02-Before the Workshop

Each workshop has two parallel and equally important goals:  These should be determined in collaboration with your workshop partners and be documented in signed agreements.

Once a partner organization, collection, event location, and event date is secured it’s time to further engage the surrounding community. Benefiting the primary partner is

To make the best of the short amount of time you’ll have with all of your volunteers on-site, it’s vital to get as much basic

The model thus far calls for both the partner organization and the archivist organizers to recruit volunteers. The partner organization is probably best equipped to

The level of technical expertise needed by your volunteer trainers depends on a number of factors, like: What Skills Do You Need It’s important to

Working with the partner organization and the chosen collection(s), you can start developing a likely workflow for the day-of the workshop. The workflow incorporates established

As you’re working with your partner organizations in planning the workshop, you’ll need to get a good sense of the size of the collection in

During the workshop, volunteers will need a way to record the information they are collecting about the materials. Film For film materials it is standard

After the community volunteers have signed up, it is a good idea for either the partner organization or the workshop organizers to send a volunteer

Plan to set up the room at least a day in advance of the workshop. Designate areas for each station — initial triage, inspection, and