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Digital Library Of Georgia (June 2023), Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

New collections from the Digital Library of Georgia, Summer 2023

Around Atlanta With Slis: Meetups & Tours, Sheila Devaney

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Digital Library Of Georgia (March 2023), Mandy L. Mastrovita, Donnie S. Summerlin, Daniel Britt

Georgia Library Quarterly

News from the Digital Library of Georgia for the first quarter (January-March) of 2023

Digital Library Of Georgia (December 2022), Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Digital Library Of Georgia (September 2022), Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Digital Library Of Georgia (June 2022), Mandy L. Mastrovita, Donald Summerlin, Camie Williams, Deborah Hakes

Georgia Library Quarterly

New Digital Library of Georgia collections completed in Q2 of 2022

Digital Library Of Georgia (March 2022), Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

News from the Digital Library of Georgia for the first quarter of 2022.

Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

The newest collections (October-December 2021) produced by the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG).

Based at the University of Georgia Libraries, the Digital Library of Georgia is a GALILEO initiative that collaborates with Georgia's libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions of education and culture to provide access to key information resources on Georgia history, culture, and life. This primary mission is accomplished by developing, maintaining, and preserving digital collections and online digital library resources. DLG also serves as Georgia's service hub for the Digital Public Library of America and as the home of the Georgia Newspaper Project, the state's historic …

News – Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

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News - Georgia Knowledge Repository, Lauren Bellard, Jennifer Putnam Davis

Georgia Library Quarterly

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News - Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

News from the Digital Library of Georgia from February-April 2020

A Circulation Worker Visits Special Collections, Anne Kristen Hunter

Georgia Library Quarterly

In spring 2019, I started an internship in the Special Collections department in Ingram Library at the University of West Georgia. I worked with Dr. Michael Camp, and learned the basics of archival processing while working with two collections of documents donated by Congressman Mac Collins (R-GA, 1993-2005). When I started the internship, I had already worked for more than a year in the Circulation department at Ingram. The internship was, for me, a bit of professional cross-training, as well as a requirement for the post-baccalaureate Certificate in Museum Studies offered by the Public History program within UWG’s History department. …

Utilizing Student Workers At The Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita, Donnie Summerlin

Georgia Library Quarterly

Libraries and archives have become increasingly reliant on student employees to perform duties essential to the daily work of making cultural heritage materials accessible to patrons. This article details how students are recruited, trained, managed, and mentored from the perspective of supervisors at the Digital Library of Georgia. Topics discussed include hiring procedures, training techniques, work assigned to undergraduate and graduate students, the handling of archival materials, digital imaging, metadata, and social media. The article will also examine methods for creating a rewarding and educational work environment for students that promotes the library profession.

News - Uga Libraries, Jean Cleveland

Georgia Library Quarterly

Georgia Collections Sought for Nationwide Digital Library

by J. Cleveland

Digital Library of Georgia accepting original unpublished historic materials to be digitized and included in Digital Public Library of America.

Atlanta Student Wins Archives' Award

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article announces that Myron McGhee won first place in the Excellence on Genealogy competition.

Imls Taps Henderson To Attend Conference

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports that Francine I. Henderson, research library administrator for the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, was chosen by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to attend the conference "Stewardship of America's Legacy: Answering the Call to Action," to be held in June 2009.

University And Public Libraries Receive Connecting To Collections

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports that 21 libraries, museums and archives in Georgia have been selected to receive the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. According to Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice, director of the IMLS in Washington, D.C., the bookshelf provides museums, libraries and archives essential instructions on how to rescue treasures of yesteryear that they hold in trust. The contents of the bookshelf were selected by a blue-ribbon panel of conservation experts. The bookshelf includes an essential set of books, online resources and a user's guide that can profoundly affect the ability of small libraries and museums …

Alice Walker Places Archives At Emory

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports on the decision of Alice Walker, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and internationally known Georgia-born novelist and poet, to place her archive at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Provost Earl Lewis of Emory University states that the acquisition of the Alice Walker Archive is a major addition to the collection of the university. A brief overview is given on the literary works of Walker, which deal with the struggle for survival among southern blacks. Rudolph Byrd, professor of American studies, describes the completeness of Walker's archive.