Digital collections at your library can preserve local histories and artifacts at risk of being lost. They offer an opportunity to represent the diversity of stories and voices in your community likely missing from your physical collection. But they are resource-intensive, requiring new skills, technology, and an ongoing commitment to maintain them. Understanding the full lifecycle of digital stewardship is critical to successfully providing digital collections. In this webinar, practitioners will share how their digital collections have enabled their community members to connect with unique histories and cultures, increase appreciation of local history, and foster connections across generations. You’ll also learn about WebJunction’s new free course series, which will guide you through the lifecycle of digital stewardship from planning and gathering to saving and sharing digital collections—wherever your starting point is.

Presented by:

• Amanda McLaren, Director, Benzonia Public Library
• Dale Musselman, Learning Manager, WebJunction, OCLC
• Selena Ortega-Chiolero, Museum Specialist, Chickaloon Village Traditional Council
• Mercy Procaccini, Senior Program Officer, Research Library Partnership, OCLC

Access Recording

•  View Webinar Recording (You will be prompted to log in to our free Course Catalog.)

Webinar Attachments

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• View chat (xls)
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Related Resources and Links

• Project announcement, Digital Stewardship Training for Tribal Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Small Public Libraries
• Digital Collections Stewardship courses
• Impacts and Reflections: Digital Stewardship Training Initiative
• Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation
• The Sustainable Heritage Network
• We Have Never Been Neutral: Search, Discovery, and the Politics of Access, an OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series presentation by Dr. Kimberly Christen in 2017
• Nay'dini'aa Na' Kayax Ugheldze' Le Cilaes Project (Chickaloon Native Village Information We Share)
• Mukurtu
• The Cultural Heritage Steward, Selena Ortega-Chiolero
• Remembering Benzie: An Oral History Project (and Remembering Benzie YouTube channel)
• Library of Congress Veterans History Project
• Marshfield Story Project
• Pella Community Memory Database
• Door County Memory Project
• Statewide Digital Memory Projects (pdf)
• Shared in chat
• Manatee County Public Library System digital archive
• SUNY Geneseo, College Archives & Special Collections
• DigitalNC
• Martin County Memory Project (just getting started!)
  
• Pease Public Library Archives
• SCKLS Digital Library Initiative, digital projects for several member public libraries in South Central Kansas
• Avon Lake Local History
• Avalon History Center
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
• Scottsdale Heritage Connection
• Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania Maple Festival Memories
• WebJunction's Learning Group Facilitation Guide (a similar guide will be made available for the Digital Collections Stewardship courses)