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Posts
- Map of CAWs
- CAW Workshop Checklist
- Strategic Planning Initiative (SPI) Reports and Documents Available!
- Call for Membership: Get Involved in the Community Archiving Workshop!
- Inventory & Inspection Templates
- Subscribe to the CAW Newsletter!
- Digitization Work Order and Contract Template
- Working With a Digitization Vendor — A Primer
- Welcome Packets
- All the Kits: Guides, Videos, & Equipment Lists
- California Training of Trainers, 2019 – Full Curriculum
- Recommendations Template
- Disaster Preparedness
- Digitization in-house vs out-of-house
- CA TOT Curriculum Table of Contents
- Sample CAW Follow-up Meeting Agenda
- CA TOT Video of Webinar 2: The CAW Collaboration
- CA TOT Video of Webinar 1: Welcome and the CAW Concept
- CAW Day Evaluation Form
- Sample Publicity for a CAW
- Sample Roles during a CAW
- Sample CAW Survey Responses v. 2022
- Sample CAW Partner-Collection Survey Form v. 2022
- Sample Partner Organization Inquiry Letter – General
- Sample CAW Equipment/Supplies List – Media Collections
- Sample CAW Memorandum of Understanding
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 3.3: Priorities for the Mentoring Phase and Wrap-Up
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 3.2: Review of Next Steps for Regional CAWs
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 3.1: CAW De-Brief
- CA TOT Day 3 Presentations
- CA TOT AV Archiving Resources
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 2: CAW Day
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 1.4: AV Basics – Inspection and Inventory of Film, Video and Audio
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 1.3: The What and Why of the Data Template
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 1.2: The Scope and Arrangement of the CAW Collection
- CA TOT Trainers Notes Day 1.1: Welcome and Agenda Review
- CA TOT Day 1 Presentations
- CA TOT Homework for On-site Training
- CA TOT Webinar 2 Presentation: The CAW Collaboration
- CA TOT Webinar 2 Trainers Notes: The CAW Collaboration
- CA TOT Homework for Webinar #2
- CA TOT Pre-CAW Instructions to Participants
- CA TOT Webinar 1 Presentation: Welcome and the CAW Concept
- CA TOT Webinar 1 Trainers Notes: Welcome and the CAW Concept
- CA TOT Training of Trainers Full Agenda
- California Training of Trainers, 2019 – Full Curriculum
- Guide to the Audio Digitization Kit
- Guide to the Video Digitization Kit
- Guide to the Film Inspection Kit
- Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects
- Digitizing Video for Long-Term Preservation: An RFP Guide and Template
- BAVC Preservation Glossary
- blank print condition report
- Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
- Video History Project
- Texas Commission on the Arts Videotape Identification and Assessment Guide
- Specs Bros.
- Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
- Washington State Film Preservation Manual
- The National Film Preservation Foundation Film Preservation Guide
- Little Film
- The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials
- Safeguarding the Audio Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy
- Independent Media Arts Preservation Online Resource List
- Kodak edgecode guide
- An Introduction to Optical Media Preservation
- AIC: Electronic Media Group
- Film Forever: The Home Film Preservation Guide
- Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
- The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
- California Revealed Audiovisual Format Identification Guide
- AMIA Listserv
- AMIA General Resources
- Community Archiving Workshop Handbook
- Revisión e inventario
- Inspection & Inventory
- Webinar 9: Using the Film Inspection Kit
- Webinar 8: Using the Video Digitization Kit
- Webinar 7: Using the Audio Digitization Kit
- Webinar 6: Mukurtu & Tribesourcing Southwest Films
- Webinar 2: Inspección e inventario
- Webinar 5: Disaster Preparedness
- Formatos audiovisuales analógicos: identificación básica y diagnóstico
- Analog AV Formats: Basic Identification and Assessment
- Presentación de audiovisuales analógicos: identificación básica y diagnóstico
- Webinar 4: Digitization In- house vs. Out- of- house
- Presentación de audiovisuales analógicos: identificación básica y diagnóstico
- Webinar 3: Metadata for Audiovisual Collection
- SW Cohort Inventorying Process
- Webinar 1: AV Basics / Film Inspection PDF
- Webinar 2: Inspection and Inventory
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 1, Module 3: Homework
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 3, Module 2: Debriefing, Planning Next Steps
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 3, Module 1: Debriefing and Lessons Learned
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 1, Module 6: The What and Why of the Data Template
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 1, Module 5: Determining Scope of Work
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 1, Module 4: How to Plan A CAW
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 1, Module 2: CAW History
- CAW TOT Southeast: Day 1 Module 1, Welcome
- Welcome Packet: CAW Southwest IMLS Cohort
Workshops
- 2026 Chicago
- 2026 Anchorage
- 2026 Belgrade, Serbia
- 2026 Mound Bayou
- 2025 Cherokee
- 2025 Honolulu
- 2025 SoCAL
- 2025 Wyandotte
- 2024 Milwaukee
- 2024 Richmond
- 2024 Chicago
- 2024 Palm Springs
- 2023 Honolulu
- 2023 Fitzgerald
- 2023 Istanbul
- 2023 Anchorage
- 2023 Kodiak
- 2022 Pittsburgh
- 2019 Baltimore
- 2018 Portland (AV Fair)
- 2017 New Orleans (AV Fair)
- 2017 Manila
- 2018 Bangkok
- 2016 Tokyo
- 2016 Santiago
- 2016 Pittsburgh
- 2016 New York
- 2015 Portland
- 2015 New York
- 2015 Nashville
- 2014 Savannah
- 2014 Oaxaca
- 2013 Richmond
- 2012 Seattle
- 2011 Austin
Handbook Pages
- Collaborating with Partner Organizations
- Find a Partner Organization
- Planning Committee and Roles
- Timeline for Planning
- Budget
- Connect Partner Organizations with Digitization Vendors
- Deliverables and Follow-up with Partner Organizations
- Analyzing Evaluations
- Finishing the Day
- Lunch
- Processing and Teaching at Workstations
- Presentations
- Typical Schedule
- Workshop Roles
- Organize the Workshop Space
- Create Welcome Packets
- Prepare Templates and Documents
- Determine Equipment and Supply Needs
- Decide on a Workflow
- Advertise for Trainers (Archivists)
- Recruit Volunteers
- Pre-Workshop Activity for Host Site
- Promotion and Registration
- Determine Collection Goals and Workshop Objectives
- 04-After the workshop
- 03-Day of the workshop
- 02-Before the Workshop
- 01-Getting Started