The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: The Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/savnewspapers The Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to three newspaper titles published in Savannah from 1809 to 1880. Consisting of over 83,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are both […]
The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the addition of the Vienna Progress to the South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sgnewspapers The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive now provides access to seventeen newspaper titles published in ten south Georgia cities (Albany, Americus, Bainbridge, Brunswick, Cuthbert, Thomasville, Tifton, Valdosta, Vienna, and Waycross) from 1845 to 1922. Consisting of over 152,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are […]
Georgia transportation is deeply linked with state’s economic history; the growth of our state has been shaped by the maintenance and expansion of transportation systems that include highways, railroads, ports, and air travel. Today, Georgia is home to one of the world’s busiest airports, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, as well as one of America’s fastest-growing ports […]
The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce the addition of the McDuffie Museum Collection to the DLG and to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). http://goo.gl/DwyfXg The collection includes digitized photographs, letters, newspapers, postcards, maps and government documents from the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Though a small collection […]
Friday, April 4, 2014 Contact: Sheila McAlister, 706-542-5418, mcalists@uga.edu Gates Foundation provides funding for training public librarians Athens, Ga. – The Digital Library of Georgia, based at the University of Georgia Libraries, is receiving $100,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Digital Public Library of America to provide digital skills training for […]
NPR’s Fresh Air recently aired a book review of The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic by John Demos. An excerpt is available here. The Heathen School was the familiar name of Cornwall, Connecticut’s Foreign Mission School, a nine-year venture that existed between 1817 and 1826, whose purpose […]
GeorgiaInfo, the state’s online almanac based at the University of Georgia, launched a redesigned website Jan. 21. http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/ GeorgiaInfo is part of the Digital Library of Georgia, and is hosted by GALILEO and the University of Georgia Libraries. GeorgiaInfo was created in 1996 by the UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government. In 2008 the site […]
Colleagues, The Digital Library of Georgia and GALILEO are seeking guidance about the digital preservation needs of the GALILEO community. Please take a few minutes to let us know what types of assistance and resources would benefit your institution. We are also seeking to develop a baseline of digital preservation knowledge and readiness. The survey […]
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sheila McAlister as Director of the Digital Library of Georgia, a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia, where she will direct state-wide efforts to create online access to key resources on Georgia’s history and culture. From 2001 to 2013, McAlister directed metadata and […]
The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the addition of the Vienna News to the South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sgnewspapers blank The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive now provides access to sixteen newspaper titles published in ten south Georgia cities (Albany, Americus, Bainbridge, Brunswick, Cuthbert, Thomasville, Tifton, Valdosta, Vienna, and Waycross) from 1845 to 1922. Consisting of […]