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 […]
We are excited to announce a new collection, the Hall County Library System Collection, which comes from our longtime partner, the Hall County Library System. It is available at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/bgh_search.html This collection was digitized as part of the DPLA’s Public Library Partnerships Project (PLPP), which connects public librarians and public library collections with the DLG […]
The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce two brand-new online exhibitions on the subjects of children in Progressive-era America, and Georgia’s home front during World War II that are now available through the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). These exhibitions were created as part of the DPLA’s Public Library Partnerships Project (PLPP) […]
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is in the process of starting up new groups to facilitate the exploration of topics that are important to the DPLA community. These groups are: Archival Description Working Group: The Archival Description Working Group is composed of representatives from DPLA Partner institutions as well as national-level experts in digital […]
September is National Honey Month! According to the National Honey Board, honey bees are responsible for pollinating up to eighty percent of insect-pollinated plants that comprise as much as one third of America’s diet. As a byproduct of this process, more than 300 types of honey can be found in the United States. To celebrate National Honey […]
We are pleased to announce a new collection from our partners at the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System. The new collection, the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System Collection, includes photographs from the Augusta flood of 1888, nineteenth century stereographs, a 1922 Augusta Motor Club travel guide, and Confederate States Patent No. 60. Digitization of the […]
September is National Preparedness Month. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s National Preparedness Month page at http://www.ready.gov/september urges citizens to be proactive by communicating with members of their family and their community, and developing plans to follow in case of an emergency. The DLG includes resources published in Georgia (and available as part of the Georgia Government Publications […]
August is National Peach Month! You can learn more about peaches, their history in Georgia, and their role in our state’s economy by reading this New Georgia Encyclopedia article about peaches. The DLG also has plenty of resources documenting peach farming, production, and consumption. Enjoy these resources, and enjoy a fresh peach while they’re still in season! […]
National Radio Day is Thursday, August 20th. Celebrate the radio and its role in mass communication by tuning into your favorite radio station today! While you’re at it, we hope that you enjoy a few photographs, available in the DLG, that show radio broadcasters working and radio listeners engaged with radio programming. […]