Ohio: The Columbus Dispatch Partners with Columbus Metropolitan Library to Bring Trove Of History To The Public
The Columbus Metropolitan Library will unveil a trove of Columbus history this month, gathered for more than 150 years by Columbus Dispatch journalists.
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The library’s local history & genealogy department has been archiving the 152-year-old newspaper’s collection of newspaper clippings, newsroom artifacts, microfilm and microfiche, digital images, photo prints and negatives for several years. More than 6,000 already-scanned images will initially be available. The collection is the largest donation of archival material in the history of the 23-branch library system.
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The growing database will be accessible through the library’s My History collection. Online searchers should look under “Browse by Collection” and then select “Columbus Dispatch Collection.”
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Direct to “Columbus Dispatch Collection.”
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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