Presented by Vicki Tobias, WiLS, and Stacey Erdman, Beloit College, for Creating Community through Digital Futures, held in Chicago on November 1, 2018

1. Curating
Community
Digital
Collections
Vicki Tobias
Program Coordinator, WiLS
vicki@wils.org
Stacey Erdman
Archivist, Beloit College
erdmansn@beloit.edu

2. What is CCDC?
• Thank you IMLS!
• Coordinated by WiLS/Recollection Wisconsin
• Grant narrative and other info:
https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres
• Goals
1. Education focus
2. From digitization project to preservation
program
3. Build community!

3. CCDC Model
• December 2017!
• Cohort/team-based experience
iSchool or SOIS graduate student
Host site supervisor(s)
Professional mentor
• Hat tip to NDSR program!
https://ndsr-program.org/
• Digital POWRR
http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/

4. Barron County Historical Society
Cameron, Wisconsin
• Tammy Schutz, Sarah Beer
• Heather Stecklein, UW-Stout
• Jodi Kiffmeyer, UW-Madison iSchool
La Crosse Public Library/Archives
La Crosse, Wisconsin
• Scott Brouwer
• Jesse Henderson, UW Digital Collections
• Jessica Behrman, UW-Madison iSchool
Rock County Historical Society
Janesville, Wisconsin
• Kathy Boguszewski, Kristin Arnold
• Stacey Erdman, Beloit College
• Sarah Lange, UW-Madison iSchool
Outagamie Waupaca Library System
Appleton, Wisconsin
• Amanda Lee
• Amy Cooper Cary, Marquette University
• Kristina Warner, UW-Madison iSchool
Manitowoc County Historical Society
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
• Amy Meyer
• Pete Shrake, Circus World Museum
• Cameron Fontaine, UW-Milwaukee SOIS
College of Menominee Nation,
Menominee Public Library
Keshena, Wisconsin
• Bethany Huse
• Kristin Briney, UW-Milwaukee
• Steve Moray, UW-Milwaukee SOIS
CCDC 2018 Teams

5. Why Digital Stewardship & CCDC?
Illustrations by Jørgen Stamp digitalbevaring.dk CC BY 2.5 Denmark

6. Spring 2018 Activity
• Six host site visits in April and May 2018
• Vicki + host site supervisors
Review digital collections, preservation needs
Create framework for project plan
Assess training needs to inform workshop content
• Coordinate with Wisconsin iSchools
• Create CCDC Immersion Workshop!

7. Immersion Workshop

8. Summer Program
• June-August 2018
• 120 or 150 hours work
• On site and remote
• Virtual communication and project
management tools
• Academic credit + summer stipend for
students
• Site visits and mentor check-ins
• Virtual capstone event in August

9. Project Work
 Collection inventory
 Folder and file organization, renaming
 Digitization workflows
 QA processes
 File integrity-checking tools and
workflows
 Storage and backups
 Policies, workflows and documentation

10. Rock County
Historical
Society

11. What’s next for CCDC?
• Year one, that’s a wrap!
• Evaluation and assessment activities
• Year two application process in Fall
2018
More outreach
TEN host sites and students in
2019
New projects, additional mentors

12. More Information!
• Follow our progress!
https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres
• Join our listserv!
digistew@wils.org
• PLEASE USE OUR STUFF!
Project documentation from Summer 2018:
https://recollectionwisconsin.org/digipres/
2018resources

13. La Crosse Public Library
Rock Co. Historical Society
Barron Co. Historical Society
College of Menominee Nation Manitowoc Co. Historical Society OWLS

14. Curating
Community
Digital
Collections
Vicki Tobias
Program Coordinator, WiLS
vicki@wils.org
Stacey Erdman
Archivist, Beloit College
erdmansn@beloit.edu