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Winter Haven library expands digital local-history collection; staff to partner with museum and UF for newspaper digitization
Summary
Library staff described a project to refresh and expand Winter Haven's digital history archives, add scanned yearbooks and brochures, and pursue partnerships with the Museum of Winter Haven History and the University of Florida to digitize bound newspapers for public access.
Rebecca Player, a Winter Haven library staffer, told the commission she is leading a project to improve and grow the library's Winter Haven digital history collection. Player said the effort will standardize scanning processes, invite community contributions of photographs and documents, and merge select museum items with the library's collection to create a unified public archive.
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