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.
Call for Community Partners
CAW is seeking to partner with one or more Native cultural institutions with unprocessed collections of audiovisual materials (film, video, audio recordings) to participate in the “Community Archiving Workshop: Audiovisual Collections Care” scheduled for Tuesday October 7 in Cherokee, NC.
Participating cultural institutions will bring to the workshop unprocessed collections of audio visual materials. Under the supervision of audiovisual professionals, the materials will be inspected, labeled, and inventoried by teams of workshop participants. After the workshop, CAW Collective members will provide partnering cultural institutions with a prioritized inventory, preservation recommendations, and a $1,000 stipend to support their preservation goals. Learn more and complete the application here.
About CAW
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.
To learn more about the Community Archiving Workshop and access a robust collection of training resources, click here.
