ODNFest 2023 was a smashing success. Librarians and library staff from across the State of Ohio gathered on October 10, 2023, to celebrate 5 years of the Ohio Digital Network. The morning began with a thought-provoking talk from Dr. Kristen Howard (McGill University) on Metadata Justice and Exploitative Labor in Libraries and Archives. After […]
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ODNFest 2023: A Five Year Celebration
Registration for ODNFest 2023: A Five-Year Celebration is now open. For the first time since 2019, ODNFest will be held in-person at the State Library of Ohio on October 10, 2023. This event will feature digital collection topics and discussions, with updates from Ohio Digital Network staff. Dr. Kristen Howard, from the McGill University Library, […]
Read The Full ArticleHarvest for the Holidays
Our last DPLA harvest for 2021 is in the books, and we’ve added 1,500 items from 4 existing contributors and 1 new for a total of 285,156 items in DPLA from Ohio-based libraries and archives. The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives and MidPointe Library System stretched their collections slightly, while Kent State University and Marietta […]
Read The Full ArticleA Bountiful Harvest of Metadata Mini-Grant Collections
It’s finally Fall and time to harvest the rewards of a summer’s worth of hard work for our seven (seven!) new contributors and additions to the collections of seven (yes, seven more!) current contributors to Ohio Digital Network and the Digital Public Library of America. You might remember hearing about the launch of our Metadata […]
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DPLA has been rolling out the updates this summer, and we’ve got an exciting new one to share. When browsing or searching for content on DPLA, you can now refine your results by the contributor’s collections. What does this mean, aside from an even easier way to find what you are looking for? Let’s take […]
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