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Lynn Campbell, Focus on Scugog, July 2021, 31-33     Article about the launch of the Lake Scugog Historical Society's digital newspaper collection

    A quick guide for gathering the right information about your VITA Collection & subscription for corresponding fields in the Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries' Annual Survey of Public Libraries 2018. Statistics are due April 30, 2020. Here's what counts: - The Number of Records in the collection - Your ...

    Photo reproduction challenge promotes St. Marys Museum digital collection, inviting people to reproduce photos from the collection and submit them for a chance to win a prize in advance of the Ontario Family Day holiday.

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    Uploading JPEG2000 image files for multipage, reverse detail and full view displays as well as in batch uploads. Plus, how to add credit statements or logos on JP2 viewer.

    This manual is specific to using the Timeline option as a panel format in the exhibits module. The Timeline uses the same content management system as the exhibits module, and the resulting Timeline display can be added as an Exhibit page/panel or can be embedded in another HTML-based screen.

    New, updated manuals with linked webinars for the VITA 6.2 version - any 6.1 manuals are still relevant to 6.2 functionality and workflows

    Guide to the metadata elements (fields) used in VITA templates, their recommended uses and examples for completing any field.

    Contributing organizations that use VITA need a designated site administrator. The site administrator is responsible for: Customizing site graphics Maintaining and updating site and public interface information Checking and approving comments, links, and other action items Acting as the main contact for OurDigitalWorld staff in re: site and/or toolkit news ...

    The contribution module is a tool for soliciting, gathering and displaying stories of and from your community. This manual will show you how to configure your Contribution module, and display and showcase your Contributed items.

    Master the basics of how to add and manage records in your VITA collection You have the option of downloading the complete manual, or searching for specific topics by chapter or keyword: Getting Started Adding Records Creating Records in VITA Display Screen File/Technical Data Descriptive Data Geographic Data Administrative Data ...

    If you're working with full-run newspapers - whether you are doing it in-house or have had a collection ingested - this manual helps explain how to add and manage Newspaper Parent Publication records and Add Issues to those Publications.