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<p>An interesting piece by OhioDIGer Aaron O’Donovan! He also spoke about this project at this year’s State Library
<a href="https://ohiodigitalnetwork.org/odnfest-2024-a-recap/">ODNFest</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i>Columbus Neighborhood Newspapers Showcase the City’s Diverse Communities<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2024/11/05/columbus-neighborhood-newspapers-showcase-the-citys-diverse-communities/">https://blog.archive.org/2024/11/05/columbus-neighborhood-newspapers-showcase-the-citys-diverse-communities/</a>
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<p>The following guest post from Aaron O’Donovan (<a href="mailto:aodonovan@columbuslibrary.org">aodonovan@columbuslibrary.org</a>), Columbus Metropolitan Library Special Collections Manager, is part of a series written by members of the Internet Archive’s
Community Webs program. Community Webs advances the capacity of community-focused memory organizations to build web and digital archives documenting local histories and underrepresented voices.
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<p>As a local history and genealogy department in a public library, our materials run the gamut from books from the 1700s about the creation of our country to yearbooks of local high schools that patrons like to peruse for nostalgia’s sake. In addition to our
approximately 90,000 reference books, our archives room holds approximately 2,500 linear feet of photographic material, records, and manuscript material. We are constantly seeking new opportunities to expand access to our collections for our patrons, and when
the opportunity arose to digitize materials as part of the Community Webs program, I knew what I wanted to digitize first: local neighborhood newspapers of Columbus.….<o:p></o:p></p>
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