CONTENTdm Featured Collections: July 2008

Organizations worldwide are using CONTENTdm® Digital Collection Management Software to create thousands of outstanding digital collections and to provide easy access to their unique holdings.

This month, three collections from the CONTENTdm Collection of Collections will be featured on the OCLC Web site. The featured collections for July are ASCB Image & Video Library, Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits and Ira Clemens Photograph Album, 1923.

Included in the collection information below is a link to each organization’s record, if available, in the OCLC WorldCat Registry. OCLC's WorldCat Registry allows libraries worldwide to manage and organize their data for vendors and third parties by creating and maintaining a comprehensive institutional profile in a single, Web-accessible location.

ASCB Image & Video Library
OCLC WorldCat Registry record (American Society of Cell Biology)

ASCB's Image & Video Library is part of the ASCB family of cell biology educational resources that also include CellBASE, IBioSeminars, CBE — Life Sciences Education, BioEDUCATE and Community Forums on cell biology topics. The library is a collection of peer-reviewed still images and dynamic videos of the highest quality that cover the field of cell biology in a comprehensive manner. Access to the library is free and open for non-commercial educational and research uses. Users can download any and all images and videos for non-commercial purposes.

Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
OCLC WorldCat Registry record (University of Washington)
OCLC WorldCat Registry record (Seattle Public Library)

After the Civil War, veterans who had fought for the Union formed the Grand Army of the Republic. Around 1915, local members put together an album of photographic portraits collected from members over the previous 25 years or so. The leather-bound book was donated to the Seattle Public Library in 1971. Only 106 portraits remain, and some are unidentified, but they all form a remarkable resource for Seattle history, which can now be found in this digital collection.

Ira Clemens Photograph Album, 1923
OCLC WorldCat Registry record (Pittsburg State University)

A collection of photographs, postcards and notes compiled in 1923 by Ira Clemens. The materials concern mining communities and towns in Crawford and Cherokee Counties in Kansas and Mindenmines, Missouri. The photographs consist primarily of street scenes; churches; public buildings, such as libraries and schools; recreational buildings and parks; and residences of miners. The notes typically define the physical location of the community, indicate the population characteristics, identify the major buildings, disclose bank holdings and describe other features of the community.

These are just a few of the many outstanding digital collections created by CONTENTdm users. For more information, access the entire Collection of Collections.

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