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Digitizing Somerset County’s Common Heritage

Exploring the Evolution of a Thriving Community

2018-04-07 13:00:00 2018-04-07 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. Hillsborough branch - Program Room AB

Saturday, April 07
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2018-04-07 13:00:00 2018-04-07 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. Hillsborough branch - Program Room AB

Hillsborough branch

Program Room AB

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.

Hillsborough branch

hillsborough@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8420

Hours
We're closed Friday July 04 due to Independence Day
Mon, Jun 30 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jul 01 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jul 02 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jul 03 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jul 04 Closed
(Independence Day)
Sat, Jul 05 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jul 06 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Thu, Jul 03, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Program Room A

Thu, Jul 03, 8:45pm - 10:15pm

Sat, Jul 05, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Rescheduled
Mon, Jul 07, 11:00am - 12:30pm
New date Tuesday, July 08, 11:00am - 12:30pm

Rescheduled
Mon, Jul 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
New date Monday, June 30, 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Tue, Jul 08, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Conference Room

Tue, Jul 08, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Children's Program Tables

Tue, Jul 08, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Children's Program Tables

Rescheduled
Tue, Jul 08, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
New date Tuesday, July 01, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Wed, Jul 09, 11:00am - 11:30am
Conference Room

Wed, Jul 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room

Wed, Jul 09, 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Program Room A

Wed, Jul 09, 5:30pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room

Thu, Jul 10, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Jul 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Program Tables

Fri, Jul 11, 11:00am - 11:30am
Program Room A

Fri, Jul 11, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Conference Room

Fri, Jul 11, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room

Sat, Jul 12, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Mon, Jul 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room

Mon, Jul 14, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Program Tables

Tue, Jul 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room
This event is full

Tue, Jul 15, 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Children's Room

Wed, Jul 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Wed, Jul 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room

Wed, Jul 16, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Jul 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Jul 17, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Program Room AB
This event is full

Thu, Jul 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Tables

Fri, Jul 18, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Conference Room

Sat, Jul 19, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Mon, Jul 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room

Tue, Jul 22, 7:00pm - 7:50pm
Conference Room

Wed, Jul 23, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Program Room AB

Wed, Jul 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Program Room B

Wed, Jul 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room

Wed, Jul 23, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Children's Program Tables

Wed, Jul 23, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room A

Wed, Jul 23, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Jul 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Program Room A

Fri, Jul 25, 11:00am - 11:30am
Program Room A

Fri, Jul 25, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Program Room AB

Fri, Jul 25, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room

Sat, Jul 26, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Mon, Jul 28, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Program Room A

Mon, Jul 28, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Conference Room

Mon, Jul 28, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room AB

Mon, Jul 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room

Tue, Jul 29, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Program Room AB

Wed, Jul 30, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room

Wed, Jul 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room A

Wed, Jul 30, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Jul 31, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Jul 31, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Tables

Fri, Aug 01, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room