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Building international partnerships for digitisation and preservation
Journal of Digital Media Management,
10
(2),
145-153
(2021)
Abstract
For the past decade, the UCLA Library’s International Digital Ephemera Project and Modern Endangered Archives Program have worked to create open access collections of international content through post-custodial partnerships. This paper details the work of those initiatives to support communities, archivists, librarians and researchers around the world to set priorities, understand complex legal issues and provide training and technology for cultural heritage preservation where content is at most risk. This paper describes how the UCLA Library works alongside a growing network of partners to preserve and present diverse voices and perspectives on global events and ensure community narratives about individual and collective experiences are accessible. This paper details both the ethic of care that informs the library’s work and the infrastructure that enables access and discovery to these community collections as it improves and expands the scope of these programmes.
Keywords: post-custodial; community-building; digital archives; international; open access
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Author's Biography
Rachel Deblinger is the Director of the Modern Endangered Archives Program at the UCLA Library. She is also the Co-Director of the Digital Jewish Studies Initiative at UC Santa Cruz and the Founding Director of the UC Santa Cruz Digital Scholarship Commons. Dr Deblinger’s research focuses on early post-war Holocaust narratives, media technology, and the efforts of Jewish communal organisations to aid survivors in Europe.
Jennifer Osorio is Head of the International and Area Studies Department at the UCLA Library and Interim Director of Library Special Collections. She holds an MLIS in information studies and an MA in Latin American studies, both from UCLA. She is currently a visiting programme officer with the Leadership Project of the Association of Research Libraries, and serves on the Center for Research Libraries’ International Collections and Content Group. Her research interests include leadership in libraries, open access in Latin America and primary source instruction.
Sharon E. Farb is the Associate University Librarian for Distinctive Collections and chief policy strategist for the UCLA Library. She leads the units that enhance and unlock the library’s rare and unique materials and guides the library’s government relations and public policy efforts. Farb is a national leader on the role of the public research library in organising and preserving knowledge, and spearheaded the development of the library’s open scholarship and collections policy. She is active internationally on freedom of expression, information justice and preservation of cultural heritage.
Todd Grappone is the Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives, Research and Development for the UCLA Library, leading the largest digital library in the University of California system. Within the field of library technology, Todd is a leader in digital preservation, and well known for developing collaborative partnerships and digital collections.
