Ar-risk youths as community ambassadors
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At-risk youths as community history ambassadors: The Young Achievers Digitizing Greensboro History Explorers Program
David Gwynn, UNCG University Libraries7th Annual iDEAL Summit, 14 November 2015
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BackgroundCommunity Collections Project, 2013 - 2014
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The partners▪ Community:▪ College Place United Methodist Church▪ West Market Street United Methodist Church▪ First Presbyterian Church▪ Lindley Elementary School
▪ Funding: UNCG Community-based Research Grant▪ UNCG Graduate School▪ UNCG Office of Undergraduate Research▪ UNCG Office of Leadership & Service-Learning
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Project goals▪ Capture materials that might not otherwise make their way into traditional
repositories.▪ Determine what material was there and what holders of these items needed/wanted.▪ Develop strategies and “best practices” to preserve these materials in the field using
digital cameras and other cost-effective, user-friendly systems.▪ Teach partners how to digitize their own items inexpensively.▪ Present “hidden” items online giving access to the general public.▪ Build local history collections at UNCG and provide an “archives” site for the
partners. Build relationships and move toward the goal of a true community history web portal.
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Community survey▪ Would your organization
welcome the opportunity to work with area colleges or other public institutions, to assist you in addressing these needs or issues?
Yes53%
Maybe
47%
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Lessons learned▪ There is a definite interest (at least by the responding groups)
for assistance in preserving their historical materials, both physically and digitally.▪ Large majority of participants see the value in sharing their
history.▪ Understand that this is not the first priority for participants. ▪ Realistically, there may not be much digitization by the
partners themselves.
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Hayes-Taylor ProjectYoung Achievers Digitizing Greensboro History
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Partner▪ Hayes-Taylor YMCA▪ Established 1930s▪ Relocated 2015
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IMLS Sparks!Ignition Grant▪ Test and evaluate specific innovations. ▪ Support deployment of groundbreaking new
tools, products, services, or organizational practices.
▪ Activities or approaches that involve risk.▪ Address problems, challenges, or needs and
make the findings widely and openly accessible.
▪ Projects with broad potential impact and significant Innovation
https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/sparks-ignition-grants-libraries
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Rationale and goals▪ Inexpensive field digitization materials that might not
otherwise make their way into traditional repositories.▪ Service learning opportunity for students to learn IT skills
and be introduced to archives and primary source materials.▪ Students as “community ambassadors” for outreach.▪ Let the community define its own history. No “top-down”
approaches.
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Rationale and goals▪ Have students work with older community members to
uncover “hidden” materials and stories.▪ Connect community members with appropriate archival
repositories.▪ Promote Hayes-Taylor YMCA’s history and its new facility.▪ Host a community scanning day for the general public.▪ Build a digital collection as part of UNCG’s local history portal.
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Steps▪ Community meeting▪ Project presentation
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Steps▪ Field trips and
education
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Steps▪ Field digitization▪ Onsite digitization
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Steps▪ Community scanning day▪ Exhibits
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The website
http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Community
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Website
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Sample content
Minute book, scrapbook
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Anniversary program, architectural drawings
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Hayes-Taylor YMCA, Original building and staff, 1930s Gabriel Grocery, ca.
1950
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Elementary school class photo, 1969 Loretha Foushee with Aaron Neville, early 2000s
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Dr. and Mrs. Walter Lewis McNair Johnson C. Smith University photo album
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Lessons learned▪ Outreach requires more than a creative idea: Consider the potential for
extended outreach▪ Develop contacts: Don’t just “find stuff”▪ Promotion and publicity are key▪ Work with an established organization that has community connections in
place▪ Community youth can open doors▪ Collaboration requires communication in both directions▪ Funders reward collaboration
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Questions?
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More information▪David Gwynn, Digital Projects Coordinator, UNCG Libraries224 Jackson Library, UNCG▪Digital Collections: http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/▪ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncgdigital/▪ Email: [email protected]▪ Phone: 336.256.2606