALILEO in their homes, schools, and libraries for research and […]