One of the requirements of the PLPP grant, funded by the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, was the creation of online exhibitions. DPLA Hubs and public librarian participants
researched and curated 10 exhibitions showcasing content digitized through
PLPP.
As a result, we are pleased to announce that an exhibition
featuring an ECRL image is live on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)!
This
exhibition tells the story of the American public library system, its community
impact, and the librarians who made it possible—from the founding of the first
US libraries through the first one hundred years of service. Can you spot the
ECRL image? Images from other Minnesota libraries?
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Courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Cultural
Resources
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The exhibition
was written by Franky Abbott, Project Manager for DPLA. I was lucky enough to be able to be involved
in the process by serving as a reviewer for a draft version of the exhibition,
providing feedback to revise and improve the exhibition before it went live.
Take some time to look through
A History of Public Libraries and the other interesting exhibitions. We'd love to hear what you discover! You can see the list of all 10 PLPP exhibitions
here,
but you may also want to pay extra attention to:
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| Courtesy of the Minneapolis Park
& Recreation Board |
The exhibition on Urban Parks grew out of PLPP materials
contributed from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Parks
Department of Washington County, Stillwater Public Library, Duluth Public
Library, and other park-related items already in Minnesota Reflections. The exhibition was built by Carla Urban, PLPP
Grant Coordinator for MDL.
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Courtesy of the East Polk Heritage Center
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This exhibition on patent medicine was built by Greta
Bahnemann, Metadata Librarian for
the Minnesota Digital Library. It includes a section focusing on patent
medicine in Minnesota, and was inspired by materials from the East Polk
Heritage Center in Fosston, Minnesota. It also includes significant
images from the Winona County Historical Society and the University of
Minnesota's Wangensteen Library on the History of Medicine.
Stand by for ECRL's final PLPP collection to go live in
Minnesota Reflections. Part 3 of this
blog series coming soon!
Sarah Hawkins, Resource Librarian
