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MHCG: Planting the Seeds of the Green Revolution
by Joe Hoover
on April 3, 2012
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· in Digitization, Information Technology, MHCG, Podcast
On site review of the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants funded project with Elisabeth Kaplan, Head, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy, University of Minnesota Libraries. June 17, 2011. The University of Minnesota Libraries received funding support to digitize the records of the principals of the Green Revolution, the worldwide collaborative effort to expand food crop [...]
Modified image Wikimedia Commons. First let me admit this is not the last word on using an iPhone to record oral histories, it is just an attempt to get the dialog going, secondly you may notice the obvious omission of other mobile devices such as Android for use in recording. Omission does not mean that they shouldn’t [...]
Many historical Societies and archives find themselves with hundreds if not thousands of slides and negatives in their collections often with little or no description of what is on each of them. From a preservation standpoint color slides and negatives will suffer from deterioration over time, especially pre-1978 where slides and negatives which where made with [...]
The majority of museums and local historical socities around the Minnesota are small organizations which, if not all volunteer, employ between 1-5 people. However they are the most vulnerable and are often run by people with limited resources and skills to be able to reap the benefits of available information technologies (IT). When they do adopt IT [...]
The creation of digital assets in order to preserve and create access to collections is confusing enough for large libraries, museums and organizations. This audio podcast – (covers of the first half of the document) and PDF document is based on the Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices (PDF) but has been simplified and edited down [...]
From Ice Cream Socials to Social Networking
by Joe Hoover
on December 7, 2010
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· in Fundraising, Information Technology, Social Media
…Or how to get Liked instead of Licked on Facebook There is a deep desire to be social. There is a deep and sometimes urgent desire to raise cash. There is a deep desire to eat ice cream. The ice cream social for over a century has, more or less successfully, has attempted to fulfill [...]
Phone books call it a day
by David Grabitske
on November 13, 2010
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· in Collections, Digitization, Information Technology, Marketing
The St. Paul Pioneer Press for Friday November 12, 2010, printed an Associated Press article by Michael Felberbaum, “Familiar phone books dying in digital age.” As Internet penetration edges up in all parts of the state (see Electronic Access for Rural Minnesota), people rely on resources that are both more easily searched and perceived to [...]
Currently eight historical societies have posted reviews of their organization’s web site redesigns on this blog. Looking over the posts, there are some interesting takeaways. Fillmore County Historical Society Cokato Historical Society Morrison County Historical Society Martin County Historical Society Edina Historical Society Otter Tail County Historical Society Clay County Historical Society Lake County Historical [...]
Lake County Historical Society launches updated website
by David Grabitske
on November 5, 2010
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· in Information Technology, Marketing, Visitation
Lake County Historical Society launched their first website in 2000 with a grant from Iron Range Resources. When I started working at the Society in 2009 it was evident that since the website’s launch there was little or no maintenance done or resources dedicated for this purpose. We currently have two independent yet connected websites. We [...]
Social media/Web Guidelines and Strategy Worksheets
by Joe Hoover
on September 10, 2010
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· in Advice, Blog, Information Technology, Local History Standards, Marketing, Social Media
As social media tools are becoming increasingly commonplace and valuable to historical organizations and museums it is important to keep the communication appropriate, relevant and inline with the organization’s mission, which is why it is important to have a strategy before going in and to have guidelines on how to best interact when there. The [...]
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