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1 Digitised content from the State Library of Queensland – history and more

2 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

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5 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

6 Shows how full bleed image can be used. Caption preferably in white, or black if a light photo. 20pt arial

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9 Content to support Curriculum ATSI - photos, artworks Australian history - diaries, letters, maps, books 1780s to early 1900s - almanacs, maps, books, WWI material, music

10 SLQ Blogs John Oxley Library World War 1 Centenary Australian Library of Art Indigenous languages http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/

11 Qld newspapers on Trove Digitised newspapers1954 Strong Queensland metropolitan and regional content

12 Flickr Commons http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/ http://www.flickr.com/commons/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/4040759199 http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/8008259621

13 Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org 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

14 Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/statelibraryofqueensland 290 digitised books Wide range of topics Focus on tourism and World War I

15 Historypin http://historypin.com 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

16 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.

17 SLQ’s involvement

18 Outcomes building engagement growing a distributed collection of Queensland memory connecting communities and individuals to places and stories

19 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 http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-us/projects-and-partnerships/q-anzac-100

20 World War 1 Q ANZAC 100 On this day #onthisday #ww1 #qanzac100

21 World War 1

22 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: discovery@slq.qld.gov.au t: @mawarre


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