This blog post has been re-published from the Mudd Manuscript Library Blog. Many thanks to them for the content. Recently, the Mudd Library was awarded a grant from the NHPRC to support scanning and uploading 400,000 pages of their most-viewed mate­r­ial to their find­ing aids site. Once the work is done, anyone with an inter­net con­nec­tion will be able to view it. … More How and Why We Digitize

Contributed by Lauri Cielo, Director of Programs and Communications, Historical Society of Pennsylvania The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is hosting a new theatrical work this April that explores the question of why archives are important, and how we interact with the history and stories within these collections. The performance, titled ArkHIVE, will be held in the Historical … More Using Theater to Explore Archives

Contributed by Jenna Marrone The DVAG meeting held last Thursday, March 21, at the Mummers Museum sparkled with pageantry, pizzazz, and that most glamorous of user engagement tools – metrics. Azavea’s Deb Boyer spoke on the benefits of using website metrics to evaluate the ways in which users interact with digital collections.  Based on her … More PhillyHistory.org’s Deb Boyer interprets website metrics

The next DVAG meeting will be on Thursday, March 21 from 4:00-6:00pm at The Riverfront Mummers Museum 1100 S 2nd St  Philadelphia, PA 19147 (215) 336-3050 Joan Decker, Records Commissioner, City of Philadelphia, will greet and introduce Deb Boyer. Deb Boyer, Azavea, will present PhillyHistory Website Metrics! Joan Decker and Jill Rawnsley will be available to answer any other questions about the … More Next DVAG Meeting, March 21