Digital Archives 

Creating digital images of fragile historic items is the preferred method of preservation.  By creating images of an item, a researcher can intimately examine the item without physically handling it, thus slowing deterioration. The Special Collections & Archives of North Georgia College & State University began digitizing its more fragile collections in 2007.  Through a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Arts and through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly, we were able to digitize 100 nineteenth century glass plate negatives produced by local photographer Lon Bruce.  In August 2009, the Library Technology Center, with assistance from Lyrasis and the Sloan Foundation, digitized a selection of historically significant North Georgia College & State University Undergraduate Bulletins/Catalogs and yearbooks (the Cyclops).  As funding becomes available, the Library Technology Center plans to complete both publications' digitization from the first issue to the most recent, as well as developing additional preservation projects.

Please contact the Archives at the Library Technology Center for more information.