October 26, 2007
Check out the newest additions to our Local Government Records holdings! We have recently catalogued microfilm from the following counties: Allen, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Gallia, Guernsey, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, and Washington.
This film represents both recent acquisitions from the Ohio University Network Center and unprocessed Genealogical Society of Utah microfilm.
October 26, 2007
The new Microfilm Reading Room is ready for us to start moving cabinets.
This won’t happen ’til Monday. We can’t wait!
October 25, 2007
As of today, the Rare Book Room is officially kaput. The electricians are working to install the new outlets (at waist height, so no more crawling around on the floor to plug in your laptop) and to get the ceiling lights just right. We are very excited about the emergency lights, so when the fryers go on at the State Fair and the building goes dark, the Microfilm Room will have ample generator-fed lighting.
The new floor plan will group the microfilm cabinets at one end and the viewing machines at the other, which will make it easier to find a staff person to help out when you can’t get the film to behave. Today we got the first shipment of new microfilm cabinets (new to us, these were empty cabinets sitting in our Youngstown facility). All told we will add 12 new cabinets, each with a five drawer extension on top. And do we have plans for these!
This coming fall and spring the newspaper and government records collections are going to be growing in leaps and bounds, so keep an eye on the OCC (online catalog)!
So stay tuned for more pictures on Monday!
October 19, 2007
The Archives/Library will be moving the Microfilm Reading Room from its current location off the 3rd floor lobby to an area right next to the Main Reading Room. Researchers will lose no access time with the newspaper and government records stored there, however, as the move is currently scheduled to happen on October 29th and 30th. Researchers coming in Wednesday October 31, should find the new arrangement all set up for them with no interruption in service.
The current Microfilm Reading Room will then become staff offices for the State Archives.
October 9, 2007
October is Archives Month, a celebration of archives and special collections around the state and across the country. In Ohio, this year’s theme is Reunions: Together in the Archives. Reunions celebrate connections between people within a family, school, religion, organization, town or city. Most people associate reunions with a gathering of people from their own past but the exhibits, events and even the poster for this year’s Archives Month expand this theme in interesting and amusing ways. Check out the list of events for this month at http://www.ohioarchivists.org/aweek.html and download your own Archives Month 2007 poster. Teachers, librarians and archivists can request a full size poster by emailing us at aoneal@ohiohistory.org with your institution name and mailing address.
