Recollection Wisconsin Expands Digital Readiness Toolkit for Audiovisual Materials

[Kristen Whitson]

Hello, Digital Readiness Community of Practice - 

I wanted to let you all know about a recent significant update to the Digital Readiness Toolkit. I've seen several of you at conferences in recent weeks and shared this update; here it is with more detail and easy-to-follow links. Please feel free to share widely and use extensively!

Recollection Wisconsin has enhanced and expanded its Digital Readiness Toolkit to incorporate guidance and best practices on digitizing and sharing audiovisual content. These enhancements, a result of valuable contributions from the Community Archiving Workshop, include a comprehensive digital readiness self-assessment tool for your organization, a framework for prioritizing A/V materials for digitization, and in-depth guidance tailored specifically to managing audiovisual collections. We’ve also updated and expanded the Digital Project Planning Worksheet, added support for choosing a Collection Management System and recommendations for digitization equipment, and incorporated requests for resources and information that practitioners have requested.

This updated version is now available in ebook format, which offers a more user-friendly and interactive experience with easier access to the Toolkit’s valuable information. 

Generous support for this project is provided by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

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Kristen Whitson (she/her) Digital Specialist and Consortia Manager WiLS kri...@wils.org  |  608.571.3941  |  wils.org This summer, WiLS tried out a 36-hour work week in light of research on healthy and productive working hours. Attend the next WiLSWorld Shorts to hear about what we learned on Friday, November 17th, at 1:00 pm CT.