By Milan Budhathoki The Morrill Reckoning , one of the latest items added to the BTAA Geoportal, is a project sponsored by University of Maryland Libraries. It was created and fulfilled as part of a certificate practicum requirement by Dr. Lisa Carney in Master in Library Information Science program (2023). This showcase is in line with UMD's commitment to promoting Indigenous knowledge, advancing decolonization efforts, and fostering restorative justice. The initiative is made possible through a 2022-2023 Teaching and Learning Program Grant, " Decolonizing Education to meet the Demands of Climate Change ," led by Patricia Kosco Cossard at UMD Libraries and co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Picture 1: Altered image of the Morrill Act of 1862 highlighting the words " public land ." This web based Morrill Reckoning exhibit documents the process by which land of over 30 Native American nations was forcibly expropriated and sold to fund the en
By Tara Anthony, Penn State University Libraries The BTAA Geoportal includes historic aerial photography records that span institutions. This post focuses on searching and locating aerial photography records in the BTAA Geoportal with a focus on Pennsylvania historical aerial photography collections. Overview of h istoric aerial photos in the BTAA Geoportal A search for aerial photo yields 1, 701 records (as of October 2023) with a h igher p ortion of records seen from Pennsylvania, followed by Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska, and New Jersey . The time period of the aerial photo re cords l o cated is from the present back to the 1900 -1949 time period , with the most records present in the 1950 to 1999 time per iod . A highlight of some resources wi ll be pr ovided her e, along with a greater focus on Pennsylvania historic aerial photo collections. Wisconsin Historic Aerial Imagery