A collection of historic maps from the Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation is one of the newest additions to Minnesota Reflections. The Oberholtzer Foundation maintains Ernest Oberholtzer's legacy, including his home and archives on Mallard Island in Rainy Lake. View the collection here.
Minnesota Digital Library News
During the week of June 6-10, I was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I headed up SEI, a four-day residential workshop for new and emerging librarians interested in digital collections. Attendees gained new skills and knowledge of rights and copyright, metadata for cultural heritage materials, embedded metadata, and digital preservation.
Registration ends TODAY for the Minnesota Digital Library 14th Annual Meeting, taking place on June 7, 2016 at the Continuing Education and Conference Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. Join us for a keynote presentation by Greg Cram (New York Public Library), an MDL update, and afternoon breakouts sessions on a variety of topics.
Registration ends soon for the Minnesota Digital Library 14th Annual Meeting, taking place on June 7, 2016 at the Continuing Education and Conference Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. The registration deadline is Tuesday, May 31st! Join us for a keynote presentation by Greg Cram (New York Public Library), an MDL update, and afternoon breakouts sessions on a variety of topics.
Registration is now open for the Minnesota Digital Library 14th Annual Meeting, taking place on June 7, 2016 at the Continuing Education and Conference Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. Join us for a keynote presentation by Greg Cram (New York Public Library), an MDL update, and afternoon breakouts sessions on a variety of topics.
Check out the upcoming free two-part DPLA webinar: RightsStatements.org: Why We Need It, What It Is (and Isn't) and What Does It Mean for the DPLA Network and Beyond?
April 14th-15th marked the 2016 DPLAfest held in Washington D.C. I attended sessions at various locations such as the Library of Congress - Jefferson and Madison Buildings, The National Archives, and The Smithsonian Ripley Center. Highlights included getting clarity on copyright from RightsStatements.org, a panel session on the future of libraries, and information about DPLA's rollout of the collaborative Primary Source Sets project.
The three speakers in this DPLAfest 2016 presentation talked about their development of digital curatorial workflows to respectfully and conscientiously share indigenous community cultural heritage and intellectual property, all via open source platforms.
The newly digitized oral history collection from Saint Cloud State University documents the experiences of World War II veterans from St. Cloud, Stearns County, and central Minnesota.

Historical content from Minnesota's cultural heritage organizations, all in one place