Tour of the California Room's Digital Archive:
Past, Present & Future
Carol Acquaviva
Librarian & Digital Archivist
Anne T. Kent California Room
Golden Gate Bridge!
Natural Landscape!
Interesting People!
Rich History!
Anne T. Kent California Room
Laurie Thompson Head Librarian Curator Administrator Conservator Acquisitions Diplomat
OH SO MANY HATS!
Carol Acquaviva
Librarian & Digital Archivist Technical Advisor; Digitization; Media Conversion;
Metadata Cataloger; Server Re-booter-er
IN THE BEGINNING….
Courtesy Internet Archive Wayback Machine
2003
Oral History Before CONTENTdm
Courtesy Internet Archive Wayback Machine
Children’s May Day Festival, 1910
Hikers in Marin County, 1922
San Quentin State Prison “Prisoner Olympics,” 1930
Courtesy Internet Archive Wayback Machine
OUR CONTENTdm Debut, 2011
TODAY!
Mountain Play, atop Mt. Tamalpais 1913 – present
1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire
Golden Gate Bridge Construction, 1933-1937
Collections in CONTENTdm
Oral History
NEWSPAPERS IN CONTENTdm
Marin County Journal, 1861-1888
Marin Journal, 1888-1922
CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY
Above: Boxers in San Rafael, circa 1910.
Right top: San Quentin State Prison, field games, 1930.
Right bottom: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
SOLUTIONS!
Above: Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marin County
Civic Center, San Rafael, circa 1963.
Right, top: Marinship, circa 1943.
Right bottom: time card for Mt. Tamalpais Railway., 1914
SUCCESS!
Above: Scene from “Salomy Jane,” California Motion Picture Corp., 1914. Right, top: Muir Woods, circa 1940. Right, bottom: Stinson Beach, circa 1910.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS...
Visitors to Marin County, 1889
Website: Marinlibrary.org/californiaroom Digital Archive: contentdm.marinlibrary.org
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