The winners of the “2009 Best Archives on the Web Awards” have been announced. Seeking Michigan won the Best Archives (U.S.A) category. Good Pick! It looks like these are picks sanctioned by the Society of American Archivists. I noted that a couple of the sites are difficult to use the back-key to get out of. But just keep clicking. You’ll get out after 3 or 4 clicks. The winners are as follows:
Best Institutional Blog
- Winner: Historical Notes from OHSU – Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Historical Collections & Archives.
- Winner: Peeling Back the Bark – The Forest History Society
- Honorable Mention: Brooklynology – Brooklyn Public Library
Best Archives Website
- Winner: Archiefbank – Amsterdam City Archives
- Winner: Mapping Our Anzacs – National Archives of Australia
- Winner: Seeking Michigan – The Library of Michigan and the State Archives of Michigan
- Honorable Mention: The Archives of American Art – Smithsonian Institution
Most Whimsical Archives-Related Website
- Winner: Derangement & Description – Dee Dee
- Winner: Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century – University of Kentucky Archives
- Honorable Mention: The Fictional World of Archives, Museums & Art Galleries – David Mattison
This year’s judges were:
- Geof Huth, New York State Archives
- Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, iSchool, University of Maryland
- Claude Zachary, University of Southern California
- Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Iowa State University
Detailed reviews of each of the above websites are planned at the ArchivesNext blog, written by Kate Theimer.
