Chicago Collections

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Chicago Collections Consortium is a membership organization of more than 45 libraries, museums, historical societies, and other cultural heritage organizations collaborating to preserve and promote the history of the Chicago region.

History

Launched in 2015 after several years of planning among its charter members, Chicago Collections now sponsors a wide range of educational, community engagement, and professional development programs, including exhibitions and public lectures.^[1] Chicago Collections also provides information services such as its Cooperative Reference Network, as well as instructional materials available on member web sites. Chicago Collections has established partnerships with other non-profit organizations in the City of Chicago, including National Public Radio, Chicago Metro History Education Center, and the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources program, to answer questions about Chicago history from researchers and the general public, and to promote use of member collections and services by teachers and students of all ages.

With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,^[2] Chicago Collections has developed EXPLORE Chicago Collections (ECC), a digital portal providing access to more than 117,000 images and 6,800 archival collections from member institutions (as of September 2019).^[3] The Center for Research Libraries awarded its 2016 Primary Source Award for Access to Tracy J. Seneca (University of Illinois at Chicago), for her role in leading the development of the ECC portal.^[4]

Governing Members

Participating Members

Associate Members

Partner Program

References

^ Free, David (December 2015). "Chicago Collections launches ExploreChicago Collections digital portal". College & Research Libraries News. 76 (11): 574–577. doi:10.5860/crln.76.11.9410. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Chicago Collections Consortium: Portal Implementation". The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Database. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^ Johnson, Steve (November 4, 2015). "Chicago Collections Brings City-related Archives Under One Digital Roof". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^ Center for Research Libraries (Spring 2016). "2016 Primary Source Awards". CRL Focus on Global Resources. 35 (2): 2. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

External links

Chicago Collections Consortium

Long, Elisabeth (October 22, 2015). “A Single Portal to Chicago’s History,” The University of Chicago News. Accessed September 17, 2016.
Strandmark, Matthew (September 11, 2017). "EXPLORE Chicago Collections," The American Archivist Reviews Portal. Accessed March 19, 2017.
Walter, Scott (February 2016). “It Takes a City: Chicago Collections Brings Collaboration to the Next Level,” ILA Reporter 34 (1). Accessed September 21, 2016

Chicago

v t e Museums in Chicago
Art	Art Institute of Chicago Arts Club of Chicago Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art Intuit Loyola University Museum of Art Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Photography National Museum of Mexican Art National Veterans Art Museum Renaissance Society Smart Museum of Art Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Architecture	Charnley-Persky House Chicago Architecture Center Clarke House Driehaus Museum Glessner House Noble–Seymour–Crippen House Robie House
Children	Bronzeville Children's Museum Chicago Children's Museum StoryBus
Culture	American Writers Museum Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture Museum of Broadcast Communications National Radio Hall of Fame Chicago Cultural Center Chinese American Museum of Chicago DANK Haus German American Cultural Center Design Museum Irish American Heritage Center Leather Archives and Museum Mitchell Museum of the American Indian National Hellenic Museum National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture Polish Museum of America Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership Swedish American Museum Ukrainian National Museum
History	Chicago History Museum DuSable Museum of African American History Hull House Money Museum Newberry Library Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa Pritzker Military Museum & Library Pullman National Monument
Science	Adler Planetarium Field Museum of Natural History Henry Crown Space Center International Museum of Surgical Science Museum of Science and Industry Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Planned	Barack Obama Presidential Center
Former	Col. Wood's Museum Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

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