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University Library Awarded Michigan Digitization Grant

The Library of Michigan announced on July 1, 2005 the award of $165,000 to the University Library through the 2005 Digitization for Preservation and Access grants program. The Digital Library Production Service will use these funds to expand and enhance the Michigan County Histories collection, which currently dates from 1866 to 1923. These histories are a critical resource for historical and genealogical research. Expansion will include the scanning and transcription of the more expensive but equally important county atlases.

More on this story from the Library of Michigan website.

Digital Library Production Service to host Michigan collections

DLPS will host collections digitized in Michigan as part of the Michigan Digitization Grant sponsored by the Library of Michigan. When completed in 2006, collections will include images of 19th century Great Lakes ships from the Alpena County Library; photos of Detroit from the Detroit Public Library; Civil War diaries from Western Michigan University Library; and many others.

More on these collections from the Library of Michigan website.

Employment Opportunities

Information on jobs within the LIT division is also available.