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Digitizing Somerset County’s Common Heritage

Exploring the Evolution of a Thriving Community

2019-03-23 13:00:00 2019-03-23 15:00:00 America/New_York Digitizing Somerset County’s Common Heritage In partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), SCLSNJ will be collecting, cataloging, and preserving the collective memories of Somerset County residents. Somerville branch - Program Room

Saturday, March 23
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2019-03-23 13:00:00 2019-03-23 15:00:00 America/New_York Digitizing Somerset County’s Common Heritage In partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), SCLSNJ will be collecting, cataloging, and preserving the collective memories of Somerset County residents. Somerville branch - Program Room

Somerville branch

Program Room

In partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), SCLSNJ will be collecting, cataloging, and preserving the collective memories of Somerset County residents.

Utilizing a suite of digitization equipment including high resolution scanners, a lightbox, a digital single-lens reflex camera, and more; and the expertise of SCLSNJ’s archival and historical librarians, the Library will be providing residents the opportunity to both preserve and learn about their own history and that of their neighbors.


Somerset County residents should bring no more than 5 items to each digitization session,  including:

Historic photographs, letters, or documents;
Sketches, paintings, or other artwork;
Family heirlooms including recipes;
Jewelry or decorative arts;
Textiles such as quilts, samplers, flags, or uniforms;
Antique toys;
And, other artifacts.

If a resident has a more robust collection of historical items that they wish to digitize, that patron should make a one-on-one appointment with the library by emailing CommonHeritage@sclibnj.org. If a patron wishes to share an oral history of a historic and/or life event, short recorded interviews can be arranged.


SCLSNJ will make these collective memories available for research and use for future generations by contributing digitized items to Rutgers University’s New Jersey Digital Highway, by making them available in our library’s online catalog, and by submitting them to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).


SCLSNJ’s Common Heritage initiative has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these Library programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Will you need a special accommodation (including food allergy if applicable to the program)? If so, please contact the library and provide at least two weeks notice prior to the event date and the library will make every effort to honor all requests. Thereafter, requests will still be considered and may have less of a chance of being honored.

Somerville branch

somerville@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8445

Hours
Mon, Mar 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed

Upcoming events

Fri, Mar 29, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room

Mon, Apr 01, 10:30am - 11:00am

Tue, Apr 02, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Room

Wed, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Room

Wed, Apr 03, 10:30am - 1:00pm
Main Reading Room

Wed, Apr 03, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Woodland Room,Program Room

Thu, Apr 04, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room

Sat, Apr 06, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Children's Room

Mon, Apr 08, 10:30am - 4:00pm

Mon, Apr 08, 10:30am - 11:00am

Tue, Apr 09, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Children's Room

Wed, Apr 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room

Wed, Apr 10, 10:30am - 1:00pm
Main Reading Room

Thu, Apr 11, All day
Children's Room

Thu, Apr 11, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room

Mon, Apr 15, 10:30am - 11:00am

Mon, Apr 15, 5:00pm - 7:45pm
Program Room
This event is full

Mon, Apr 15, 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Children's Room

Wed, Apr 17, 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Room

Wed, Apr 17, 10:30am - 1:00pm
Main Reading Room

Thu, Apr 18, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room
This event is full

Fri, Apr 19, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Sat, Apr 20, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Room
Registration opens Saturday, March 30 2024 at 10:00am

Mon, Apr 22, 10:30am - 11:00am

Mon, Apr 22, 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Children's Room

Mon, Apr 22, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Program Room

Tue, Apr 23, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Program Room

Wed, Apr 24, 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Room

Wed, Apr 24, 10:30am - 1:00pm
Main Reading Room

Wed, Apr 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room

Thu, Apr 25, 10:00am - 11:00am
Program Room

Fri, Apr 26, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room