OurDigitalWorld @ODWorg
We're a nonprofit connecting communities and their stories to the world. We advocate for digital cultural heritage as a public good. ourdigitalworld.org Ontario, Canada Joined July 2012-
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Read about our restoration of services, our community activity, upcoming conferences, and a newspaper mystery solved! ODW Quarterly Newsletter: April 2024 - mailchi.mp/ourdigitalworl… #cyberincidents #digitalnewspapers #vitatoolkit
NEH announces $26.2 million for 238 humanities projects across the U.S. Grants will support exhibitions, films, digitization of historic collections, sustainability projects at museums & archives, advanced research, & programs in higher ed. tinyurl.com/5fpch689 #NEHgrant
So happy to announce that ODW service is restored! All VITA digital collections sites and ODW websites are back online for public searching and discovery. vitatoolkit.ca/collections. #OurOntario #VITAToolkit #OntarioGovDocs #CommunityNewspapers
Watch this space! The ODW team is pleased to share an optimistic prediction that the public search sites will start coming online within the next 7-10 days! #ourontario #govdocs #vitacollections
ODW servers continue to be offline due to a ransomware attack on the City of Hamilton. Although we cannot guarantee any timelines at this stage, we are planning to restore access to the collections and services in a staged manner as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
Our systems continue to be affected by a network shut down due to a ransomware attack on the City of Hamilton. We have restored our email at all @vitatoolkit.ca and @ourdigitalworld.org addresses. As well, our organizational website is available at ourdigitalworld.net.
During a routine placement project, Mohawk student Linda Calvert discovered the mysterious history of the Dryden Observer and how the papers came to the local Library & Museum for digitization... #DPL1966 ourdigitalworld.net/2024/03/13/rev…
ODW & VITA Toolkit: Service Outage Update March 18 - mailchi.mp/ourdigitalworl…
Sigh, another valuable online research resource for Ontario/GTA struck down by a cyberattack - in this case, @ODWorg and its Ontario Community Newspapers portal, in relation to the attack on the City of Hamilton's IT system. #TOHistory #ontariohistory ourdigitalworld.net/news/
ODW & VITA Toolkit: Service Outage Update March 11 - mailchi.mp/ourdigitalworl…
Please note that service outage updates are available on the OurDigitalWorld website at ourdigitalworld.net. You can also reach the ODW team at: [email protected] Thank you for your continuing support.
ODW & VITA Toolkit: Service outage update - mailchi.mp/ourdigitalworl…
Join Jess Posgate, Projects Coordinator at OurDigitalWorld, for an online information session on searching family history using newspaper content from newspapers.ourontario.ca hosted by the Halton-Peel branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. Register now!
Searching your family history? This article (ow.ly/8ViI50QyYhJ) reminds us to check modes of transportation and the documents that tracked passengers, staff or crew. Start with searching the Great Lakes History site (ow.ly/PiVt50QyYhI).
We're all set up and ready for Super Conference #OLASC, Booth 617. The ODW team is here to answer questions, provide demos, and meet you face to face! Drop by today and tomorrow - we'll be here.
Planning your trip to Toronto for the OLA SuperConference Jan 24-26? Join the ODW team at Booth #617 on the Expo floor. Bring your questions and project ideas to discuss with the folks behind the curtain at OurDigitalWorld and the VITA Digital Collections Toolkit at #OLASC
What a year! 2023 has been a productive and fruitful year here at ODW. Read more in the ODW December newsletter mailchi.mp/ourdigitalworl…
Welcome to @scugog Shores Museum Village & Archives! This new collection covers everything from assessment rolls to photos, illustrating the lives of the community, businesses and lake farers of Port Perry and Lake Scugog. Browse the Archives: vitacollections.ca/SSMVA/search
@ODWorg is proud to celebrate World Digital Preservation by showcasing our work with grassroots organizations to digitize, preserve and share local history and community newspaper collections for sustainable, public discovery online. vitatoolkit.ca/collections #WDPD2023
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This class photo of the Maple Island School was taken in the 1940s. There are sixteen girls and three boys of varying ages standing in three rows. View more historical photos of Whitestone and area: images.ourontario.ca/whitestone/sea…
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OurOntario (@ODWorg) is now live after an extended outage: search.ourontario.ca Site includes newspaper indexes from @BramptonLibrary @mississaugalib @CaledonLibrary #ontariohistory
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Sigh, another valuable online research resource for Ontario/GTA struck down by a cyberattack - in this case, @ODWorg and its Ontario Community Newspapers portal, in relation to the attack on the City of Hamilton's IT system. #TOHistory #ontariohistory ourdigitalworld.net/news/
@EDUwithEmily My fav were the 8 years I taught computer / technology studies to all the grades from K-8. Did prep coverage during that time but also #PartnersInAction with the Librarian/Media studies teacher. All documented here! LOL vitacollections.ca/OLA-live/36154… #LongLongTimeAgo LOL But I loved it!
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Steven Schamehoen, Artist. Part of a group of ten sketches which were donated to the Perry Township Public Library in 1978. images.ourontario.ca/almaguin/resul… #SaveOntarioBarns
@NZLainey My Great Uncle... Leonard (Jim) Dowers. My dad, Len, is named after him Coincidently (or maybe not!, I should ask.. Great Uncle Len had a son called Simon) images.ourontario.ca/ajax/2482133/d…
Just discovered this today: a digital archive of the Holodomor, the manmade famine created by the Soviet Union in the 1930s to starve Ukrainians into submission. vitacollections.ca/hrec-holodomor…
@AjitPai For the record, there had been a long-distance call in 1876 between Brantford and Paris (Ontario) on August 10, 1876 (6 months sooner), but it was a one-way call images.ourontario.ca/brant/63861/da….
@WhitbyPhotos One day I will have to visit the 'other' Whitby when I'm in the UK! We do have a lighthouse and pier over here as well, though I think yours has our little one beat :) vitacollections.ca/whitbynews/det…
#BlackHistoryMonth: Read about The Bell & Sloman Families of Niagara. Despite Niagara's history & role in the underground railroad, racism was (& still is) blatant. Mr. Bell became Niagara's first Black professional firefighter in 1979... vitacollections.ca/multiculturalo…
@jimccasey1 @upennlib It's also been digitized and available for a few years by @ODWorg here in Ontario ink.ourontario.ca/pf
@MrAhmednurAli images.ourontario.ca/Partners/Whitb… In 1978, OHIP only paid 1/3 of doctor/hospital portion. The country was still called Canada. There was no divine retribution. Today seniors pay small part of medication cost. The laws of physics still are valid.
@RiverdaleBoy @ArchivesOntario And @ScotiaJunction is a must for any ghost road trip, although @TTLastSpring has spent the better part of the past 106 years complaining about the station food! 📸 Perry Township Public Library images.ourontario.ca/almaguin/73769…
January 15 was #NationalHatDay. We love this ad found in our digital newspaper collection, and we hope you do as well. Who wouldn't want a hat that is a hat? Happy National Hat Day! Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 14 May 1868, p. 3 vitacollections.ca/claringtonnews…