[Image credit: Title: Picture of Carnegie Library in Dublin, GA. Description: Picture of Carnegie Library in Dublin, GA. Note on the side: Opened Nov. 1904 Cost $10,000. Back: Addressed to Public Library, Columbus, GA. Courtesy of Chattahoochee Valley Libraries URL: https://dlg.usg.edu/record/chat_scp_cvl014] This week is National Library Week 2024 (April 7-13), and we are ready to celebrate with our library colleagues, patrons, partners, and friends!  Libraries are important institutions that preserve literature and information and make many other essential resources accessible to the pu ..read more

The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) and the New Georgia Encyclopedia (NGE) are pleased to present Georgia Exhibits’ newest exhibition, curated by Kailey Joy McAlpin, “‘Thy Neighbor As Thyself’: The Women Who Shaped Georgia’s Civic Landscape.”  Kailey Joy McAlpin, a Ph.D. student at Georgia State University, explores Georgia’s women reformers of the Progressive Era, some of whom include Mary Latimer McLendon, Mildred Lewis Rutherford, Carrie Steele, Helen Pendleton, Lugenia Burns Hope, Jessie Daniel Ames, Selena Sloan Butler, Martha Berry, and Julia Flisch. “Lugenia Burns Hope.” 1871/1947 ..read more

This year, the Digital Library of Georgia will be adding a variety of new newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website (https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/).  Below is the list of titles currently slated to be added to GHN in the Spring and Summer of 2024. Titles funded by the Chattooga County Historical Society Summerville News, 1980-2000 Titles funded by the Georgia Public Library Service Alamo News, 1912 Baker County News (Newton), 1939-1947 Bryan County Enterprise (Pembroke), 1924-1927 Bulletin (Irwinton), 1912-1954 Clayton County News and Farmer (Jonesb ..read more

Selected by statewide cultural heritage stakeholders and funded by the Digital Library of Georgia’s competitive digitization grant program, a compelling collection of scrapbooks and photos spanning the years 1926 to 2000 now illuminates the rich history of Athens, Georgia’s Chase Street Elementary School. This newest collaboration between the DLG and Athens-Clarke County Library is accessible at the following link: Chase Street Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Scrapbooks The collection, consisting of seventeen meticulously crafted scrapbooks and a photo album, encapsulates the social tapestry ..read more

Not too long ago, the staff of Newton County Library System (NCLS) were faced with an interesting conundrum: how do you recognize a wonderful library trustee who has served on your library’s board for over 53 years? The library staff and members of the library board were looking for a very special way to show their appreciation to Mr. Frank B. Turner, Sr. for his dedication to the library community of Covington, Georgia. Newspaper clipping of an April 2023 Rockdale Newton Citizen article covering the naming ceremony of the Covington, Georgia branch library to the Frank B. Turner, Sr. Library ..read more

It’s time again recognize the role of #archives #archivists #libraries and #librarians in preserving digital records today on #WDPD2023! Are you a custodian of cultural heritage materials?  Have you made them available online?  Have you thoughtfully considered long-term preservation as well as access to your materials? One of the main mottos of digital preservation is “Digitization is NOT Digital Preservation.” That is to say, the digitization and hosting of your items online are great for access, but this is still not preservation.  We completely understand that most people don ..read more

In October, Georgia Archives Month (GAM), Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS), and the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) are co-sponsoring a series of free webinars in honor of the 2023 GAM theme, “Sparking Curiosity: Demystifying Digital Collections. As always, recordings of the webinars will be made available. Wednesday October 4, 2 pm, “Archival Management Systems,” Sheila McAlister (register)  Wednesday October 11, 2 pm, “Digital Preservation 101: Intro to Digital Preservation Basics,” Josh Kitchens (register)  Wednesday October 18, 2 pm, “Digital Archiving 102: Identifying ..read more

The title page of the first edition of the May 22, 1917, issue of the Atlanta Georgian reports on the destruction caused by the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 and the city’s effort to control the damage. This issue marks the 3 millionth page digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia. The newspaper circulated daily from 1906 to 1939, was the first Hearst-owned newspaper in the South, and is the most prominent example of sensationalist yellow journalism in Georgia. In its first year of publication, the paper infamously printed stories intended to inflame racial tensions that contributed to the sta ..read more

Selected by statewide cultural heritage stakeholders and funded by the DLG’s competitive digitization grant program, this collection is the Habersham County Historical Society’s first collaboration with the DLG and is available here: Standard Telephone Company Records The collection contains historical materials dating from 1904 to 1999 that come from the archives of the independently-owned Standard Telephone Company. Headquartered in Cornelia, it provided telephone service to rural northeast Georgians. Among the materials are items recognizing fifty years of service from the Standard Telephon ..read more

The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) announced today the 7 recipients of its latest set of digitization service awards. These awards expand the scope of the Georgia communities documented in the Digital Library of Georgia. Among the awardees are 5 new partners. Awardee projects include documentation of the Leo Frank trial and folk pottery of Northeast Georgia. The GALILEO-funded program increases the diversity of contributors to the DLG and its content. The Breman Museum, the DeKalb History Center, the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia, Island Ford Baptist Church, and the Suwanee First ..read more