March 7, 2012

Arlington Public Library (VA) Debuts Digital Archive

Emeryville, CA—Arlington Public Library's (VA) new online digital archive is now available to the public. Students, researchers, genealogists, and the Arlington community now have online access to the digitized portions of the Library's rich local history collections through Content Pro, Innovative's digital collection management solution. Digitized collections include Arlington County Government Photographs, 1915-1997; Arlington Structures and Places, 1996-2006; Arlington's Changing Scene, 1997-2010; Department of Health Annual Report Photographs, 1938-1973; and Photographs of the Negro Recreation Section, 1948-1955.

Stacia Aho, Library Web Manager, says the Library plans to grow its digital collections: "Our first collections are photographs, but we'll soon be adding documents, oral history interviews, video, and even artwork." Using Content Pro, the Library was able to create a digital archive in a matter of months, and staff did all cataloging of archival materials within the system. Aho says: "We chose Content Pro because we needed fast results and an all-in-one solution. It's easy to use, and provides a simple way to both catalog and publish to the Web."

View the Library's digital archive at http://libcat.arlingtonva.us/iii/cpro/app.

Content Pro at Public Library Association (PLA) Conference

Innovative will be demonstrating Content Pro at PLA Booth #1411, March 13-16, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA.

About Arlington Public Library

Founded in 1936, the Arlington Public Library system is made up of seven branches and a central library. It is committed to building a sustainable community by providing information, promoting the pleasure of reading and providing welcoming facilities for learning and discourse. The Library circulates approximately three million items each year.

About Content Pro

Content Pro is the digital asset management system that makes archives, special collections, and other digital materials visible and accessible to the widest possible audience on the Web. With its intuitive Web-based submission forms, powerful search interface, and harvestable metadata design, Content Pro provides a complete solution to the digital collection publishing needs of libraries.