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<p>A reminder for folks newer to Digital Collections Stewardship, there’s a great group of self-paced online courses in this area, free through WebJunction!
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<p><a href="https://learn.webjunction.org/course/index.php?categoryid=61">https://learn.webjunction.org/course/index.php?categoryid=61</a>
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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
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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
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These courses, 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. As you proceed through these courses, you will complete activities using the Digital Collections Stewardship Workbook, creating an action plan for your digital collections implementation. If you are new to digital collections, we encourage
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<i>Made possible in part thanks to support from OCLC, Washington State University, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives |
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