CAW Workshop Checklist
Download the CAW Workshop Checklist. The checklist breaks the planning timeline into tasks. It helps you you get started, stay on schedule, and fulfill all your workshop goals.
Call for Membership: Get Involved in the Community Archiving Workshop!
Ready to get involved? Overview The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) seeks collaborative members to join our planning team and expand the CAW membership. CAW’s flagship activity is a one-day workshop designed to jumpstart audiovisual preservation providing basic training and hands-on…
Inventory & Inspection Templates
Creating a basic inventory of your audiovisual (AV) collections is the foundation to audiovisual preservation and the primary goal for every workshop. The inventory templates walk you through inspecting many types of AV formats and facilitates collecting consistent data throughout…
Subscribe to the CAW Newsletter!
The CAW Newsletter is the place for periodic updates on CAWs around the world and in your community, spotlights on community organizations making audiovisual (av) preservation happen together, opportunities to get involved in community av projects, and links to…
Digitization Work Order and Contract Template
Download and update the Digitization Work Order and Contract Template for your project.
Working With a Digitization Vendor — A Primer
Working with a Digitization Vendor – A Primer is a step-by-step guide though the process. It includes:
Welcome Packets
Below are links to the template and resources to help create informative Welcome Packets (or Volunteer Packets). As mentioned in the Handbook, Welcome Packets should be sent in advance of the workshop and provide logistical details, schedule for the day,…
All the Kits: Guides, Videos, & Equipment Lists
Below are links to information about all the kits that CAW has assembled. The resources include: Film Inspection Kit Watch the Video: Guide: Equipment & Supply List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gBOMAIC1vbr096YYxYXttSCVc1-yJaqRAG9K-0fphOI/edit?usp=drivesdk&disco=AAAAtJELfoU Audio Digitization Kit Watch the Video: Guide: Equipment…
California Training of Trainers, 2019 – Full Curriculum
About the Project The Community Archiving Workshop Training of Trainers (TOT) – California is the west region of the Regional Training of Trainers Project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This regional TOT will focus its work on the audiovisual…
Recommendations Template
CAW Recommendations Template is a simple document that provides collection materials recommendations based on standard preservation practices. CAW organizers prepares the document after the workshop based on the types of collection materials processed during the workshop as well as any…
Disaster Preparedness
This is the fifth webinar in the nine-part series created for the Southwest Cohort. Link to the video is available below. In this session, participants learn the elements of disaster planning including assessing and mitigating risks (natural and man-made), setting…