Stop Booth 832 at LLX 2023! Advantage Archives will be in booth 832 on January 27th-30th at the LibLearnX conference. This will be our first year attending this show, and we are excited to exhibit. LibLearnX will offer innovative session design concepts on the program to help you learn, network, and find solutions. Participants can […]
Read All About Advantage Archives
At Advantage Archives we work hard to build strong, community-based partnerships to provide free online access to local history, making it discoverable and easily accessible to anyone, anywhere, at any time, on any device. This access allows communities to understand and connect to their past in a meaningful way.
Through these partnerships, we provide the community the means to explore, discover, learn from, connect with, and share the stories of the people, places, and events that shaped their community.
The Community History Archives are intended to serve as a “portal to the past”, allowing local primary source documents to give an accounting of history as told by the individuals that witnessed it.
Spotlight: Coe College
The Coe College archive contains a wide variety of content, including yearbooks from 1903-2007 and newspapers from 1899-2013. Coe College was founded by Presbyterian minister Williston Jones in 1851. The college is located in Cedar Rapids, IA, and has an undergraduate enrollment of over 1,300 students. “The Coe College archive is a great tool for […]
Let’s Talk About Copyright: Do The Right Thing
Let’s Talk About Copyright: Do The Right Thing When embarking upon a digitization project, careful consideration must be given to how you intend to provide access and what you can and cannot do under U.S. Copyright laws. You need to consider whether the publications are subject to copyright, whether you have permission to use the […]
Nearly 120,000,000 images preserved by Advantage Archives
Advantage Archives partners with community leaders to provide free digital access to local history. Advantage has recently reached the milestone of 118,000,000+ images with 100,000,000 (not IP, or UN/PW restricted) free for anyone to access. Since the formation of Advantage Archives, we have been partnering with communities to provide free digital access to local history. […]
Spotlight: The Ramsey Free Public Library
The Ramsey Free Public Library offers the community a way to connect to its past with an archive containing over 100 years of the community’s local history from various titles. Ramsey, New Jersey is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey and is only 31 miles away from New York City. The Population was over […]
The Benefits of Digitizing Yearbooks
The Benefits of Digitizing Yearbooks Yearbooks are a window into the past of your community. More than any other material, they offer a snapshot of what life was like at a particular time or moment, on a local level. They open the door to a familiar past for individuals diving into genealogical research, or just […]
The New England Library Association Conference 2022
Officially chartered in 1963, the New England Library Association is a regional organization whose membership represents a wide range of library‑related interests. This past week Advantage has been at the New England Library Association Conference 2022 in Manchester, New Hampshire. We have been thankful to be given the opportunity to support this event as a […]
Spotlight: The Leominster Public Libary
The Leominster Public Library offers the community a way to connect to its past with an archive containing over 100 years of the community’s local history from various titles. Leominster, Massachusetts, is located in Worchester County, and it is the second largest city in that county with a population of over 43,000 people. It is […]
Spotlight: The Newburyport Public Library
The Newburyport Public Library offers the community a way to connect to its past with an archive containing nearly 200 years of the community’s local history from a variety of titles. A few years back, one of the Libraries we visited was the beautiful Newburyport Public Library, which first opened its doors 167 years ago, […]
Chattanooga, Coralville and Manchester: Advantage Has Been on the Road
Chattanooga and ARSL Over the past month, Advantage has been on the road. It all started when The Advantage team hit the road and headed out to Chattanooga for The Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference. Being someone who has never been to Chatanooga, I was beyond surprised at how a town with less […]
We will be attending the annual Iowa Library Association conference next week, will you?
We are pleased to announce that we will attend ILA next week in Coralville, Iowa. We will be in booth #7 and will be giving out bookmarks and rose gold pens. We would love it if you took a moment to stop by and chat. Did you know Advantage does more than just newspapers? Adding […]
Rural and Small Libraries are the Foundation of American Libraries
Did you know… Rural and small libraries serve 1 in 4 Americans. There are 16,000 public libraries in the USA, and 4,000 of them are considered “rural library systems.” 1/4 of rural Americans don’t have access to internet greater than 25 Mbps, these communities rely on their library system’s internet connection. Computers with internet were […]
The Article That Fueled The Black Wall Street Massacre was Ripped from History
In May of 1921, a young Black shoeshiner named “Diamond” Dick Rowland was involved in an “incident” involving Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white elevator operator at the Drexel Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rowland had gone to the Drexel to use the top-floor ‘colored’ restroom, which his employer had arranged for use by his Black employees. […]
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Opportunity
NEH Humanities Collections And Reference Resources Grants – Applications Due July 19th Grants support projects to create intellectual access to collections of rare books, manuscript and archival materials, born-digital records, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture. Projects may address the holdings or activities of a single institution or […]
The American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021
Why you should use American Rescue Plan Act Grants to digitize essential documents! The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is a $1.9 trillion act to help with the economic hardships caused by Covid-19. You can apply for these grants and use them to digitize essential documents. Below are a few fundamental reasons why you should […]
What The American Rescue Plan Act Means To Local Government
Local government agencies now have access to ARPA Funds! ARPA funds are available to city, state, and county government agencies now, so apply for them today, and don’t miss out on this time-sensitive opportunity! We would love to connect with you to discuss what type of projects are eligible for ARPA funds and explore your […]
A Titanic Amount Of Misinformation
A Titanic Amount Of Misinformation One hundred nine years ago today, on April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean. The crown jewel of the White Star Line had been transporting 2,208 people from Southampton to New York before she hit an iceberg off […]
Spotlight: Greene County’s Digital Archives
The Community History Archives Of Greene County, Iowa The Greene County Librarians Association has made researching Greene County’s history easy! Their Community History Archive is free, easy to use, and offers a wide variety of historical resources representing all areas of the county. Greene County’s rich history spans over 175 years, dating back to 1849 […]
