IETC 2010

Workshop Participants’ Slides

FREE DIGITAL CONTENT:

UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF DIGITAL

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

http://www.illinoishistory.gov/PrairiePages.htm

Prairie Pages, first

published in 1985,

was intended to

provide teachers

and other

interested persons

with curriculum

materials for

elementary age

students. 

Prairie Pages from The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

Something to Search: Look at the pages that interest you. Look at how the digital resources from libraries and museums are used in a lesson.

http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm4/browse.php

The Illinois Digital

Archives (IDA) was

developed to

provide access to

primary source

materials in Illinois

libraries, archives,

museums,

historical societies

and other cultural

institutions.

Illinois Digital Archive

Something to Search: Explore these collections by using the drop down browse menu and pressing “go”. Try to find a photograph, a manuscript, a map, a printed booklet, a newspaper or other kind of special collection material.

http://www.digitalillinois.org

/

Digital Illinois is a

consortium of

libraries in Illinois.

It contains digital

collections from

libraries, historical

societies,

museums, and

other cultural

institutions in

Illinois.

Digital Illinois

Something to Search: Explore different kinds of technology that are used to present the information in these collections. Find the “Louis Sullivan Buildings Extant in Chicago” on the Art Institute’s site. Also look at “Illinois Digital Harvest” and find an example of a page turning technology under “Collections-Text Collections-Digitized Books”.

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artists

Explore our online

collection, which

offers access to

over 45,000 works

and basic

information about

works of art from

all areas of our

encyclopedic

collection.

Art Institute of ChicagoMuseum Collection Database

Something to Search: Look at the A to Z Browse and open the link for “Photography-Cityscapes”. Find the link called “About My Collections” below the “Log in to My Collections” box and open it to learn more about this feature.

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

The Encyclopedia of

Chicago is a

dynamic and

unprecedented

metropolitan history.

Thousands of

historical resources-

including articles,

photos, maps,

broadsides and

newspapers-related

to Chicago's colorful

and complex history

are at your

fingertips.

Browse by Entries,

Historical Sources,

Maps, Special

Features

Encyclopedia of Chicago

Something to Search: The map technology on this site is interesting. Browse the maps and open one. Use any of the other browse features to find out if there is information from the 21st century included.

http://hannah.spertus.edu:8881/R/DE11UKVHB1G275MJCJ5N98E8RP2EX64DT9FS7JRUV1G7J13HP6-01336?func=collections&collection_id=1007

The Sentinel

newspaper, 1911-

1949 is part of the

Asher Library

collection at the

Spertus Institute.

This is Chicago’s

longest-running

Jewish weekly

newspaper.

Spertus Institute’s Asher Library’sThe Sentinel Newspaper

Something to Search: Open a year and look at the articles.

http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2010/

We have hosted over 250

events, including

presentations by many of

the top military writers,

biographers, historians, and

journalists of our time.  Our

programming includes book

lectures, special one-on-one

interviews, and a series of

interviews with Medal of

Honor recipients…

.

Pritzker Military Library’sPodcasts

Something to Search: Browse the list of programs under the “Archive” link and open one of interest. Open and play this podcast.

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/

Encyclopedia

Smithsonian

provides articles by

scholars on topics

in the areas of Art

and Design, History

and Culture and

Science and

Technology. Click a

topic to see them.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Something to Search: Open the “Health and Medicine” link and scroll down to find a site on polio or open the link called “Freeze Frame” about photography.

http://dmc.ohiolink.edu/

The Ohio Library and

Information Network,

OhioLINK, is a

consortium of 88 Ohio

college and university

libraries, and the State

Library of Ohio, that

work together to provide

Ohio students, faculty

and researchers with

the information they

need for teaching and

research.

The Digital Media

Center archives and

provides access to a

variety of multimedia

material.

http://www.ohiolink.edu/resources/public-databases.php

OhioLINK

Something to Search: Open any link. Some collections are only available by password so look for the free ones. Use the zoom tools in “Geology Digital Photographs” and the audio tools for “Recorded Bird Sounds”.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html

American Memory

provides free and open

access through the

Internet to written and

spoken words, sound

recordings, still and

moving images, prints,

maps, and sheet music

that document the

American experience.

