Announcements

On behalf of Community Archiving Workshop, Wisconsin Library Services and Recollection Wisconsin, we are pleased to announce the release of the newest version of the Digital Readiness Toolkit. The Toolkit is a robust guide with resources for organizations and individuals creating and caring for digital collections of all kinds. This version is nearly two years in the making and has new and expanded resources for audiovisual collections. 

We invite you to explore the Toolkit, use the Audio Visual Digital Readiness Self Assessment to determine your priorities, use the Digital Project Planning Worksheet to develop a plan and budget, and mark your progress using the Digital Readiness Levels. We welcome feedback and questions at info@recollectionwisconsin.org.

The Toolkit is a project of Wisconsin Library Services, Recollection Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Historical Society. Expanded audiovisual resources in this version are developed by the Community Archiving Workshop in collaboration with twelve partners in geographically diverse regions of the US: 

• African American Library and Museum at Oakland

• Karuk Tribal Libraries

• Sacramento Public Library

• University of Texas at El Paso Library

• Nashville Audiovisual Heritage Center

• Fisk University

• Huhugam Heritage Center-Gila River Indian Community

• Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Library & Archives

• Wyandotte Nation

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Archives and Special Collections

• History Museum at the Castle, Appleton, WI

• University of Wisconsin-Madison University

This project is supported by generous funds from the  National Historical Publications and Records Commission.