Digitization can help bring your archival materials to life by making them accessible and easy to use in a variety of projects and settings. There are many reasons to start digitizing your institution’s holdings, and likely just as many stakeholders who would like to see this work performed. If you don’t have a digitization department this work can seem daunting—even if you do have a digitization department you might have good reasons to supplement their output. This workshop will cover getting started on digitization projects in the archives when you don’t have many resources.

We will cover equipment recommendations, digitization workflows, metadata, and platforms and tools for managing, accessing, and working with digitized or born digital materials. During the workshop we will discuss advocating for resources, project planning, and documentation, along with demonstrations and time for hands-on exploration of several content management systems.

This two-day workshop will be held on May 14 and May 15, 2025 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. (CDT) on each day. All sessions will be recorded. Here are the session descriptions for May 15, 2025.

Attendees are invited to join for all the sessions or those that interest them. Registration is required. Please use the registration link at the bottom of this page. Register once for both days.

Register: https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/3oUTyfWpQT-Jz93VXttL3g#/registration