Digitize Your Family Story #3

Project Details by Fiscal Year
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Status
Completed
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Kittson
Marshall
Pennington
Red Lake
Roseau
Kittson
Marshall
Pennington
Red Lake
Roseau
Project Overview

Northwest Regional Library sponsored a third workshop in the Digitize Your Family Story . Workshop # 1 taught patrons how to scan historical family photographs and documents; Workshop #2 taught patrons how to restore images.

Workshop # 3 presented methods to save images to slideshows, albums and other formats.

Project Details

Partner Organization – NWRL visited with Minnesota Historical Society staff for ideas on how to enhance the next program.

Attendance: (limited to 10 workstations)
Godel 3
Hallock 8
Warroad 3
Red Lake Falls 1
Roseau 7
Greenbush 3
Thief River Falls 5 + 8 (two workshops)

Measurable Outcome(s)

When asked if the workshop met their needs to learn how to publish “my story” via DVD slide show or photo books, answers were as follows:                Strongly Agree  46%; agree 52%; neutral 1%; disagree 1% When asked if they are confident that they can now work on their own for scanning, retouching and publishing their story, answers were as follows:                Strongly agree 21%; agree 39%; neutral 24%; disagree 16% because they need additional help

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