Central Florida Memory is a collaborative digitization project to create a collection of primary sources related to Central Florida’s history that
provides a compelling look at Central Florida before the area became a
tourist destination. Through cycles ranging from limited resources to
ample grant funding, the collaboration has grown from a small pilot
project with three partners to over 80,000 images contributed by
seven partners. Organized for the user, the website has been enhanced
to create more user friendly methods of access and includes storylines,
lesson plans, and links to other sites of interest. This paper provides
lessons learned about how to incorporate a variety of materials from
diverse institutions into a single digital collection.