Do you search for photographs online? Why not take our latest poll?
…and the Friday poll results are in
Our first Friday poll asked the question:
What is your social media platform of choice?
Windows to another time – Ralph Snowball’s Glass Negatives
Originally more than 8,000 glass negatives were stored in the cellar of Ralph Snowball’s Clarence Rd house. Most had not seen the light of day since Snowball’s death in 1925………
Tom Lennon Photographic Collection
Wagga and the Riverina, fifty years ago, was captured through the lens of Tom Lennon, talented photographer, artist, inventor and one of the city’s most recognizable characters in the 1950s-60s-70s.
Friday poll – your social media platform of choice
I’ve just installed this WordPress survey plugin from Memedex and thought the best way to test it out was to create a poll for you!
It’s a simple one question poll and should only take about 3 seconds of your time. Click an option then “Vote” and view the poll results.
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The text on the poll seems quite small, doesn’t it? And the little avatar is kinda creepy. I will most likely move these snap polls to the sidebar in future and include more meaningful surveys in posts.
What’s my fave?
As for me: my current favourite social media platform is Twitter. I recently set up a State Records account and find it quick, easy and fun to use.
Still new to the tweetosphere, my tweets are mostly about new additions to the State Records website, tips from this blog and the Future Proof website with a link to the relevant webpage. Twitter allows updates using only 140 characters. Long urls take up too many characters so I use Tweetburner to generate a short url, or twurl.
So what’s your fave?
We’d love you to take part in the poll. If you have an “archives” account on any of these social media websites please let us know in the comments. If you are using something else which you find useful please let us know.
By the way, if you come across this poll and it’s not a Friday you can still fill it in!
Temora Community Archive – Part 2: The archival collection
The archival collection held at Temora is closely, if not exclusively, based upon the geographical area of Temora Shire. In addition to the historical records of the Shire Council itself, and its local government predecessors, the project seeks to preserve the records of local community organizations and families.
Temora Community Archive – Part 1: Building the “Underground Archive”
The most important aspect of the Temora Community Archive Project is that through it, Temora has developed a way to effectively preserve and manage its unique community records over the long term. We worked on the assumption, that if the community had a better alternative…they would use it. They do.
NSW Maps Online
There are fantastic resources available online for users and lovers of all things cartographic. The Parish Map Preservation Project was commenced in 1997 and aimed to digitise the over 35,000 maps, recording land administration in New South Wales since 1792. These maps are now publically viewable through the Department of Lands website.
Using shadows to date photographs (part 2)
The exact location of the photo is critical to the process. Without knowing your location on the planet, you cannot work out the location of the sun to get the date and time.