Back-To-School 2017: VITA 6.0 news, new collections, upcoming workshops, and more!

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Recent posts on the ODW blog:

Your Annual Public Library Survey statistics are due October 31st, 2017. We're here to help you include your VITA stats!
Library And Archives Canada used our customized transcription tool to transcribe the Lady Agnes Macdonald diary! The response was incredible - ask how you can start your own crowdsourcing campaign!
Slides from the British Columbia Library Conference include a presentation of our Digital Public Library prototype, built in partnership with the BC Libraries Association, and of member organization West Vancouver Public Library on their successes with VITA.
News from our partners: The County of Brant Public Library self-published an anthology of stories set in their area, using VITA to host the ebook and audiobook - we love this project!

A sneak peek: VITA 6 comes with new styling options! Looking to refresh your site? Get in touch!

Upcoming workshop on local history research

Jess Posgate will run a workshop on November 18th in Toronto, at the Ontario Genealogical Society day-long event From Kanata to Canada:

"In this session, we’ll look at where to find more than 200 years of Ontario’s local history in photos, documents, genealogical resources, oral histories, and more. Learn about ODW’s three main portals: OurOntario.ca, Ontario Community Newspapers, and Ontario GovDocs. Plus, we’ll explore some of the 150 local collection sites and how to bookmark 'what’s new' search results, add missing information, contribute comments or your personal items to local collections, and share your discoveries with colleagues and family members."

It's $70-$90 for the full day of programming. Check out the other great workshops!

Media Coordinator Allana Mayer presented in the very first Canadian history conference held entirely on Twitter! She dug through OurOntario, including the collections of the Six Nations Public Library, to talk about the appropriation of lacrosse. Read more on Twitter .

New additions to VITA:

West Grey have added to their birth-marriage-death index: 18,617 records from Durham-area newspapers!
Brooksdale and Prince Edward District Women's Institute Tweedsmuir community histories and documents and more!
The Ontario Genealogical Society is uploading their Kent Branch Library Catalogue

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