Walking Through History
with Encyclopedia Virginia
Session Overview
- Mission
- Brief History
- Being Free
- Being Authoritative
- Being Interactive
- Being Innovative
Mission
Provide free, authoritative, and interactive information about Virginia's history and culture in order to enrich our understanding of the past so that we can be better engaged in the dialogue of the present and future.
Misson
- Overview of Encyclopedia Virginia
- Brief History
- How We Create Content
- Types of Content We Have
- New Partnerships, New Initiatives
- Google Street View
- Virtual Reality
Mission
Encyclopedia Virginia provides free, authoritative, and interactive content about Virginia's history and culture and invests in innovation so that Virginians can better engage with the past to be active participants in today's dialogue about Virginia's future.
Brief History
- 2001: National Endowment for the Humanities, feasibility study
- 2005: First staff hired
- 2008: Site launches
- 2012: Partnership with Library of Virginia
- 2013: Partnership with Google
Being Free
- State support
- Competitive grants
- Private foundations
- Corporate foundations
- Endowment
Being Authoritative
-
EV Team
- Three editors
- Primary Resources Specialist
- Entries
- Scholars and subject experts
- Rigorous editorial process
- Primary Sources and Hi-Res Multimedia
- Partnerships
- Engaging with users
Being Interactive
Being Innovative
- New ways to deliver existing content
- Mapping
- EV mobile app
- Responding to user needs
- Primary resources
- Responsive design
- Pushing boundaries
Mapping
Pushing Boundaries
Street View
Google Cars
Trekkers
Tricycle
Snowmobiles?!!!?
Geo for Good Summit
“Google Earth Outreach gives nonprofits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause and tell their story in Google Earth & Maps to hundreds of millions of people.”
Menokin
Poplar Forest
Anne Spencer House
How EV Collects Imagery
-
Official Google Professional Way
- DSLR
- Fisheye Lens
- Google Business Photo Tools
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DIY
- Google Street View app
How This Effort Adds Value to EV and Education
- "Field Trips"
- "Preservation"
- Promotes innovation
Enhancing EV Content
Expanding Access: "See Inside"
The Immersive Experience
"Preserving" Virginia
Text
Sherwood Forest, Fredericksburg
Expanding Virtual Tours
Sites Captured
Questions?
EncyclopediaVirginia.org
Matthew Gibson mgibson@virginia.edu
Brendan Wolfe bwolfe@virginia.edu