They’re trying something new and interesting at the San Francisco Public Library. From June 1-5, 2010 the Richmond District branch is asking the public to bring in food-related material—menus, restaurant photos, even recipes—for scanning into the library’s digital collection.
For this pilot project the library is partnering with the Internet Archive, which recently moved into the neighborhood by buying the huge Christian Science church building on Clement Street near Park-Presidio. Here are the specifics from SFPL on what they’re calling “Richmond Eats: Neighborhood Digital Food Network”:
We invite you to bring in up to five restaurant menus (up to 11 x 17 in size), recipes or food related photographs (up to 8 x 10 in size) from the 1850s to the present, that celebrate the diverse culinary heritage of the Richmond neighborhood. Items will be scanned at the branch and returned to donors.
Scanning Dates:
June 1: 10 am – 7 pm
June 2: 10 am – 7 pm
June 3: 1 pm – 7 pm
June 4: 1 pm – 4 pm
June 5: 10 am – 4 pmThe scanned images will become library property and become part of the permanent city archives at the San Francisco Public Library. Patrons will be asked to fill out an online registration form containing a few simple questions about the history of the images and their family history. A Russian translator will be available as needed and a Chinese translator will be on site at the Richmond Branch Library for the duration of the project.
The pdf of the flyer:
richmond-eats-flyer-final
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