Presentation to 2008 WAPL conference explaining the Kiel Public Library's digital collection creation process

1. Big Streets in a Little City Kiel Public Library’s LSTA digitization project January – December 2007

2. Actually, our project began much earlier than 2007 It’s nice when a comprehensive & well organized local history collection drops in your lap

3. Meet Ed Majkrzak, author, former library trustee, and historian extraordinaire

4. KPL’s Edwin J. Majkrzak Historical Research Center Dedicated April 2006

6. We nominated Ed for a WLA Citation of Merit Award … … which he won in November, 2005

7. Ed’s WLA write-up 2005 Citation of Merit Award Winner Kiel historian Edwin Majkrzak has been described as the pilot light of the Kiel Public Library. An active and committed library trustee until his retirement in mid 2004, Majkrzak has spent decades volunteering his time, his expertise in local and regional history, his knowledge of appropriate archival procedures, and his prescient understanding of the importance of document preservation to assist KPL in safe-guarding local history. Library Director Nanette Bulebosh said of Mr. Majkrzak, "Because of all his work, undertaken at his own initiative and diligently maintained despite physical handicaps, the library is able to provide to the public this community’s remarkable story.”

8. April 2006: Formal dedication of the Edwin J. Majkrzak Historical Research Center

14. All recipients attend an orientation workshop at UWDC headquarters in Madiso n

15. Each library is assigned a UWDC mentor Jessica (center) helped us through every step in the process.

16. The UWDC tour included a look at Memorial Library’s high-tech equipment. UW students do most of the scanning.

17. Another one of UW’s powerful scanners. We were told to label and number our items very thoroughly. They kept our items for several months . They took good care of all of it. They were very sensitive about our strong attachments to some items.

20. Henry Ammann Cigar Factory, 1910-1920

21. Kiel 3 rd grade boys, 1913

23. Big Streets in a Little City Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980 www.kiel.lib.wi.us