We made the Star News!

And the numbers show it!

The new partnership between the PDHC and the Huntington Library made the newspaper.

Thank you to everyone involved!

The website hits (26,027) to the PDHC webpage for August already exceed the hits for all of July.

The database itself has also already exceeded total July usage stats (132,695 hits as of today!)

Our Flickr hits made a dramatic jump as well! We had 1,671 visitors on August 4 (the day the article went to press), 2,561 visitors on August 5, and 1,063 on August 6.

The article really has had an impact on the PDHC website! Way to go!

PDHC General Meeting Update

Members of all three participating institutions met today to discuss updates and actions plans for the PDHC.

Some highlights:

· The PMH’s exhibit on African American history in early Pasadena is a success!

· The NEH is experiencing cut backs in funding, but we are still hopeful that our grant proposal will be approved (even if partially).

· Sid Gally at the Pasadena Star-News will continue accepting photograph suggestion from the PDHC to be part of his picture column.

· Plans are in motion for Preservation Week (April) – more TBA!

· The Metadata Team will be brainstorming about a schema for oral histories (video and audio).

· The next online exhibit will likely focus on Education and be led by PCC; it will be part of the City of Pasadena’s 125^th Anniversary Celebration.