Presentation
History in the Making: Creating the Shenandoah Living Archive
Cultural Heritage Information Management Forum
(2015)
Abstract
The Shenandoah Living Archive (SLA) is a new James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies initiative that engages students, the local community, and faculty in capturing, creating, and curating the real-time documentation of life in the Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Living Archive collects the stories of the communities that make up the rich tapestry of life in the Valley today. Materials include born-digital items (oral histories, images, video, geospatial data) and physical materials (flyers, pamphlets, diaries). A technologically rich space, the SL encourages creativity, connectivity, and experimentation in the development of new content and digital storytelling—a remixing that will bring the materials in the Living Archive to life in new ways for audiences in the Valley and beyond. Through visuals, text, and accompanying video this poster will break down the processes involved in creating and prototyping the SLA. These include:
- Inter-disciplinary collaboration
- Student-driven research and outcomes
- Community engagement
- Increasing access to primary source materials in innovative ways
The poster will also highlight current SLA activity and provide a look into future possibilities for collecting and providing access. These projects include:
- Filipino immigrant oral histories
- History of local music culture
- Refugee experiences in the Shenandoah Valley
Keywords
- archives,
- community engagement,
- collection development
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 5, 2015
Location
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Citation Information
Lynn Eaton and Kate Morris. "History in the Making: Creating the Shenandoah Living Archive" Cultural Heritage Information Management Forum (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kathryn_morris1/6/