1947 Partition Archive

DIGITAL ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVIST INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS [THE 1947 PARTITION ARCHIVE?S (HEREAFTER ?PA?) SEEKS FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (HEREAFTER ?NEH?) IN THE AMOUNT OF $298,437 FOR ENHANCING AN EXISTING TEN-YEAR-OLD DIGITAL ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVIST (HEREAFTER ?DOHA?) STUDENT INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HANDS-ON DIGITAL ARCHIVING EXPERIENCE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, RECENT GRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR EXISTING VOLUNTEER-BASED DOHA PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FROM UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN MUSLIM, HINDU, SIKH AND DALIT BACKGROUNDS, AMONG OTHERS, VIA: 1) SIX PART SIX-MONTH LONG PAID INTERNSHIPS PER YEAR OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS THAT INTRODUCE ASPIRING STUDENTS TO THE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES (LIS). SPECIFICALLY STUDENTS WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL ARCHIVING THROUGH A SERIES OF INTRODUCTORY LECTURES BY EXPERTS AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN CLOUD-BASED CATALOGING, HANDLING AND PRESERVATION OF BORN-DIGITAL M]

THE 1947 PARTITION ARCHIVE WILL PILOT THE DIGITAL ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TO INTRODUCE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS—PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN BACKGROUNDS—TO THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY-BASED ARCHIVES THROUGH A SERIES OF LECTURES AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL DEVELOP AND EXECUTE FELLOWSHIP CYCLES THAT INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO CATALOGING, HANDLING, AND PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES USED TO ARCHIVE CONFLICT-ZONE COMMUNITY-SOURCED DIGITAL ARCHIVES, AS WELL AS THE CONCEPTS OF COMMUNITY ARCHIVES, DEMOCRATIC HERITAGE DOCUMENTATION, GEOTAGGING ACROSS POLITICALLY UNSTABLE REGIONS, ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SENSITIVE COLLECTIONS, DIGITAL HUMANITIES, AND ORAL HISTORY. STAFF WILL SHARE FINDINGS FROM THIS PROJECT VIA CONFERENCES AND JOURNALS, AND THE PROJECT WILL INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE FIELD OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING THE DISCOVERABILITY AND ACCESS TO ONE OF ONLY TWO MAJOR SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVES IN THE UNITED STATES.

PRESERVING COLLECTIONS AND ADAPTING TO CLOUD BASED DIGITAL ARCHIVING TECHNIQUES DURING THE COVID19 PANDEMIC