Community Archives Toolkit
  • 👋Community Archives Toolkit
  • Introduction
    • ðŸ’ĄGetting Started
    • 💖Who are we?
  • ðŸĪ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
  • ✅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
  • 🔧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
  • ðŸŠīChapter 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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  • Planning for long term preservation and access from the beginning
  • Seeking other sources of funding
  • Thinking about sustainability from the beginning
  1. Chapter 4: Share and Sustain the Archive

4.5 Sustainability

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Planning for long term preservation and access from the beginning

Following digital preservation standards and best practices, this helped determine access platforms for us as well. If you are unfamiliar with digital collection stewardship, we would suggest taking the free online course offered by WebJunction listed in the Appendix.

Seeking other sources of funding

While the project was going on, applied for other opportunities that were aligned with the project or could continue funding the project. NEH submitted; received Memory Lab grant which will provide a new channel for growing the collection

Thinking about sustainability from the beginning

Establish programs and procedures that can continue even without dedicated staffing; utilize staff in your organization outside of the project team to make the project scalable

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Figure 20. Teachers explore transcripts from oral histories for possible student assignments, February 11, 2023.