Technology Review: Color Our Collections

COLOR OUR COLLECTIONS is a promotion that encourages people to get out their pencils, markers, and crayons to color visuals from library and museum collections.

From the Smithsonian to the New York Public Library, institutions are creating and sharing coloring book pages for artists of all ages to use. The Color Our Collection event is a fun way to promote public domain visuals, primary sources and cultural heritage. Held the first week in February, the coloring pages can be accessed year round. The New York Academy of Medicine Library jumpstarted the campaign by sharing science-related pages from it’s digital collections. They maintain a list of participating institutions.

Librarians will find this campaign to be a fun way to promote art, history, and digital collections. Set up a markerspace in the library to share the fun with the entire school.

Participating Institutions - http://library.nyam.org/colorou…/participating-institutions/
Biodiversity Heritage Library - http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/coll…/ColorOurCollections
New York Public Library - https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/02/01/color-our-collections

To follow on Twitter, go to https://twitter.com/hashtag/colorourcollections