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I am Presenting at the Texas State Genealogical Society 2015 Family History Conference #TSGS2015

September 29, 2015 by Colleen 6 Comments

2015 TSGS Family History Conference

Join me next month in Austin, Texas for the 2015 Family History Conference ,where I am teaching sessions on “Helping Patrons Find & Use Southwest Archival Collections” and “An Introduction to Researching Your Mexican Ancestors”.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Educators, Genealogy, Libraries Tagged With: #TSGS2015, archives, conferences, digital collections, finding aids, Hispanics, Mexican genealogy, Mexican-American genealogy, Texas

Digital Collections: Spotlight on the Portal to Texas History, Part I – Discovery Features

July 22, 2015 by Colleen 4 Comments

The Portal to Texas History

Taking a look at one of my favorite digital archives–the Portal to Texas History, through a series of posts highlighting this valuable historical research tool. In this first part of the series, I walk through the Portal’s well-designed discovery features.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Genealogy, Libraries, Web Development Tagged With: archives, digital collections, Texas

Marketing the Archives: Newseum on how the New York Herald reported Lincoln’s Assassination 150 years ago

April 14, 2015 by Colleen Leave a Comment

Newseum Video - Lincoln Assassination

This short one-minute video from the Newseum is an excellent example of using archival collections for digital storytelling, and of how special collections can be marketed with very little expense and simple multimedia technologies. The video includes a mix of digitized newspapers, historical images, and other primary source documents.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Marketing Tagged With: archives, digital storytelling, exhibits, history, museums, special collections, videos, YouTube

Marketing Historical Documents: The British Library Celebrates 800 Years of the Magna Carta

March 23, 2015 by Colleen Leave a Comment

Magna Carta, 1215

On 15 June 2015, the Magna Carta turns 800 years old. Highlighting some of the ways the British Library is marketing this celebration, and educating the public about this significant historical document that changed English law and has had a worldwide impact.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage, Educators, Libraries, Marketing Tagged With: British Library, digital collections, exhibits, historical documents, videos

Using the Search By Metadata Plugin for Omeka

December 10, 2013 by Colleen Leave a Comment

Omeka logo

I recently migrated my “Orange County Fallen Heroes” local history project from Omeka version 1x to Omeka 2x. What a difference! One of the best biggest changes I notice in Omeka 2x is the addition of a new plugin — Search By Metadata. This plugin is a HUGE timesaver for me, and provides a much more valuable research experience for my site visitors.

Filed Under: Cultural Heritage Tagged With: CMSs, digital history, Omeka, search

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