Northfield History Collaborative
Partner Organizations: Northfield Historical Society, Carleton College, Northfield Public Library, Rice County Historical Society and St. Olaf College.
The Northfield Historical Society spearheaded this project, which includes creating a central web site portal through which historical content from the community of Northfield can be shared with the public. The ACHF funding is being used to establish a governance and financial model for the Northfield History Collaborative, add new partners and continue digitizing and adding content from new and current partners to the Collaborative site. The Collaborative has also expanded its digitizing efforts to include audio and visual media and plans to orchestrate a community rollout of the web site in 2011. This project is one of the first of its kind in the state to make use of the exciting possibilities of electronic access to collections dispersed among a variety of organizations.
Partner Organizations: Northfield Historical Society, Carleton College, Northfield Public Library, Rice County Historical Society and St. Olaf College The Northfield Historical Society spearheaded this project, which includes creating a central web site portal through which historical content from the community of Northfield can be shared with the public. The ACHF funding is being used to establish a governance and financial model for the Northfield History Collaborative, add new partners and continue digitizing and adding content from new and current partners to the Collaborative site. The Collaborative has also expanded its digitizing efforts to include audio and visual media and plans to orchestrate a community rollout of the web site in 2011. This project is one of the first of its kind in the state to make use of the exciting possibilities of electronic access to collections dispersed among a variety of organizations.
(d) History Partnerships. $1,250,000 in 2010 and $2,750,000 in 2011 are for partnerships between and with the Minnesota Historical Society and partnering organizations to enhance access to Minnesota's history and cultural heritage in all regions of the state.