on 18 December 2023
2023 has been a productive and fruitful year here at ODW. We’re proud to have helped some spectacular collections emerge and grow, to support communities and grassroots organizations leverage their resources to ensure their local history is discovered far and wide, and to further our connections and relationships in the GLAM community across North America. After the holidays, we look forward to getting to work, taking on new challenges and sharing the rewards that 2024 has to offer. Read the complete newsletter here
ODW Projects
Covering everything from troop movements at the end of World War II to a local mine collapse and the elongated rescue, this year the Oshawa Public Library has digitized and released mid-century content from two publications: the Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette (1947-1958) and its successor the Oshawa Times (1958-1961). The more than 100,000 pages are beautiful scans that make searching really effective, and enhance the already fulsome index and local history collection.
Offering insights to the communities in Northwest Ontario, the Dryden Observer has been recording local history for the last century. In collaboration with the Dryden Public Library, the meticulously stored papers are emerging from the Dryden Museum and Archives collections for online discovery (learn more). The newspaper sites will be available in French and English, providing open access to public domain issues and IP-restricted access to those from 1934 forward. The project will be complete in 2024.
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