The Barbara Stuhler e-Library. (News From M Street).The genesis of the Barbara Stuhler e-Library dates back to the Vision 2000 Campaign when a group of women decided to honor Barbara Stuhler by naming a library at the national office in Washington, DC, after her. They envisioned a library that would preserve and house the League's historic and contemporary collections and provide CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and online (www.lwv.org) accessibility to League members, donors and researchers. The goal was to ensure that these collections could be used readily and fully to tell the story of the League and historically trace how women have been involved for so many years with the issue of full and active citizen participation. Barbara Stuhler resides in Minnesota and is a retired dean of Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). at the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. . She served the League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. for many years on the state board of directors, and has been an inspiring model in women's leadership for women of all ages. Stuhler has also been quick to honor others, through the establishment of the Hope Washburn Award, her writings and her campaigns such as the Minnesota Woman "Minnesota Woman" is the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman believed to be at least 10,000 years old. The bones were found near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota on June 16, 1931, during construction on U.S. Route 59. The bones were brought to Dr. Suffrage Memorial Garden. Stubler is a prolific writer as well. Among her works are Gentle Warriors: Clara Ueland and the Minnesota Struggle for Woman Suffrage woman suffrage, the right of women to vote. Throughout the latter part of the 19th cent. the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism. (1995), a moving story relating the final phase of the struggle by women from Minnesota to win the vote, and For the Public Record: A Documentary History of the League of Women Voters (2000). A committee established by the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters made the following recommendation in October 2000: "To establish the Barbara Stuhler Library as a virtual library with materials accessible by computer rather than a traditional library. A virtual library would give access to a much wider audience than a physical library ever could..." With board approval, implementation of the project began in April 2001. As of this writing, the League's videotape collection is being converted to digital formats so it can be played from the web and from compact disc. The League selected The Public WebWorks, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. in Washington DC that specializes in multi-media production for the web, to undertake the important task of capturing the audio-video from original analog tapes and converting it to a variety of digital formats that can be used to produce compact discs, DVDs and streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. . The archive copies are being preserved in the mpeg-2 format, the same compression algorithm used to create DVDs. Another compression algorithm is being used to create audio/video files small enough to be played on most computers equipped with a compact disc player compact disc player n → lector m or reproductor m de discos compactos compact disc player compact n → lecteur m de disques compacts and speakers. That means 12 hours of debate, i.e., all presidential primary and general debates from one election cycle, can be packed into a single CD. The collection of analog tapes represents a treasure trove TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hidden or concealed in the earth or other private place, so long that its owner is unknown, has been discovered by accident. of historic footage that include public service announcements, presidential debates and news accounts dating back to the 1970s. The conversion will preserve this historic collection of media assets because the life expectancy Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. of videotape can be as little as 15 years, while digital media on optical discs is expected to last many decades. Digital media can also be searched more easily than videotape. The Stuhler Library will also be hosted in the two most widely used streaming media formats: Real Media and Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. . These files will be offered from the League's website, where users can simply click on the format of their choice and watch the historic footage. RealImpact and WebActive, a division of Real Networks of Seattle, has contributed an entire year of streaming media hosting. This incredible gift, valued at thousands of dollars, will allow us to bring this information to users in the Windows Media AND Real Media formats, a practice followed by the Library of Congress. The Public WebWorks has also supervised the conversion of 100 rolls of microfiche Pronounced "micro-feesh." A 4x6" sheet of film that holds several hundred miniaturized document pages. See micrographics. into digital files that will be converted into .pdf downloads. These files include important documents from the suffragist movement, the Depression, the Gold War, and modern times. We are in the process of selecting additional important documents, currently in paper format, for conversion into digital form. Also, we are in discussion with other experts on the possibility of converting historic photographs and three-dimensional items into digital format. Work on the library is ongoing. Completion of the first phase (debates and some PSAs) is expected at the end of 2002, at which time the Barbara Stuhler e-Library will be unveiled. RELATED ARTICLE: The Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of the League of Women Voters Education Fund is pleased to recognize the following individuals who contributed $1,000 or more to the Education Fund between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002. DONORS Anonymous Virginia Abbott Hilary Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. Eleanor M. Bissell Virginia Blacklidge Elspeth G. Bobbs Ruth McLean Bowers Peter R. Broner Judith M. Buechner Mary Ann Burtt Willie Grace Campbell Lois E. Chaney Helen Delicate Ruth T. Don Ann Sheldon Duff Shirley W. Eberly Catherine S. England Judith Fisher Jan Flapan Marianne Gabel Jethran Guinness Eleanor M. Hadley Larry Harris
Larry Harris is currently the General Manager of the Milwaukee Bucks. He is the son of former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach, and current Dallas Mavericks Assistant Coach Del Ruth G. Hinerfeld Betty Hoffenberg Patricia Kind John E. Kooiker Julia M. Marsden Alice Buckley McCauley Mary Sue Robinson Morrill Janet H. Malone Morrow Virginia Nugent Dorothy S. Ridings Doreen Spitzer Max Stolz Barbara Stuhler Virginia S. Tarika Onnolee Trapp Irene Vogt Frederick J. Von Dollen Joan M. Warburg BEQUESTS AND PLANNED GIFTS Bessie Berg Esther Buechner Janet Allen Cancell Leo A. Crispi Vivian Haire Keith E. Jensen Sue Burnett Panzer Bertha C. Potts Natalie Shepard Hilda Watrous FAMILY FOUNDATIONS The Ettinger Foundation, Inc. Chambers Family Fund Brian Cox and Laurie Wingate and the Cox Family Fund Friedlander Family Fund Middle Passage Foundation Katherine and David Moore Family Foundation, Inc. |
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