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Burlingame Library Wins Grant to Create Local History Digital Archive

Burlingame Public Library wins $10,000 grant for local history project.

The Burlingame Public Library has been awarded a two local grants totaling $10,000 dollars in order to undertake our ambitious Burlingame memory project.

Congratulations goes to Reference Librarian, Brad McCulley, who wrote the winning a $5,000 Pacific Library Partnership’s Innovation and Technology Grant!  Brad’s idea for a Burlingame living memory project was also awarded $5,000 from the Eureka Leadership Grant. This money will go toward the purchase a video camera, monitors, training and more. 

The purpose of the project is to create a dynamic and interactive home for Burlingame history. The project seeks to create a digital archive for current historical collections, while documenting Library sponsored events, speakers, and individual residents’ stories. These collections will be accessible at local history computer stations throughout the library.

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This project exists in partnership with the Burlingame Historical Society and the Library Board of Trustees.  Brad and volunteers will interview and film members of the public about their stories and memories of Burlingame and, along with historical photographs, offer the public a personal experience within the library.

We started the project with Dr. Edward Anders, a holocaust survivor from Latvia who wrote the book Amidst Latvians During the Holocaust. Dr. Anders was filmed during his presentation at the library on October 15, 2012.

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Here is the link to the YouTube video: http://youtu.be/BNgUBSDzAL0

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