All History is Local: Find, Preserve, and Digitize Collections that Tell the Story

No sessions are currently scheduled for this event. To request a new session, please contact membersupport@lyrasis.org

Description:

Every community has its own history and related resources to preserve for future generations. This class will explore different approaches to collecting items to document a community and how to build up collections of local history. The class will cover basic preservation of archival collections, and creating wider access to local history collections through digitization

Instructor: Annie Peterson

Annie Peterson is a Program Leader at LYRASIS. She coordinates LYRASIS Learning and teaches classes on preservation, digitization, and other topics related to cultural heritage institutions. Before joining LYRASIS, Annie Peterson was the Preservation Librarian for the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane University. Previously, she was an IMLS Preservation Administration Fellow at Yale University, where her primary focus was writing a disaster plan for the library’s high density storage facility. Her background in library and archives preservation provides a strong basis for assisting LYRASIS members with their preservation and digitization projects. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In 2016 Annie was awarded the Esther J. Piercy Award from ALCTS, an award that is given to recognize the contribution to areas of librarianship included in library collections and technical service by a librarian who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership.

Intended Audience

Anyone

Notes

Frequency: offered 2 times a year, Spring & Fall

Registrations for this class must be received at least one week before the class date. Registrants should receive an email offering detailed login and setup instructions. Please call 800.999.8558 if you do not receive this email at least three days before the class. This class is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.

Time: All live online classes are in Eastern time.

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