John F. Reid is a genealogist and advocate concerned with making more digitized newspaper content available. Mr. Reid followed up with us after seeing our bid for votes for the Heritage Trust Project grant proposal to enhanceour heritage newspaper portals. See his full blog post here:
http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.ca/2012/04/our-digital-world.html
Vote for more, better heritage news online!
OurDigitalWorld is a finalist for the EMC Heritage Trust Project grant–and your vote counts! ODW will use the grant to develop and enhance our existing beta news portals (http://ink.ourontario.ca and http://news2.ourontario.ca) so that we can streamline and increase access to one of the largest free collections of digitized newspaper pages and index records. Much of the news content is uploaded by VITA Toolkit subscribers!
The winning project is based on social media broadcasting and accumulated votes for the finalists. Help us with your votes and share the news on your Facebook pages!
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[/one_third][two_third_last]Ontario Genealogical Society Borders & Bridges
Kingston, ON June 1-3
Visit us at the ODW expo booth
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[/one_third][two_third_last]Ontario Historical Society A year of history
Kitchener, ON June 8-9
Hear us speak as part of the “Archives in Waterloo Region Roundtable”
Talk to delegate Brian Bell while you’re there
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Archives Association of Ontario Conflict & Commemoration
Toronto, ON June 13-15
Hear us speak as part of the “Data : Opportunities and Ethics” panel
Visit us at our ODW marketplace booth
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