Dogs of Wisconsin Libraries
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About This Site
This collection is generously hosted by Milwaukee Public Library
To add your dog, follow the instructions here. You can add .jpg photos your dog(s) into one or more of the categories below. In the form, indicate which category in the collection field.
Your dog will first need to be submitted to one of these categories:
- The Dogs of Wisconsin Libraries—This is the main category and consists of solo images of dogs who live with librarians or other library workers. These photos have only the dog and no people.
- Dogs in Memoriam—This is a category of dogs who are warmly remembered by librarians and other library workers who have shared their lives. Photos can include a photo of you with your dog, your dog reading a book, or another choice.
- Dog Fellows—This category is a bit loose. Some examples might be:
- You are a librarian/library employee who has moved out of Wisconsin, but your dog lives in the state (and may or may not have been in the collection at one time in the not so distant past).
- You have a grand-dog whom stays with you more than a few times a year.
- You share custody of a dog, or for some reason, you no longer live with a dog who you think of as yours.
On the same form you can submit photos to be in these other categories. Indicate your choice by choosing the category name on the submission page:
- Dogs and Their Animal Families—This collection contains photographs of dogs with other animals in their households.
- Dogs READ!—This is a fun collection of dogs photographed with their favorite books and can include their people.
About the software
This collection was created using a digital content management tool named CONTENTdm, that can be used to manage all kinds of digital content, from photographs to audio and video. CONTENTdm is a product of DiMeMa (Digital Media Management) and is under license to OCLC.
How This Collection Came to Be
As part of my job at WiLS, I used to visit libraries. A long-time dog lover, I started asking librarians for photographs of their dogs. Since I was meeting with a lot of catalogers (notorious cat people), I didn't collect as many as I had hoped, but eventually I had about 50 photographs of dogs pinned up on the wall in my office.
Since CONTENTdm seemed like such an easy way to manage a digital collection, I decided to use it for this Dogs of Wisconsin Libraries project. The collection debuted in April of 2005, and since November of 2005 people have been able to add their own dogs and metadata via the web. For more information on adding dogs, email Kirsten Houtman at khoutman@wils.wisc.edu or visit our website www.wils.wisc.edu/WIdogs
Thank You!
Thank you to Wisconsin Historical Society for hosting this collection for many years, and to Milwaukee Public Library (Cathy Markwiese and Kevin Cingatura, in particular!) for generously taking over the hosting of this project. A hearty thank you as well to every one of you who took and takes the time to submit your dog or dogs to the collection. This project would not exist without your thoughtful contributions. And, thanks to dogs, who enrich our lives so much!
Kirsten Houtman
FAQs
- I work in a Wisconsin library and would like to have my dog included in this project. How would I get my dog added to the collection?
follow the instructions here
- Is there a limit to how many dogs can be included in this project?
No.
- I would like to change or add information to the description of my dog. Am I able to do this?
Yes. Please send Kirsten an email (khoutman@wils.wisc.edu) with the changes that you want made and/or the information that you would like to see added.
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