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PILOT PROJECT: 2025-2027
The Community Archives Project is a pilot program for student and libraries cadres to learn about the history of community archives and the digital tools and methods used for documentation, storytelling, data analysis, and visualizations. This two-year program will include learning about archival research, guest speakers from community archive projects, and hands-on training of digital tools and methods to culminate in final digital scholarship project to be shared at a research symposium.
Libraries Cadre
Libraries Cadre
The Librarian Cadre is a two-year fellowship (2025-2026 and 2026-2027) project that offers the opportunity to participate in any of the follow ways:
Gain an understanding of the history of community archive projects through readings, studying websites, and guest speakers
Compare digital tools and methods, assessing opportunities and challenges of mapping public/consumer products onto an institutional environment
Consider the flexibility and constraints in administering a student-engaged, community archives focused project in the Libraries and make recommendations for what that would look like
Provide mentorship to undergraduate students through hands-on training of digital tools and methods used for storytelling, data analysis, and visualizations.
Undergraduate Cadre
Undergraduate Cadre
This two-year fellowship (2025-2026 and 2026-2027) offers the opportunity to gain:
Hands-on training of digital tools and methods used for storytelling, data analysis, and visualizations
Skills in researching archival material of people, communities, and events that could benefit from being highlighted in a digital project
An understanding of the history of community archive projects through readings, studying websites, and guest speakers
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