ensuring democracy through digital access
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Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access. Digital State Publications Jennifer Davison Head, Government Documents, State Library of NC. Background. NC State Publications Clearinghouse DIMP – Digital Information Management Program - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ensuring Democracy through
Digital AccessDigital State Publications
Jennifer Davison
Head, Government Documents, State Library of NC
Background NC State Publications Clearinghouse DIMP – Digital Information Management
Program Depository Library Meeting & Depository
System Advisory Committee in 2008 East Carolina University, the State Library
of North Carolina, and the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Scope Beginning in 2009, a total of 360,000
pages (approximately 1,440 volumes) will be digitized over the course of three years from the collections of all partners libraries.
Broad sampling of state publications Emphasis on 19th and early 20th centuries
ncgovdocs.org
Education component to the grant ECU’s Teacher Resources Center will lead a
workshop for master teachers in 2011 Develop educational activities for
classrooms
Research guides Native Americans African Americans Transportation Health Care
Biennial reports of the State’s prison 1919 – 1963/64 Types of offenses Occupation and education level tabulated by race
and age Many years also reported on diseases, tests
performed and surgeries Reports from the 20's and 30's contain neat stuff
about farming and crops as well as inventories of machinery, equipment, and livestock
1930/32 contains the historical development of the state prison system going back to 1816
Timeline Started in 2009-10 Will finish in 2011-12 Public Documents – end of year Web site – Spring Teacher workshops – summer 2011
Vital Statistics – 1915-1996
Public Documents – end of year
Session Laws – during next year
Educational publications
Governor’s Papers John Ehringhaus Jonathan Worth Locke Craig Cameron Morrison Thomas Bickett Angus McLean Oliver Gardner Joseph Broughton Robert Cherry Clyde Hoey William Scott William Umstead
Finding Contentstatelibrary.ncdcr.gov/govdocs/cdm/index.html
Searching for NC State Government Publications
Search – Ensuring Democracy
Content currently available
Vital Statistics
Internet Archive www-tracey.archive.org/details/ncgovdocs
WorldCat