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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/digital-collections-stewardship-course-series-launched.htm">https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/digital-collections-stewardship-course-series-launched.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt">WebJunction Launches First Courses in Series on Digital Collections Stewardship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">WebJunction’s free course series will guide you through the lifecycle of digital stewardship from planning and gathering to saving and sharing
digital collections—wherever your starting point is.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WebJunction / <b>02 May 2022</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">OCLC's WebJunction, in partnership with Washington State University’s
<a href="https://cdsc.libraries.wsu.edu/">Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation</a>, has launched the first two in a
<a href="https://learn.webjunction.org/course/index.php?categoryid=61">series of free online courses</a> developed for staff at small public libraries and tribal archives, libraries, museums on digital stewardship and community-centered curation of digital
collections. These on-demand courses, adapted from the Tribal Digital Stewardship Cohort Program developed at Washington State University, are rolling out this month.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Digital Collections Stewardship Course Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><img border="0" width="300" height="300" style="width:3.125in;height:3.125in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.png@01D85FB8.30000B00" alt="Logo - digital collections stewardship"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Creating and sharing digital collections is an important way that libraries can share and preserve unique local history, culture, stories, and artifacts. Digital collections offer
an opportunity to represent a diversity of experiences and voices in your community that may be missing from your physical collection.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Planning, creating, managing, and preserving digital collections, however, can be resource-intensive work that requires technology, new skills, and an ongoing commitment to maintain
them. Understanding the full lifecycle of digital stewardship is critical to successful digital collections.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This new 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. If you are new to digital collections, we encourage you to take these courses sequentially; if not, feel free to choose the courses that fit your
needs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://learn.webjunction.org/course/index.php?categoryid=61">Enroll in courses</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>The first two courses are available:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Digital Collections Stewardship 1: Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This course defines digital collections and introduces the digital stewardship lifecycle, a model that describes the tasks and activities related to creating, organizing, managing,
preserving, and sharing digital collections. Here, you’ll begin exploring how you might shape your own digital stewardship work to meet your community needs and institutional goals.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Digital Collections Stewardship 2: Preparing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The second course in this series describes the importance of preparing for digital collections stewardship and identifies key steps to preparation. This course will lead you through
defining your digital stewardship goals and identifying and/or creating the library policies you’ll need to guide the work. You’ll work through initial planning questions as you define a digital collection project and how you will accomplish it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Five additional courses will launch in May. Here is a glimpse of what’s to come:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><img border="0" width="600" height="337" style="width:6.25in;height:3.5083in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.png@01D85FB8.30000B00" alt="screenshot from share course"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>This training is designed to strengthen staff skills and knowledge of: </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Understanding the lifecycle of digital stewardship <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Creating policies and documentation to sustain and manage collections <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Collaborating with community members and partner organizations <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Gathering digital content through donation, partnerships, digitization, and creating new digital content <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Enhancing the value of collections with culturally inclusive and meaningful metadata <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Secure and sustainable long-term digital preservation <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Practicing ethical stewardship of culturally sensitive collections <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Providing appropriate access to collections based on community values and priorities <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">How can I learn more and stay up to date on these courses?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">You can watch the recording of our April 26 webinar to learn more:
<a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/digital-collections-at-your-library.html">
Digital Collections at Your Library: Community, Culture, and Connection</a>. You can also
<a href="https://www.webjunction.org/email.html">subscribe</a> to our twice-monthly e-newsletter,
<i>Crossroads</i>, for more details and to hear about the release of new courses in the series.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This project is made possible in part thanks to support from OCLC, Washington State University’s
<a href="https://cdsc.libraries.wsu.edu/">Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation</a>, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services<i> (project number RE-246364-OLS-20).</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://www.oclc.org/en/home.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="200" height="87" style="width:2.0833in;height:.9083in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D85FB8.30000B00"></span></a> <a href="https://www.imls.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="200" height="91" style="width:2.0833in;height:.95in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.png@01D85FB8.30000B00"></span></a>
<a href="https://cdsc.libraries.wsu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="150" height="78" style="width:1.5666in;height:.8166in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image005.png@01D85FB8.30000B00"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We are grateful to these additional organizations for their support of this project: the
<a href="https://ailanet.org/">American Indian Library Association</a> (AILA); the
<a href="https://atalm.org/">Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums</a> (ATALM); the
<a href="https://www2.archivists.org/groups/native-american-archives-section">Society of American Archivists – Native American Archives Section</a> (SAA-NAAS); and the
<a href="https://www.lib.montana.edu/tcli/">Tribal College Librarians Professional Development Institute</a> (TCLI).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Project overview:
<a href="https://oc.lc/digital-stewardship">oc.lc/digital-stewardship</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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