Video – Community-Driven Archives

Exploring the Nuance of Community-Driven Archives: A Conversation with Archives Practitioners Jimmy Zavala and Nancy Godoy

This University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries virtual public event highlighted community-driven archives projects that our guests, Nancy Godoy and Jimmy Zavala, have led, featuring inspirations, successes, and challenges.

What happens when large research university libraries engage in community outreach around archives and community memory? What should other university libraries know before embarking on community-driven archives projects? What should communities be aware of when they are approached to participate in these types of partnerships? Is it possible to generate and sustain more dynamic relationships… Continue reading Exploring the Nuance of Community-Driven Archives: A Conversation with Archives Practitioners Jimmy Zavala and Nancy Godoy

Planning and Starting a Digital Project

Wondering how to get started with a digital project like scanning old pictures or organizing and sharing your oral history recordings? This video with Lisa Gregory of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center will walk you through the steps of planning your project.

What Happens to Your Collection When It Goes to an Archive?

Are you looking for a home for your historical materials? Learn more about what happens when you send your collection to an institutional archive like the University Libraries at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Wilson Special Collections Library.

How to Participate in a Community Archive Project

Learn about community archiving and memory projects. Get inspired to participate in or start one of your own.

Why Archives Matter

Why invest in creating an archive? Learn about how your own artifacts and stories have the power to enrich your community. Your story is important.

Copyright and Legal Issues in Archives

Have questions about how to protect your and your collaborators’ intellectual property? Starting a project and want to do what you can to protect your participants’ control over how their stories are shared in the future? Listen to this overview of legal considerations for community archivists with Anne Gilliland, JD, MLS, Scholarly Communications Officer at UNC-Chapel Hill.