Community Archives Toolkit
  • đź‘‹Community Archives Toolkit
  • Introduction
    • đź’ˇGetting Started
    • đź’–Who are we?
  • 🤝Chapter 1: What is a Community Archive?
    • 1.1 Background on Community Archives
    • 1.2 Benefits of Community Archives
    • 1.3 Scope Your Vision for a Community Archive
  • âś…Chapter 2: Plan and Launch a Community Archive Project
    • 2.1 Tips & Tricks
    • 2.2 Find Initial Partners
    • 2.3 Establish Funding & Support
    • 2.4 Build & Sustain Community & Partner Engagement
    • 2.5 Build Team Capacity
    • 2.6 Design the Archive
    • 2.7 Ethics, Permissions, & Copyrights
  • đź”§Chapter 3: Build the Community Archive
    • 3.1 Overview of Collection Building Approach
    • 3.2 Make Existing Materials More Accessible
    • 3.3 Community Outreach
    • 3.4 Collection Building with Individuals
    • 3.5 Collection Building with Organizations
    • 3.6 Collection Building at Existing Community Events
    • 3.7 Activities at Community Events
    • 3.8 Produce Your Own Community Event
  • 🪴Chapter 4: Share and Sustain the Archive
    • 4.1 Working with Schools
    • 4.2 Raising Public Awareness
    • 4.3 Working with Artists
    • 4.4 Exhibits
    • 4.5 Sustainability
  • 📚Appendix: Further Reading and Resources
    • Appendix A. Planning & Launch Resources
    • Appendix B. Community Archive Toolkits & Resources
    • Appendix C. Examples of Community Archives
    • Appendix D. Oral History Interview Resources
    • Appendix E. Story Fest & Neighborhood Preservation Event Resources
    • Appendix F. Technical Resources
    • Appendix G. Works Cited
    • 🙌Acknowledgements
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  1. Appendix: Further Reading and Resources

Appendix B. Community Archive Toolkits & Resources

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Norfolk (UK)—has very practice-focused sections (collections management, preservation, cataloging, digitisation, interpretive planning, oral history, volunteers)

UCLA —a step-by-step guide for how to set up, conduct, report, and use the findings of an assessment of your community archive.

(PDF)—Useful background information, practical checklists, and other resources (although generally oriented towards Australia) that assist with organizing, caring for, and arranging archival records—includes a useful “List of Terms” for those new to archives

ALA (resources page)—has examples of digital community archives at the bottom—none of them appear to be linked to public libraries

University of North Carolina —has resources related to Archival Concepts, Archival Skills, Storytelling, and Sustaining Archives

(free) by WebJunction—“This course series, designed specifically with the needs of small cultural institutions in mind, will guide you through the lifecycle of digital stewardship. This lifecycle describes the entire ongoing range of tasks and activities necessary to successfully share digital collections.”

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Community Archives Toolkit
Assessing the Affective Impact of Community Archives: A Toolkit (PDF)
Preserving Australia’s Documentary Heritage: A Starter Kit for Community Groups
Creating a Digital Community Archive
Community-Driven Archives
Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) Handbook
Digital Collections Stewardship course