Digitised content from the State Library of Queensland – history and more
SLQ Digitised Content Why digitise? For access, use, re-use and to facilitate new knowledge What? - maps, manuscripts, photos, music scores, oral histories and more Where? multiple platforms
SLQ Digitised Content Why digitise? For access, use, re-use and to facilitate new knowledge What? - maps, manuscripts, photos, music scores, oral histories and more Where? multiple platforms
Shows how full bleed image can be used. Caption preferably in white, or black if a light photo. 20pt arial
Content to support Curriculum ATSI - photos, artworks Australian history - diaries, letters, maps, books 1780s to early 1900s - almanacs, maps, books, WWI material, music
SLQ Blogs John Oxley Library World War 1 Centenary Australian Library of Art Indigenous languages
Qld newspapers on Trove Digitised newspapers1954 Strong Queensland metropolitan and regional content
Flickr Commons
Wikimedia Commons Public domain or rights free content – images audio film Wide range of topics SLQ donated all out of copyright photographs to the Commons in 2010
Internet Archive digitised books Wide range of topics Focus on tourism and World War I
Historypin The purpose of Historypin is to help people to come together from across different generations, cultures and places, around the history of their families and neighbourhoods, improving personal relations and building stronger communities. wearewhatwedo.org (UK non-profit) based in London, presence in San Francisco beta launch 2010, global launch July 2011 supported by Google
Historypin – long term aims To get as many people as possible taking part in the history of their family, streets, country and world To bring neighbourhoods together around local history and help people feel closer to the place they live in. To get people from different generations talking more, sharing more and coming together more often. To conserve and open up global archives for everyone to enjoy, learn from and improve. To create a study resource for schools and universities. To be the largest global archive of human history.
SLQ’s involvement
Outcomes building engagement growing a distributed collection of Queensland memory connecting communities and individuals to places and stories
Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a new generation Lead and engage with a network of local and regional communities to co-create new content and to digitally enable access to primary sources and collections Build capability and skills among heritage professions, teachers, students and community organisations to leave a lasting legacy Partner with cultural and arts organisations to extend the opportunities for the expression, performance, exhibition and regional touring of World War One stories
World War 1 Q ANZAC 100 On this day #onthisday #ww1 #qanzac100
World War 1
Full bleed vertical image and caption like this. 20 pt arial Image bleed off left hand side, with caption at right Margaret Warren – Coordinator, Discovery Services e: