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About Apply CHDA Partners A-K Alcorn State University Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library Blue Mountain College Camp Van Dorn World War II Museum Carnegie Public Library of Clarksdale and Coahoma County Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Delta State University Dixie Regional Library System First Regional Library Gulf Park College for Women Harrison County Library System Hattiesburg Area Historical Society & Museum Hinds Community College Jackson State University Partners L-O Laurel-Jones County Public Library System, Inc. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County Madison County Library System Marion County Courthouse Mississippi Armed Forces Museum Mississippi Department of Archives and History Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Mississippi Library Commission Mississippi State University Mississippi University for Women Archives Noxubee County Historical Society Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Oren Dunn City Museum Partners P-Z Pearl River Community College Philadelphia-Neshoba County Library Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library South Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Society South Tishomingo County Historical Society State Law Library of Mississippi Sunflower County Library System Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Museum Tippah County Archives Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society Tishomingo County Historical and Genealogical Society Tougaloo College Union County Library System The University of Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi Walter Anderson Museum of Art Resources Subscribe Search Contact About Apply CHDA Partners A-K Alcorn State University Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library Blue Mountain College Camp Van Dorn World War II Museum Carnegie Public Library of Clarksdale and Coahoma County Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Delta State University Dixie Regional Library System First Regional Library Gulf Park College for Women Harrison County Library System Hattiesburg Area Historical Society & Museum Hinds Community College Jackson State University Partners L-O Laurel-Jones County Public Library System, Inc. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County Madison County Library System Marion County Courthouse Mississippi Armed Forces Museum Mississippi Department of Archives and History Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Mississippi Library Commission Mississippi State University Mississippi University for Women Archives Noxubee County Historical Society Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Oren Dunn City Museum Partners P-Z Pearl River Community College Philadelphia-Neshoba County Library Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library South Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Society South Tishomingo County Historical Society State Law Library of Mississippi Sunflower County Library System Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Museum Tippah County Archives Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society Tishomingo County Historical and Genealogical Society Tougaloo College Union County Library System The University of Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi Walter Anderson Museum of Art Resources Subscribe Search Contact Bringing Mississippi to researchers around the world. Search Cultural Heritage Digitization Award View the 2020 Awardee collection ”Brenda Brentz Heinsch Papers” from Singing River Genealogy-Local History Library . Discover Mississippi history and culture from partners all across the state. The is the collaborative digital library for the state of Mississippi. Our mission is to provide an online space to search and explore Mississippi’s rich abundance of cultural and historical resources held by institutions and repositories all across the state. Emphasizing collection building and discoverability, our goal is to help our partners build sustainable, high-quality digital collections and deliver those materials to the researchers. We are committed to providing free open access to these digital collections. Made up of over 40 institutions, our partners include archives, historical societies, museums, public libraries, academic libraries and more. Partnership and searching the collections are always free! See what Mississippi has to offer. Search the collections. Explore our Partner Network Services More than just collections. The is dedicated to helping institutions digitize materials and provide access to the wealth of resources our partners have to offer. More than just materials, MDL is a network, connecting institutions with one another. Bay St. Louis, St. Augustine Seminary; Nov 1, 1936 Bishop R. O. Gerow Collection ~ Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson Hosting Content platform services Maintaining content management systems can be time consuming and expensive. We offer free hosting for 24/7 public access to your digital collections. Native American women Marion Stark Gaines Collection ~ Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Training Personalized digitization Training Whole project emphasis. From concept to creation, and everything in-between, learn how to independently preserve history for the future. Mississippi Delta Chinese Joy Woo-Chow Collection ~ Delta State University Archives and Museum Digitization digitization assistance We provide digitization assistance through programs such as the Cultural Heritage Digitization Award and grant funded projects. The MDL currently has a grant from the Knight Foundation to build collections about Mississippi history particularly focusing on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast communities. If you or an institution you know could benefit from digitization assistance, please contact us . Displaying balloons received as gifts Rex A. Moore Collection ~ Jackson-George Regional Library System Resources Best Practices Our resources section is designed to help cultural heritage institutions digitize items for inclusion in the . From policies to metadata, workflows to rights statements, we’re here to help. Where we are We are Mississippi. Our partners represent the diverse and rich history of the state. These institutions own and maintain the original materials featured on our site. Due to the volume of collections, institutions often have more than what can be shown online. Want to see more? Have an item to donate? Find and connect with a partner near you. Who we are MDL Team The is governed by a director and an advisory board. Board members are from institutions across the state. Lisa Jones Director, MDL Lisa became MDL Director in 2011. She is committed to building vibrant, sustainable digital collections throughout the state. Under her direction, MDL has expanded to over 40 institutions and now includes museums, historical societies, and other types of cultural heritage institutions. Lisa also serves as the Head of Technology and Technical Services at USM. Email Lisa Elizabeth La Beaud Assistant Director, MDL Elizabeth served as interim MDL Coordinator in 2016, and officially joined MDL as Assistant Director in January 2018. She is the Digital Lab Manager at USM, holds a MLIS, a certificate in Archives and Special Collections, the Digital Archives Specialist Certificate from SAA, and is a Library of Congress trained Digital Preservation trainer. Email Elizabeth Jess Brown Coordinator, MDL Jess joined MDL in 2016. As Coordinator, she is passionate about digital archives and preservation, and is committed to creating and maintaining partner relations, managing collections, social media marketing and website design. Email Jess CURRENT ADVISORY BOARD Delta State University Emily Irwin Jones...