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4 WHAT'S UP! AUGUST 7-13, 2022 FAQ 'Digi Know?' WHEN — On exhibit through Feb. 28, 2023 WHERE — Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. John- son Ave. in Springdale COST — Free INFO — shilohmuseum. org/project/digi- know/ BONUS — All elements are presented in both English and Spanish. So Many People To Meet APRIL WALLACE NWA Democrat-Gazette T he photo collection at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale is massive, one that both locals and people from across the country make use of for all manner of things. With more than half a million images, it is also the largest historical photo collection in Arkansas. Now the museum staff and volunteers have a way to properly preserve the entire collection and more easily share it with the public by digitally archiving everything. A recent grant from the Institute for Museum Library Services is aiding the process. The current exhibit "Digi Know?" shows a small cross- section of that enormous and still-growing collection, as well as how to begin digitizing images yourself. "The grant was a pretty big deal to help us with our digitization, which we had already started," says Angie Albright, Shiloh Museum director. The collection has photos, negatives and daguerreotypes, all in various states of preservation, some in disrepair. "They're really sometimes fragile. They devolve and disappear and so what museums, and we're certainly working on, is digitizing those in several formats so that we're preserving them." "Digi Know?," like many of Shiloh's past photo exhibits, takes up the hallway space of the museum. Roughly 10 of the photos were blown up and printed on vinyl to cover the walls, bringing life to elements that would be difficult to catch in their original, miniature condition. A typical portrait, likely a wedding portrait, of a married couple greets visitors near the front desk. The image is one that Albright says is endlessly interesting. "The man has this glint in his eye, mischievous, while the woman looks very serious and a little stern," she says. The original daguerreotype is next to the huge photo and is just a little thing. But "blown up, you get to see the personality in these people." A photo cross-section that enlarges the man's eyes even This photo shows World War II soldiers returning to the United States by ship. The image was a medium format negative in Shiloh Museum's archives. Now that it's developed and enlarged, Museum Director Angie Albright says you can see so much detail in what the soldiers are doing. (Photo by William Carl Smith) Shiloh Museum shares newly digitized photos SPRINGDALE See Digi Page 38