Author: Elizabeth Thomsen
Internet Archive Images on Flickr
Many of these books in the Internet Archive include photographs, pictures, maps and other images but since the books are treated primarily as text, there has never been an easy way to find them.
October, 1942: National Scrap Metal Drive
During World War II, the United States government promoted scrap drives to reduce shortages in basic materials such as metal, rubber and paper. In September, 1942, the War Production Board announced that scrap metal was urgently needed, and promoted a National Scrap Metal Drive in October. For three Saturdays, there were local scrap drives were…
Special Event with Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective
How well are people discovering and understanding the photographs in your digital collections? There are currently more than 100,000 photographs in Digital Commonwealth. How can you improve the chances of users finding the ones that are relevant to their research? Join the Digital Commonwealth at a special program called Enhancing Photograph Descriptions: Advice from the…