Community Archiving Workshop: Audiovisual Collections Care for Tribal Archives
Saturday, April 12, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Hosted by The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Wyandotte, OK
An item-level inventory is the necessary first step towards preservation of any cultural heritage collection. In a 2020 survey, only 9% of responding tribal archives, libraries and museums reported having a preservation plan in place for their audiovisual (film, video, audio) collections. The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) is organizing a one-day workshop in partnership with The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
Participants in this workshop will handle collections of microfilm, analog video (VHS), slides, photographs and documents. Workshop participants are invited to bring a portion of their audiovisual collection to be inspected and inventoried during the workshop. The workshop includes presentations and free lunch.
Participants will learn:
- How to identify different media formats and their risk factors.
- How to establish a controlled vocabulary for the description of audiovisual collections.
- How to document and prioritize audiovisual collections for preservation.
- There will also be demonstrations of film inspection, and video and audio digitization.
- There will be a follow-up webinar on digital file storage and maintenance.
This workshop is part of the Expanding the Circle of Care for Audiovisual Collections in Tribal Archives project, which builds off of CAW’s Audiovisual Collections Care in Tribal Archives project. Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Preservation and Access Education and Training, with support from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
Team Leaders: Kaitlyn Palone & Pamela Vadakan
Team Members: CK Ming, Felicia Boretzky & Amy Sloper
For more information on this workshop contact: communityarchivingworkshop@gmail.com
