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Tennessee Archives on Google Maps...

Back in June 2008, I had an opportunity to attend the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Seattle, where I sat in on a session about utilizing Web 2.0 in News Libraries. One of the presenters talked about how to create useful and interactive maps with Google Maps. The SLA session gave me the idea to create a Google Map of Archives in Tennessee.

Using the Tennessee State Library and Archives' Archives Directory as a guide, I plotted out each address on the map with red thumbtack icons. Yeah, I know, digitally poking holes in a map doesn't sound like a very good archival preservation practice, but for now the thumbtacks will have to do. Maybe someone out there can suggest another icon to help identify points on this map. I'm happy to hear your ideas.

In the meantime, if you are ever in my home state of Tennessee and need to know how to get to any archive in the Volunteer State, just point your browser to this map. Happy travels...



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