Dayton C. Miller Flute

Collection

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/dcm:@field(DOCID+@lit(dcm000710))

American Memory Browse

Something to Search: Browse the collections by format. Find the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection and use the navigation and

zoom tools there.

http://www.folger.edu/Content/Whats-On/Digital-Folger/Folger-Podcasts-.cfm

Folger Podcasts

bring you fresh

perspectives on

Shakespeare and

his times.

Digital Collection

page:

http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=3077

Scroll down to find

the Collection

Database Link:

http://titania.folger.edu/browse

Folger Shakespeare Library’s Audio Podcasts

Something to Search: Listen to the language of Shakespeare in the “Arms and Armor” audio podcast. Also explore the “Digital Collection” link. You must cut and paste the URL into your Firefox browser in order to use this collection.

http://www.frick.org/virtual/fragonard_tour.htm

The Frick Collection

includes some of the best-

known paintings by the

greatest European artists,

major works of sculpture

(among them one of the

finest groups of small

bronzes in the world),

superb eighteenth-

century French furniture

and porcelains, Limoges

enamels, Oriental rugs,

and other works of

remarkable quality.

Virtual Tours Link

http://www.frick.org/virtual/index.htm

Frick Collection Virtual Tour

Something to Search: Explore the Fragonard room. Use the CONTROL KEY and then click to open the links in the room and see the description of the object.

http://www.metmuseum.org/

The Metropolitan

Museum of Art is

one of the world's

largest and finest

art museums. Its

collections include

more than two

million works of art

spanning five

thousand years of

world culture, from

prehistory to the

present and from

every part of the

globe.

Metropolitan Museum of Art’sWeb Tools

RSS feed to the Artwork of the Day

Something to Search: Open the link to the RSS feed and find out how to get the “Artwork of the Day”. Find the “Metshare” link on the left side and explore the web2.0 and collection sharing features of this museum.

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp

Learn about art,

artists, and world

cultures through fun

activities, family-

friendly publications,

teachers' guides, and

more.

Mets Kids Museum Explore and Learn

Something to Search: Open the “Artist” link and use the “Dancers and Degas” site or open the “A Closer Look” link and look at the site for the “Unicorn Tapestries”. Look at the viewing software and the other technology activities provided.

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en

Founded in 1793 as a

museum for all, it

celebrates humanity's

long journey with the

remarkable scope of a

collection that spans

thousands of years,

reaches from America to

the borders of India and

China, and is

highlighted by such

iconic, universally

admired works as the

Mona Lisa, the Venus de

Milo and the Victory of

Samothrace.

The Louvre Museum’s Virtual Tour

Something to Search: Click on the “Guide” and follow him to his workshop. Click on one of the objects and find out more about it.

http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/SimpleSearchCategory?ilang=English

The ICDL

Foundation's goal is

to build a collection

of books that

represents

outstanding

historical and

contemporary books

from throughout the

world. 

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

International Children’s Digital Library

Something to Search: Select a language and enter the name of a country and enjoy the books from libraries around the world. Explore the collections using any of the icons provided. Use the page selection features provided for reading these books.

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/

The Digital South Asia

Library provides digital

materials for reference

and research on South

Asia, including books

and journals, full-text

dictionaries,

bibliographies, images,

maps, and statistical

information from the

colonial period through

the present.

Digital South Asia Library at the Center for Research Libraries

Something to Search: Browse the map collection or using the examples provided next to the keyword boxes , search the image collections.

http://digicol.lib.depaul.edu/site-templates/client_CM1/index.html

These postcards are a

part of the Vincentiana

Collection at DePaul

University Special

Collections and

Archives. This pictorial

history documents the

spirituality and mission

of the Vincentians. The

images in this

collection include

institutions such as

hospitals, churches

and seminaries.

DePaul University Libraries’Vincentian Postcard Collection

Something to Search: Open the “Location” link and find Illinois and look at the postcards. Open the “ knife” tool and select part of the image or use the Reference URL or Favorites features of this software.