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PA Photos & Documents (formerly Participation is already available to “Access PA Digital Repository”) is a those Pennsylvania libraries that statewide digital materials management contribute to the statewide catalog service that utilizes CONTENTdm (known as the Access PA Database). software and HSLC servers to make digital collections online. Other cultural and educational institutions that wish to participate The service enables the storage in PA Photos & Documents, but are PA and retrieval of digitized collections not part of the Access PA Database, created by libraries and other may collaborate with participating organizations throughout libraries or join on their own Photos & Pennsylvania. This makes local for a small annual fee. collections available in a digital format for a worldwide audience. Information about participating is Documents available on the POWER Library portal at: Commonwealth www.powerlibrary.org/librarians/ libraries is working pa-photos-and-documents/participation to encourage collaborative Featuring Subjects Such As: partnerships • Church & Missionary History among the state’s libraries, museums, • Culinary Arts historical societies, and other cultural • Film History and educational institutions using digital technologies. • Genealogy • Health & Medicine • Military History • School & College History • Sports History This project is made possible by a • ! Women’s History g grant from the Institute of Museum in The primary focus of w and Library Services as administered ro PA Photos & Documents is to make by the Pennsylvania Department G Pennsylvania historical and cultural ms & of Education through the Office of 700,000 Ite collections readily available to the Commonwealth Libraries, and the citizens of Pennsylvania. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor. Hosted by HSLC. To View The Collections: www.powerlibrary.org/collections

9/2015 What does POWER Library 120+ Unique Collections Across PA provide to the participating K-12 Special & Government Institutions institutions? • B. Reed Henderson High School • American Culinary Federation • Baldwin School • College of Physicians of Philadelphia • An unlimited CONTENTdm license • Kiski School • LancasterHistory.org • An archive of images • Milton Hershey School • Pennsylvania Geological Survey • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society • Data stored in secure server facility Colleges and Universities • Polisher Research Institute • Copies of the data for the institution • Albright College • State Library of Pennsylvania • 24/7 availability of data • Allegheny College • A locally branded homepage for • Carnegie Mellon University Public Libraries each collection • DeSales University • Bellwood-Antis Public Library • Elizabethtown College • Keyword searching of one or more • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh collections • Geneva College • Conshohocken Free Library • Gettysburg College • Discovery of collections across the • Crawford County Library System USA and beyond in the Digital Public • Indiana University of Pennsylvania • James V. Brown Library Library of America • Juniata College • Lancaster Public Library • Keystone College • Martinsburg Community Library • Lock Haven University • Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity • Lycoming College • Mengle Memorial Library • Montgomery County • Meyersdale Public Library What are the participating Community College • Mt. Lebanon Public Library institutions’ responsibilities? • Pennsylvania College of Technology • New Castle Public Library • Pennsylvania Highlands • Osterhout Free Library • Digitize, add, and maintain Community College high-quality materials • Sewickley Public Library • Susquehanna University • Warren Library Association • Assign locally selected keywords to • Wilson College materials • West Pittston Public Library • Whitehall Township Public Library • Wissahickon Valley Public Library

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