1. The Mass. Memories Road Show Your Place in Massachusetts History

2. What is the Mass. Memories Road Show?  A public event  A digital collection  An educational and research tool  A community-building activity

3. Overview of the MMRS  Massachusetts Studies Project, UMass Boston  State-wide project  University/community partnership  Co-sponsored by Mass Humanities & Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston

4. Road Shows to Date: COMMUNITY ROAD SHOWS  Norwood: Norwood Historical Society, 2004  Roxbury: Hibernian Hall, 2005  Dorchester: multiple locations, 2006-2007  Quincy: Thomas Crane Public Library, 2007  Deerfield: Historic Deerfield, 2007  Brewster: Brewster Ladies Library, 2008  Natick: Morse Institute Library, 2008  Norwell: Norwell Public Library, 2009  Truro: Truro Public Library, 2009  Falmouth: Falmouth Public Library, 2009  Reading: Reading Public Library, 2009  Danvers: Peabody Institute Library, 2010 THEMATIC ROAD SHOWS  Grub Street Memoir Project/Boston Public Library (Boston), 2007  Hebrew Senior Life (Roslindale), 2007  World War II veterans/WGBH (Brighton), 2007  Boston Public Housing/Boston Housing Authority (Boston), 2008  Boston Public Schoolchildren, 2009

5. Codman Square BPL Local venues for Road Shows… Dorchester Historical Society Lower Mills BPL branch, Dorchester Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy Norwood Historical Society

6. What Makes a Road Show?  Planning Building a local team Outreach & diversity Funding  Public Event Welcome station Info. Station Scanning Video Local history New England Archivists Keepsake Photos  Post-Production Roadies, March 2006 Dorchester, Codman Square BPL

7. Building a Local Team  Partner with local organizations/individuals: Historical Society Senior Center Recreation Department Business Association (or individual businesses) Ethnic/Cultural Organizations Public Schools Religious Organizations Local Government Colleges/Universities  Build connections within the community.  Shared responsibility for fundraising, publicity, planning & staffing.

8. Dorchester Roadies  SCI Dorchester Youth Council  Dorchester Historical Society  Boston Public Library  UMass students  Volunteers and staff from past Road Shows, other Dorchester organizations

9. Outreach & Diversity  Translators, culturally-relevant outreach, reflection of diversity of community.  Network with other Road Show planners.  Personal contact with potential contributors is VITAL.

10. Funding  Costs $8,000-$10,000 to run a Road Show.  Sponsorship by Mass Humanities and Healey Library reduces local community costs to $500 + in-kind contributions.  Application required.  If not accepted for sponsored Road Show, then will assist with applying for outside funding.  New Option: Self-run Road Shows

11. What Makes a Road Show?  Planning Building a local team Outreach & diversity Funding  Public Event Welcome station Info. Station Scanning Video Local history New England Archivists Keepsake Photos  Post-Production Roadies, March 2006 Dorchester, Codman Square BPL

13. Welcome Station  Nametags  Greeters/ushers  Registration form  Crowd control

14. Info. Station  Photo forms  Reviewers  Selecting photos

15. Scanning Station  Scan & project images.  Working with original material.  Keeping track of scans and paperwork.

16. Scanning Specifications  300 DPI  24 bits per pixel  16.7 million colors  Master: TIF  Web: JPG  Unique event, contributor & photo numbers

17. Video Station  Videotape “the story behind the photo.”  Professional videographer and/or local public access TV stations.

18. Local History Station  Historical society and/or local historian.  Written mini-history of community.  Identify images, locations.  Flag unique material for possible donation.

19. NEA Station  Partnership with New England Archivists’ “On the Road” program  Preservation advice from professional archivists

20. Keepsake Photo Station  Documentation of the event.  Take-away for contributors.  Postcard with URL of website.

21. What Makes a Road Show?  Planning Building a local team Outreach & diversity Funding  Public Event Welcome station Info. Station Scanning Video Local history New England Archivists Keepsake Photos  Post-Production Roadies, March 2006 Dorchester, Codman Square BPL

22. Post-Production  Database  Image processing  Video processing  Public access  Keywords/metadata  Website  Flickr

23. Metadata collection

32. The Mass. Memories Road Show http://www.MassMemories.net Massachusetts Studies Network http://MAStudies.ning.com Heather Cole, Asst. Director Tel: 617-287-5929 Email: Heather.Cole@umb.edu