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The South Marysbursh Mirror Sharing Common Goals By Christine Renaud The Prince Edward County Archives, as part of the County of Prince Edward Public Library, plays a major role in preserving the history of the County as does The Prince Edward Historical Society. The two organizations also share specific goals as out- lined in the Historical Society’s mission statement, “to preserve, protect and promote the history and heritage of Prince Edward County.” Another mission is “bringing together members of the community in- terested in preservation, research, and promotion of local history and heritage.” To that end, the Histori- cal Society regularly features speakers to educate and entertain on a variety of history related topics. On Thursday, November 17", the Society presented Marc Seguin who spoke at the Picton Town Hall about the lighthouses of Prince Edward County. The Archives, likewise, has two projects un- derway with comparable goals of preserving and pro- moting the rich history of the County. One is a “Digitization Day” planned for December 10 at the Archives adjacent to the Wellington branch of the library at 261 Main Street from 10a.m. to 4p.m. Digitizing historical documents is an impor- tant aspect of historical preservation and aiding re- search. The public is invited to bring items such as postcards, letters, ip jiaries, paper ar- ticles, legal documents or photos to be scanned. “Many people have papers that are significant in tell- ing and preserving the stories of Prince Edward County,” says Archives Manager Krista Richardson. “The idea of the Digitization Day is to encourage people to bring their documents, photos, letters and so forth to us to have them scanned so that they can be preserved digitally.” Those who bring in materials will have the originals returned and will also receive a copy of the electronic scanned version. This can then be shared with others through e-mail and in other ways. They can be printed too. Digitization is an important aspect of archival storage and retrieval too. Many pieces of history in paper form can be lost, damaged or will deteriorate, and scanning helps record these for posterity. “The postcards, letters, jt diaries, articles may then, if not copyrighted, be made avail- able through the Internet for others to retrieve and examine,” says Richardson. The library has been for- tunate to receive, from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, a Museums and Technology Funds (MTF) grant to hire a digitization assistant for a limited time. Another upcoming project of the Archives is the creation of The 2012 County of Prince Edward Public Library & Archives historical calendar. The calendar will feature events with information based on the vignettes by Peter Lockyer and History Lives Here Inc., as well as other images from the past, in- cluding a month highlighting County light and one month featuring the historic Carnegie branch of the County of Prince Edward Library. For more information on the Archives and the Prince Edward Historical Society, contact Krista Richardson at 613-399-2023 or e-mail: krichard- son@peclibrary.org. Please visit the Historical Soci- ety’s website at http://pehistsoc.wordpress.com. FYI By Barb Proctor Councillor for South Marysburgh FYI is MIA because Barb has been away but her column will return next month. The night after the full moon, November 11, 2011 (Photograph Courtesy of Juanita McMahon)