Together with the guys at work we were glad to see some coverage in The Kingsport Times-News about the Kingsport Library and their partnership with us to develop a new photo database for all of the photographs buried deep in the catacombs of the old library.
Helen Whitaker is one of the most colorful librarians (that’s right – I said it) I’ve worked with and she has an ambitious edge about her technology. Several months ago, we helped them create a self-publishing web site and work with them to maintain and host the online publication. We had mentioned a better archive for sometime and we began to work on an application back in the fall.
Our guys did some great work, but the real effort has been put forth by Jeff Jenson. He’s the new archivist and he is working hard to scan, categorize and detail each photo. He’s put 500 in the database so far and it really is a great trip back in time.
Check out the new Kingsport Public Library website archives and explore one of the richest windows into Kingsport’s past.
Click here for the news article in the Kingsport Times-News.