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av preservation resources for and by the community
Welcome to the CAW Newsletter on Substack! Here you will find 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 our favorite av related fun.
We look forward to seeing you this week at the AMIA conference.
Let’s get started with the latest news…
CAW at the ATALM Conference in October
“In one workshop we did more than I have been able to do alone in four years”
- William Pink, Agua Caliente Tribe of Cupeño Indians
We had a wonderful time returning to the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) conference on October 25 this year, with our partner Agua Caliente Tribe of Cupeño Indians, represented by William Pink. Together with over 40 participants, we inventoried and assessed 243 items (VHS, audio cassette, 1/4” open reel audio, and microfiche), digitized two audio cassette tapes, and held demonstrations on digitization and film inspection. Thank you Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), ATALM, and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for supporting this workshop. Thank you to Agua Caliente for sharing their collection and culture. This workshop is part of the Audiovisual Collections Care in Tribal Archives project, funded by the NEH.
We are actively looking for 2023 partners
Over the next year, CAW will be traveling across the US to hold workshops with tribally held collections as part of the NEH funded Audiovisual Collections Care in Tribal Archives project. We are looking for partners who have an audiovisual collection in need. CONTACT US.
Upcoming Workshops
Oahu, Hawaii: February 2023 more information on registration and dates coming soon
Kodiak, Alaska: May 2023 more information on registration and dates coming soon
Wrapping up the Training of Trainers (TOT) Project
Thanks to generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, CAW has completed the development and delivery of a “Training of Trainers” (TOT) curriculum that lasted nearly five years. Initially conceived as a regional initiative to scale our established model for community training in audiovisual archiving, CAW established three regional hubs for peer-to-peer learning, then expanded to a fourth region for a remote cohort during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This June, we finally wrapped up the project, which culminated in the creation of dozens of resources to support anyone who wants to hold their own community archiving event. The TOT curriculum and resources can be found on our website HERE. We would love to hear back from you about how you use them.
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