GIF IT UP Ipswich!
The Digital Public Library of America, in conjunction with Europeana, DigitalNZ and Trove, recently announced the winners of their annual GIF IT UP contest. Entries for the contest opened on 1 October 2016, with everyone from professional gif-makers, history buffs, and animators to first-time gif-ers and students invited to participate. Once again, staff at the Ipswich Central Library thought it would be a great challenge and a unique way to showcase some of the images available on Picture Ipswich. Recently the winners were announced and…Ipswich Libraries was one of the Trove Librarian Runner Up Winners!
Below is the image used from Picture Ipswich of a “Greetings from Ipswich” postcard that received the award. This postcard was part of the S.W. Series no. 3057, printed in England by J. Beagles & Co. If you click on it, you can see the fun animation created by Library staff.
‘Greetings from Ipswich’ postcard of Ipswich buildings and scenes, Ipswich, ca. 1910
If you’d like to see the other entry contributed by Ipswich Libraries, just click here.
