We are pleased to announce our newest partners who joined LCDL in 2019: Battery Gadsden Cultural Center with Mike Walsh, and St. Matthews Lutheran Church with English Drews and Nancy Kruger. The mission of Battery Gadsden Cultural Center is to preserve and celebrate the history and culture of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Battery Gadsden Cultural […]
Today we are happy to feature a guest post by the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture’s Manager of Archival Services, Aaisha Haykal. —————————— Completion of Digitizing Twentieth Century Civil Rights Collections Grant By Aaisha Haykal, Manager of Archival Services From 2015 to 2017, the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library (LCDL) […]
RightsStatements.org provides a set of standardized rights statements that can be used to communicate the copyright and re-use status of digital objects to the public. Our rights statements are supported by major aggregation platforms such as the Digital Public Library of America and Europeana. The rights statements at RightsStatements.org have been designed with both human […]
Through the Public Library Partnerships Project (PLPP), DPLA has been working with existing DPLA Service Hubs to provide digital skills training for public librarians and connect them sustainably with state and regional resources for digitizing, describing, and exhibiting their cultural heritage content. During the project, DPLA collaborated with trainers at Digital Commonwealth, Digital Library of […]
The annual list of Best Historical Materials was announced by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Book and Media Awards Ceremony at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. The list, in its 11th year, recognizes the evaluation and effectiveness in coverage of historical resources in all fields of history. Published in Reference and User […]
DPLAfest 2015, taking place on April 17-18, 2015 in Indianapolis, brings together hundreds to discuss everything from technology and development, to (e)books, law, genealogy, and education. DPLAfest 2015–set to coincide with DPLA’s 2nd birthday–will appeal to teachers and students, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, developers and technologists, publishers and authors, genealogists, and members of the public alike who are interested in […]
It's that time of year again and we here at the Lowcountry Digital Library would like to cordially invite you to the 3rd annual Lowcountry Digital Library "State of the Union" meeting. Topics covered will include: The LCDL Annual State of the Union Address New LCDL Partners and New Opportunities SCDL and DPLA Project Updates […]
Going to ALA 2015 in San Francisco this year? The Lowcountry Digital Library and the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative will be presenting "Providing Context for Digital Collections" on Monday, June 29th at 1:00pm. We hope to see you there! Presentation Description: This panel will discuss the Lowcountry Digital Library's decision to create the Lowcountry Digital […]
The Lowcountry Digital Library, as part of the larger South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL), is a proud member of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)! SCDL is one of only six service hubs asked to participate as an initial service hubs pilot project for the DPLA. Clemson University Libraries, the College of Charleston and the University […]
The Lowcountry Digital Library went to the 2013 American Library Association annual conference in Chicago! The College of Charleston Addlestone Library's Heather Gilbert and Tyler Mobley presented as part of a panel called "Breaking Up with CONTENTdm". Their presentation was all about leaving CONTENTdm and building the new LCDL. In case you missed it, […]