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Public Libraries as Memory Institutions

Collected by: San Jose State University, School of Information

Archived since: Oct, 2016

Description:

This collection includes websites related to the idea of libraries as memory institutions. This includes examples of local history collections, examples of digital image collections, as well as research on the convergence of libraries, museums, and archives.

Subject:   Universities & Libraries Society & Culture Public libraries -- Special collections Digital libraries Local history Minnesota -- History Libraries -- Public services Public libraries Ontario -- History Digital museums Museum studies Library science Archival studies Genealogy Digital libraries -- United States California -- History, Local Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History Radio broadcasting

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Title: Local History & Archives

URL: http://lha.hpl.ca/

Description: The website of the local history collection of the Hamilton Public Library.

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Subject:   Public libraries -- Special collections Genealogy Local history Digital libraries Ontario -- History

Title: Helena Robinson | The University of Sydney - Academia.edu

URL: http://sydney.academia.edu/HelenaRobinson

Description: A collection of Helena Robinson’s (The University of Sydney) articles about the convergence of museums, libraries, and archives, as well as the idea of ‘memory institutions’.

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Subject:   Digital museums Digital libraries Museum studies Library science

Title: Public libraries: A long-overdue argument | What's Next: Top Trends

URL: http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/2011/08/27/public-libraries-a-long-overdue-argument/

Description: A blog post by Richard Watson stating libraries in the future may not have books but they will still be a library and an important community resource. He also states that public libraries will become more like art galleries and museums -- memory institutions -- places that curate our cultural and intellectual heritage.

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Subject:   Digital libraries Libraries -- Public services Public libraries

Title: City of Whittier - Local History Room

URL: http://www.cityofwhittier.org/depts/lhr/

Description: The website for the local history collection of the Whittier Public Library.

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Subject:   Public libraries -- Special collections Digital libraries -- United States California -- History, Local

Title: Hollywood Collection | Los Angeles Public Library

URL: http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/visual-collections/hollywood-collection

Description: A collection of digital images of movie posters that span from the earliest years of the movie industry to the World War II era.

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Subject:   Digital libraries -- United States Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History Public libraries -- Special collections

Title: Local History & Genealogy

URL: http://www.rhpl.richmondhill.on.ca/localhistory/

Description: The website for the local history collection of the Richmond Hill Public Library.

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Subject:   Public libraries -- Special collections Genealogy Local history Digital libraries Ontario -- History

Title: Knowledge utopias: An epistemological perspective on the convergence of museums, libraries and archives

URL: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/museumsociety/documents/volumes/robinson

Description: An article by Helena Robinson (The University of Sydney) about the convergence of museums, libraries, and archives. (Museum & Society, Nov. 2014, 12(3), pp.210-224)

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Subject:   Digital museums Digital libraries Museum studies Library science Archival studies

Title: Golden Age of Radio in the US · DPLA Omeka

URL: https://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age/

Description: An online exhibition featuring images, video, and audio recordings about the ‘Golden Age’ of radio in the United States during the Great Depression and the Second World War.

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Subject:   Digital libraries -- United States Radio broadcasting

Title: Digitization partnerships with Minnesota Public Libraries

URL: https://dp.la/info/2015/03/10/digitization-partnerships-minnesota-public-libraries/

Description: A blog post about the digitization partnerships the Minnesota Public Libraries has undertaken to digitize their local history collections, involving the training of public library staff in basic digitization concepts.

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Subject:   Public libraries -- Special collections Local history Digital libraries Minnesota -- History

Title: Local History & Archives Hamilton Public Library | Flickr

URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hpllocalhistory/

Description: A collection of photos portraying the local history of Hamilton, Ontario collected by the Hamilton Public Library.

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Subject:   Public libraries -- Special collections Local history Digital libraries Ontario -- History

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