Did you know that November is National Adoption Month? National Adoption Month was instituted by President Bill Clinton in 1995, and expanded upon National Adoption Week, established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2015 National Adoption Month initiative is centered around the adoption of older youth in foster care. You can learn more about […]
If you’re interested in participating in this opportunity, make sure to cc: mcalists@uga.edu when you inquire with PopUp Archive at edison@popuparchive.com. From DPLA’s press release, also available here: Oakland, Calif. & Boston, MA — Libraries across the United States house tens of millions of audio and video recordings, a rich and vibrant body of cultural […]
On October 30th, President Obama proclaimed November as National Native American Heritage Month. According to the National Congress of American Indians, Native American Heritage Month “is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate […]
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 […]
The 49th annual Country Music Association Awards ceremony will air at 8 pm on Wednesday, November 4th. We thought this would be the perfect opportunity to feature some of the many country music resources in the Digital Library of Georgia that are available to you. Many prominent country music artists hail from Georgia, including country music’s first […]
November 1 , 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Crawford Long, the North Georgia surgeon and pharmacist acknowledged as the first practitioner of anesthesia. Long was born in Danielsville Georgia, received his undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia in 1835, then attended medical school, where he began at Transylvania College in Lexington, […]
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 […]