Webinar: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to Collections at the AUC Woodruff Library - Wednesday, May 31st, 1:00 ET, Christine Wiseman, Andrea Jackson and Jessica Leming, AUC Woodruff Library (GA) Description: The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library was honored in 2015 to receive a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to broaden access to under-represented humanities collections through a project entitled, Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African-American Religious Archival Collections of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. The Library's Archives Research Center and Digital Services Unit has been organizing, describing, digitizing and preparing for access fourteen collections of rare materials that document African American religion spanning from the 1880s to the 2000s. The unique collections include varied formats, including correspondence, sermons and speeches, research files, photographs, and audio and video recordings, which document theologians and scholars, as well as Christian and Islamic ideologies. This webinar will introduce attendees to the selection, importance, and significance of the collections that were chosen for this grant, and how they fit into a successful grant application. Ms. Andrea Jackson and Mrs. Christine Wiseman will discuss details of the grant application, including choosing the specific grantor and the work planning that was done before applying. Jessica Leming will introduce attendees to the fourteen collections being made available through the grant, and talk about the implementation of the work plan. This work included elements of project management, record keeping, and communication across departments to see the stages of the project though. Finally, Mrs. Leming will show how these collections are being made accessible through enhanced finding aids, digital repositories, social media, and marketing. Learning outcomes: After this webinar, participants will have gained insight into: * Selection strategies to drive important projects to different funding sources * Project management activities to digitize large audiovisual-heavy collections * Approaches to create access and promote collections through a variety of sources. Presenters Christine Wiseman is the Head of the Digital Services Department at the at Atlanta University Center's Robert W. Woodruff Library. In this capacity she is responsible for implementing best practices and emerging technologies that support the creation, management, discovery, access and preservation of digital collections. Christine has authored several successfully awarded grants, serves on the board of the Georgia Archives Institute, and was the 2011 president of the Society of Georgia Archivists. Christine teaches on a wide variety of archives and preservation topics, and serves as a part time instructor for Clayton State University's Masters in Archival Studies program. Christine holds a BA in English from St. Joseph's University and MLIS and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Preservation Administration from The University of Texas at Austin. Andrea R. Jackson is the Head of the Archives Research Center at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. She is an alumna of Spelman College, with a BA in History; New York University with a MA in US History and Archival Management certification; and was a 2011 participant of the Archives Leadership Institute. Jackson has authored and co-authored five successfully awarded grants between 2012 and 2017, as well as the article, "Funding the Future of African American Religion Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center's Robert W. Woodruff Library" in the Theological Librarianship Journal. Three of the grants centered around preservation and digitization of historical photographic and magnetic media materials. Jackson is a member of the Society of Georgia Archivists and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She also currently serves as a member of the Appointments Committee of the Society of American Archivists, and the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education - Archives Council. Jessica Leming is Project Archivist in the National Endowment for the Humanities Spreading the Word grant project at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Jessica is a Certified Archivist, most recently working as Visual Collections Librarian/Assistant Professor, Selector for Studio Art and Art History at the University of Mississippi. She has worked in libraries and archives since gaining interest in the preservation of unique materials as a conservation lab student worker in 1991. Since that time, Jessica has worked as a preservation librarian, archivist, and consultant to a variety of libraries and archives, specializing in photographs and audiovisual media. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Masters in Library and Information Science, and additionally holds bachelor and master degrees in fine arts. Member Registration: Paste this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z2LMPKG into your address bar and register no later than Friday, May 26th. Members will receive log-in information on Tuesday, May 30th . 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