California Revealed

California Revealed is a statewide program that helps public libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other heritage organizations digitize, preserve, and provide online access to materials documenting the state’s history, art, and cultures. The program also provides free access and preservation services for existing digital collections, and for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. To date, California Revealed has preserved more than objects from over 450 partner organizations representing a diverse array of constituencies and collections. The objects themselves are similarly eclectic: motion picture film, video tapes, audio recordings, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs, microfilm, manuscripts, digital objects, and more. By providing the public online access to digitized materials, California Revealed is able to aggregate and connect the diverse collections of California’s heritage organizations into a single resource, available at californiarevealed.org. California Revealed records are also accessible through the Internet Archive, the Digital Public Library of America, Calisphere, and WorldCat, ensuring multiple access points for public discovery. Offering a kaleidoscopic view of California culture and history, California Revealed’s collections are an important and unique resource for a variety of users, including educators and students looking to integrate primary sources into their course of study. Each year, California Revealed issues an open call for libraries and other memory organizations to nominate their collections related to California history for Digitization and Preservation. Additionally, California Revealed offers targeted support for cataloging and community archiving, and is also working with the State Library to establish Memory Labs at libraries across the state. More information about partner services and opportunities at californiarevealed.org/partners.