Digital Memory Project to be Unveiled Oct. 17 at ISU
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Wabash Valley Visions and Voices, an innovative digital memory project, will be unveiled during ceremonies Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. in Indiana State University's Cunningham Memorial Library Browsing Section.
Speakers include Terre Haute Mayor Kevin Burke, ISU President Lloyd W. Benjamin III, Myrna McCallister, dean of the ISU Library and Nancy Conner, Indiana Humanities Council. A reception and exhibition featuring the role the 11 community partners played in this project will follow.
Founding partners of this project include Billie Creek Village, Clinton Public Library, Eugene V. Debs Museum, Indiana State University, Native American Museum, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Sullivan County Historical Society, Sullivan County Public Library, Vigo County Historical Society and Vigo County Public Library.
Wabash Valley Visions and Voices is dedicated to the documentation and preservation of the rich history of West Central Indiana. The digital collection contains items such as artifacts, administrative and personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, yearbooks, maps, texts, oral histories and other audio and video files.
A collaborative effort involving the Wabash Valley's libraries, museums, cultural organizations and community groups, the region's rich history can be accessed via the internet at http://visions.indstate.edu .
Wabash Valley Visions and Voices participates in the Indiana Humanities Council Smart Desktop Initiative as a content provider for its Resource Connection. The Resource Connection offers Indiana's K-12 teachers and students a searchable database of content for classroom use that is aligned with the Indiana Academic Standards.
For more information about Wabash Valley Visions and Voices, contact Cinda May, Cunningham Memorial Library, at (812) 237-2534 or e-mail visions@indstate.edu
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Contact: Cinda May, Cunningham Memorial Library, (812) 237-2534
Writer: Paula Meyer, ISU Communications & Marketing, (812) 237-3783 or devmeyer@isugw.indstate.edu
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