PhilaPlace integrates history with location through an interface that makes examining historical information by location straightforward.
The site was launched on December 9, 2009 and updated March 29, 2010 as described in this announcement (emphasis added):
On the PhilaPlace “Map” page at PhilaPlace.org, visitors can click on the new “Streets” tab and view [...]
David Crosson, the Executive Director of the California Historical Society, raised this question in a LinkedIn group:
Q: Is anyone aware of state, regional, or national studies that identify creative benchmarks against which to measure the effectiveness of a history organization’s website? Is there a bell curve out there for site visits, [...]
Earlier this week the National Endowment for the Humanities made it possible through their site to search all NEH grants awarded since 1980.
This is a big help for anyone wondering . . .
Does the NEH fund projects like the one we have?
Is our project (or organization) too big/small?
What does a funded grant application look like?
The [...]
Earlier today I sent the message below to my fellow members on the Massachusetts IMLS Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning Grant Advisory Board. It references the minutes of our first meeting, and seeks to continue the conversation about addressing critical issues that may otherwise reduce participation in the survey.
The next meeting of the board is [...]
Earlier posts described the efforts of Massachusetts and other states in securing planning grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a Federal agency.
One of the shortcomings of past efforts, including the national Heritage Health Index (described in this post), was the under-representation of smaller institutions, including the many local historical societies.
There are [...]
From: [name] [mailto:[address]@IMLS.GOV]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: FOIA 09-15
Ms. [sic] Lee,
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has received your on-line e-mail request for information regarding “[r]ecently-funded Connecting to Collections grant applications….”
In response to your request and stated desire to obtain information electronically, I have coordinated with the [...]
Today was the deadline to comment on the National Park Service’s draft digital photo policy. An earlier article on state leadership on digital photo policies cited North Carolina’s policy of requiring digital photos.
I recently asked Peter Sandbeck, who administers North Carolina’s Historic Preservation Office and serves as the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, how they [...]
An e-mail exchange with a small circle of colleagues about the evolution of the Web and society–we’ve all been deeply involved with the Web since 1995– brought such an interesting exchange yesterday that, with their permission, I’ve moved it here. Given the focus of Read Write History on the use of modern tools to foster [...]
Susan Hamson, Curator of Manuscripts and University Archivist at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University, responding to the question, “How did the Web change archives?” on ArchivesNext, offered this perspective:
“The Web has not only democratized research, but forced a paradigm shift in the way we think about research overall and the very [...]