PLYMOUTH — In December 2021, the Pease Public Library received $11,800 in funding through the Institute for Museum and Library Services’ “Grants to States” program. The grant program is part of the American Rescue Act Plan of 2021 and was facilitated by the NH State Library.
The grant award was used to purchase a BookEye5 v3 Pro Color Scantastik Book Scanner with book cradle and touchscreen monitor. This allows fragile monographs depicting local history and culture to be digitally preserved and more widely examined by scholars and genealogists.
The Pease Public Library houses some materials in its climate controlled local history room that date back to the library’s original opening in 1878. They were not always kept in ideal conditions, and over time their spines have deteriorated, and their pages have begun to discolor. The Pease Public Library began scanning its most delicate materials in January 2022 and completed scanning these initial items in May 2022.
The digitized materials have been compiled into an online exhibit titled, "Old But Not Dusty: A Trip Through Plymouth and Grafton County." The online exhibit can be found on the Pease Public Library’s archives website at https://peaseplarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/old-but-not-dusty/about. This exhibit is available to view now.
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