Thanks to generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Community Archiving Workshop (CAW), in partnership with the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM), supports efforts to preserve and improve access to audiovisual (film, video, audio) collections held by tribal archives and libraries by providing free workshops on audiovisual collections care.
A free, in-person workshop is scheduled to take place in Richmond, VA on Friday, September 20 with catered lunch provided. Information on the workshop can be found here. These workshops are intended to prioritize collections and workshop participants with American Indian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and/or Alaska Native heritage. Register to attend here. Deadline is September 1.
There are two ways to participate in this workshop:
1. Workshop Participant
Attendees will be paired with audiovisual archivists to conduct processing, cataloging, and inspection of a moving image collection and discuss issues unique to the care of Indigenous archival recordings, including access restrictions and culturally sensitive content. Workshop attendees will gain experience in working with audiovisual recordings, learn to care for their collections, plan for preservation, and be a part of the critical work of processing an endangered local collection.
2. Collection Partner
CAW is seeking one or more Native cultural institution partners to bring their unprocessed collections of audiovisual materials (film, video, audio recordings) to the workshop. Under the supervision of audiovisual professionals, the materials will be inspected, labeled, and inventoried by teams of workshop participants. Community Archiving Workshop members will provide the collection partner with a prioritized inventory and preservation recommendations after the workshop.
To learn more about the Community Archiving Workshop and access a robust collection of training resources, click here.
The purpose of the CAW workshops is to train tribal librarians and archivists on the handling and care of audiovisual collections, to engage local community members in processing and describing their community’s audiovisual assets, and to process a small collection of recordings in preparation for preservation. Participants also learn how to set up and use a basic digitization station. The collaborative workshop model encourages the development of regional partnerships who can work together and support each other long after the workshop is over.
The “Audiovisual Collections Care and Management Workshop” is part of a two-year project that builds on CAW’s previous project with ATALM which helped Native communities provide better care for AV collections. Support for the project is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
