Free Live Webinar: After scanning, what now? Increasing awareness and accessibility of digital collections – a case study - Monday, June 20th, 2016, 2:00 ET Description: The presenter will describe how, as part of the HBCU Preservation Project, the Tuskegee University Archives devised a multi-year plan for the dissemination of its materials. This has involved digitizing audio-visual materials with accompanying photographs specific to Tuskegee’s participation in the Civil Rights Movement, and then working with Shared Shelf Commons, The Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, and programs throughout the South to increase the visibility and impact of these materials. Learning Outcomes: After this training, webinar participants will have: · Ideas concerning increasing their own collections visibility among those within the academic community; · Greater knowledge of strategies to improve access to photographic and audio materials; · Ideas of ways to leverage their collections for further funding. Suggested Attendees: Librarians, archivists, and staff who are interested in increasing the impact of Special Collections materials. Instructor: Dana Chandler is a trained archivist and historian who received his graduate degree from Auburn University and now works as the University Archivist at Tuskegee University. During his time at Tuskegee University, he has had the opportunity to restore the archives to a position of respectability and usefulness. Prior to his tenure, the archives had been closed to use by researchers for several years. Within two years of his hire, the archives was in a position to open for use by researchers. This has permitted an influx of researchers from around the world to visit the archives in search of the interesting materials that are held within its collections. During the last several years, the archives has had over a thousand visitors. Of those, he has had several from abroad, of which seven have been directly helped with their dissertations and theses. Registration: This course is designed for individual participation. Paste this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z9RPFPV into your address bar and register no later than Thursday, June 16. Registrants will receive log-in information on Friday, June 17. Steve Eberhardt Project Coordinator HBCU Preservation Project steve.eberhardt@lyrasis.org<mailto:steve.eberhardt@lyrasis.org> 1.800.999.8558 x4831 [LYRASIS logo] Check lyrasisnow.org<http://www.lyrasisnow.org/> for up-to-date news and feature articles.