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Dallas Public Library launches Recollect platform to widen access to special collections

3440001 · May 20, 2025
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Misty Nagarri, manager of the Dallas History and Archives Division at Dallas Public Library, demonstrated Recollect, a new digital platform that the library said gives the public “easy access to digital content from Dallas Public Library.”

Misty Nagarri, manager of the Dallas History and Archives Division at Dallas Public Library, demonstrated Recollect, a new digital platform that the library said gives the public “easy access to digital content from Dallas Public Library.” The demonstration took place during the Municipal Library Board regular meeting on May 20, 2025.

Nut graf: Recollect is intended to make special collections more discoverable to the general public, not only researchers. Nagarri told the board the platform hosts photographs, maps, videos, audio recordings and scanned documents and includes searchability features and tools for community-sourced “recollections.”

Nagarri said Recollect currently includes material from Dallas History and Archives and the Genealogy Division. She highlighted the Mary Ann…

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