#Archives – the DLG B

Date: Thursday, August 15 | Time: 2 pm EST

Join the DLG and presenters Joshua Kitchens and Lauren LeDesma, from the Archival Services and Digital Initiatives unit of Georgia Public Library Service, who will address preservation concerns for both physical and digital versions of scrapbooks and explore digitization procedures for scrapbooks.

This webinar will cover the significance of scrapbooks as archival records and their value as digital artifacts.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/dlg-scrapbooks-2024-08-15

For those who cannot attend: The webinar will be added to the DLG’s webinar channel at https://tinyurl.com/dlg-webinar-channel

…And while you’re here: Have a look at the (more than 400) scrapbooks represented in the DLG!

You’ll see a page from one scrapbook at the top of this post!

Speaker Bios:

Joshua Kitchens

is currently the Director of Archival Services and Digital Initiatives for GPLS. Josh previously served as the Director of Archives and Information Studies Programs at Clayton State University. Josh managed the program and taught various courses, including Law and Records, Digital Preservation, and many others. Before working at Clayton State, Josh was an Archivist for Special Collections at the Georgia College Ina Dillard Russell Library. He was responsible for digital collections, the library’s institutional repository, the Knowledge Box, and university archives.

He holds a BA in history from Georgia College, an MA in Applied History from George Mason University, and a master of Archival Studies from Clayton State University. Joshua is also a Certified Archivist.

Lauren LeDesma

is a Local Archivist at the Georgia Public Library Service, providing support for various archival collections in the state. She has previous experience as a Records Manager/Assistant Archivist for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and as a Processing Archivist/Records Analyst at the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Lauren holds a BA in History, an MA in Public History, a Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation, and a Graduate Certificate in Records and Information Management. She is also a Certified Archivist and a Certified Records Analyst.

Image credit at top of page: Scrapbook [page 2]. Sanford Henry Lee papers. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/aaed/do:aarl96.001-002-001

DLG 2022-2023 Subgrant Call For Proposals

The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is soliciting proposals for historic digitization projects costing up to $7500 in DLG services from non-profit Georgia cultural heritage institutions.

A couple of significant changes that we have made to this year’s call is removing the requirement that applicant organizations be open to the public and that their collections be available for public research either by appointment or through regular hours. We made these changes to encourage applications from community-based archives.

The rest of the grant remains the same: project metadata will be included in the DLG portal (dlg.usg.edu) and the Digital Public Library of America (dp.la).

Projects may include reformatting textual materials (not including newspapers), graphic materials, or audio-visual materials.

Applicants should have materials prepared for a project start date of July 1, 2022. For more information about the program and application materials, go to the DLG subgrant program homepage for applicants.

The 2022-2023 subgrant applicant timeline is as follows:

February 17, 2 pm subgrant webinar
February 21, 9 am-noon, subgrant virtual office hours
February 22, 9 am-noon, subgrant virtual office hours
April 1, 2022 subgrant proposals due

DLG 2022-2023 Subgranting Review Panelists

We seek two review panelists for our FY 2022/2023 subgranting program.

These reviewers will join DLG and GPLS staff and representatives of the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC) and the Humanities Council in selecting subgranting projects.

Reviewers will have approximately three weeks to review the proposals before meeting virtually on May 10 to determine the program’s awardees for FY 2022/2023.

To apply, please complete our application form by February 22.

Awards committee members will recuse themselves from reviewing a proposal should a conflict of interest exist.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions at diglibga@gmail.com.

Tag: #Archives

UPCOMING DLG WEBINAR: Scrapbooks as Archival Records and Digital Artifacts

Call For Proposals and Review Panelists for DLG 2022-2023 Subgrants