Notable Kentucky African Americans Database: 13 years and still growing
Start Date
10-11-2016 1:45 PM
End Date
10-11-2016 2:30 PM
Description
NKAA is based solely on the contributions and accomplishments of African Americans in Kentucky and from Kentucky. It is a grassroots, in-house, reference tool that was created as a webpage in 2003 at the University of Kentucky Libraries. It became a database in 2007. NKAA is 100% free to all who have access to the internet. No password. No ID. Available are over 3,000 entries about people, places, events, terms and definitions. Also included are over 3,400 sources that support the entries. NKAA receives about 250,000 hits each year from students, educators, genealogist, and the curious from all over the world. In 2009, the American Library Association awarded the NKAA Database the RUSA/GALE Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services. NKAA is managed by one main librarian/researcher, with key support and editing from a second librarian, and with ongoing technical support from a member of the library IT staff. The database is a low maintenance, heavily used resource that is updated every other day, if not every day. Contributions come from reference questions, submissions from researchers on campus and at other institutions, and suggestions from the general public at large. The major return of the NKAA Database is much more knowledge in the classroom and within publications about African Americans in and from Kentucky. NKAA is one of a kind.
Notable Kentucky African Americans Database: 13 years and still growing
NKAA is based solely on the contributions and accomplishments of African Americans in Kentucky and from Kentucky. It is a grassroots, in-house, reference tool that was created as a webpage in 2003 at the University of Kentucky Libraries. It became a database in 2007. NKAA is 100% free to all who have access to the internet. No password. No ID. Available are over 3,000 entries about people, places, events, terms and definitions. Also included are over 3,400 sources that support the entries. NKAA receives about 250,000 hits each year from students, educators, genealogist, and the curious from all over the world. In 2009, the American Library Association awarded the NKAA Database the RUSA/GALE Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services. NKAA is managed by one main librarian/researcher, with key support and editing from a second librarian, and with ongoing technical support from a member of the library IT staff. The database is a low maintenance, heavily used resource that is updated every other day, if not every day. Contributions come from reference questions, submissions from researchers on campus and at other institutions, and suggestions from the general public at large. The major return of the NKAA Database is much more knowledge in the classroom and within publications about African Americans in and from Kentucky. NKAA is one of a kind.
Comments
Notable Kentucky African Americans Database [NKAA] @ http://nkaa.uky.edu