OurDigitalWorld and the University of Windsor Leddy Library announce a new partnership

We are thrilled to announce an exciting partnership between OurDigitalWorld and the Leddy Library at the University of Windsor. This agreement will leverage OurDigitalWorld’s long-standing track record in newspaper digitization and combine these efforts with recent work at the Leddy Library on community history and digital scholarship. Read more about it in our press release.

OurDigitalWorld releases three new cross-Ontario virtual exhibits on multicultural history

We’re excited to announce the release of three virtual exhibits focusing on different aspects of Ontario’s multicultural history. These narrative exhibits are themed on black history, Japanese history, and women’s history in the province.

These virtual exhibits are available on a dedicated VITA digital toolkit platform:

http://images.ourontario.ca/exhibits/

Thanks to a Multicultural Community Capacity Grant from the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, we are undertaking a series of projects bringing together materials from across Ontario to explore the histories of women and multicultural communities. These three virtual exhibits are built from the digital collections of over 50 Ontario heritage institutions. See the news release here.

OurDigitalWorld receives a Multicultural Community Capacity Grant

• OurDigitalWorld was at the Ontario Library Association's 2018 SuperConference, and the 2018 Creative Commons Summit. See our presentation slides here.
• The National Heritage Digitization Strategy has announced a one-time funding competition for digitization projects across Canada. Learn more here. Get in touch if we can help you craft a proposal!
• New collections in VITA: 
  • Migrated index Lincoln-area newspaper indexes, 1895-1987
  • Full-run pages from the Grimsby Independent, 1885-1949
  • West Grey index and Durham area newspapers: Durham area newspapers & indexes 1857-1992 
• Coming soon: 
  • The Porcupine Advance from the Timmins Public Library
  • Women's Institute Tweedsmuirs and other documents from the Muskoka, Pembroke, and North Bay area

Stay tuned: OurDigitalWorld and SOLS are partnering on an upcoming survey of digitization in Ontario public libraries