Transcript SOUTHERN OREGON DIGITAL ARCHIVES (SODA) History …

SOUTHERN OREGON
HISTORY COLLECTION
Southern Oregon Library Federation
Southern Oregon University Hannon Library
February 2, 2007
LSTA Funds History in Southern
Oregon Digital Archives
Southern Oregon Digital Archives
2001 – Award of federal IMLS Grant
2002-2004 – Creation of Two Collections
 Bioregion
 First Nations
LSTA Grants for New History Collection
 Feb. 2006 - Jan. 2007 – 1st Year of History Collection
 Feb. 2007 – Jan. 2008 – 2nd Year of History Collection
Southern Oregon Digital Archives
NEW SODA INTERFACE
http://soda.sou.edu/
History Collection Information and Search Link
http://soda.sou.edu/history.html
SOU Personnel
 Kate Cleland-Sipfle – Principal
Investigator
 Jim Rible – Systems Librarian
 Sue Burkholder - Cataloger
 Dorothy Ormes – Cataloger
 Emily Miller-Francisco - Web redesign
 Susan DeRosia – Digitization Technician
 Student assistants (2)
Project Partners
 Southern Oregon University
 Southern Oregon Historical Society
 Jackson County Library Services
 Josephine County Library System
Partners by Logo
Collaboration Issues
 Identifying materials
 Logistics of moving materials to SOU
 Timely return of materials
 Security at digitization site
 Copyright considerations
 Local librarians or curators can help.
 Risk assessment is a factor.
Pre-grant Timeline
Fall and Winter 2004-05
 Outreach to possible partners
 Plan for new project at Hannon Library
April 2005 – Submit LSTA grant proposal
August 2005 – Submit grant application
November 2005 – Grant awarded
December 2005 – Job search - .5 position
February 2006 – Startup of year 1
Geographic area
Mountains: northern part of Klamath,
Siskiyou and Southern Cascades
Principal Rivers: Rogue, Applegate,
Chetco, Coquille, Umpqua
Northern part of the “State of Jefferson”
Core Area and Beyond
Some materials include
more of Western or
Southern Oregon
Others take Southern
Oregonians of the early
20th Century for drives
or other recreation in
Klamath County or
Northern California
Others are early histories
of Oregon that make
references to Southern
Oregon places and
people.
Access to materials
 Digitize with metadata
 If in OCLC enrich OCLC record
 If in SOU Library catalog, add online link
 Encourage partners to link to SODA or
and/or specific documents on their web sites
 Encourage partner libraries to catalog
SODA. It’s in OCLC! (Collections, too)
Catalog Record: History Collection
Collection Content
MATERIALS
TOPICS
 Books
 Agriculture and Forestry
 Government Documents
 Mining
 Maps
 Commerce
 Correspondence
 Education
 Manuscripts
 Government & Politics
 Oral Histories
 Religious Organizations
 Realia
 Social Life
Realia: Some Examples
 Booster brochures
 Stock certificates
 V.A. Domiciliary Commemorative
 WWII air raid warden kits
- now being digitized
Maps
Early Jackson County toll roads, tunnels, ferries and bridges
by Lawrence E. Mark
Images
Oregon, the picturesque: a book of rambles in the
Oregon country and in the wilds of northern California
by Thomas D. Murphy 1917
Ashland in 1914
Oral Histories - Sources
 Southern Oregon Historical Society
 Curry Historical Society
 Douglas County Library System
 Douglas County Historical Society and
Museum – Lavola Baaken Library
Searching the Collection
Timeline for Year 2 Grant
 Spring 2005 – recruit new partners in Coos, Curry, and
Douglas Counties
– Public libraries (by district or county)
– Historical museums
 Fall 2005 – negotiate loan of selections from Historical
Archive of Rogue River National Forest
 Fall 2005 and Winter 2006 - Identify specific materials
to digitize from new partners
New Partners: Libraries
 Coos County Library Service District
 Chetco Community Public Library
(Brookings, Oregon)
 Gold Beach Public Library
 Port Orford Public Library
 Douglas County Library System
- WPA oral histories (128) recorded
in Douglas County – 1930’s
New Partners: Historical Museums
and Rogue River National Forest
• Coos Historical and Maritime Museum
- Coastal and regional maps
• Curry Historical Society
- Oral histories from Curry County
• Douglas County Museum of History & Natural
History
- Oral histories, correspondence and
manuscripts from Douglas County
• Rogue River National Forest
- Documents and maps from Historical Records
Collection
Project Goals Year 2
 Southern Oregonians will better
understand their history through userfriendly Internet access to materials
representing Coos, Curry, and Douglas
Counties, and the historic impact of
Rogue River National Forest on
Jackson County.
Time for your questions!
Thank you!
Your turn to search!
Any volunteers?