LA as Subject Digitization Residency and Training Program

University of Southern California Libraries (USC); Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH); Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge (CSUN); and the Autry Museum of the American West (Autry) respectfully request $649,640 in IMLS support for the L.A. as Subject Digital Residency and Training Program, a 3-year Continuing Education project under the Curating Collections c...

California State University Japanese American Digitization Implementation Grant

The digitization of 5,000 personal writings, photographs, poetry, artwork, organizational records, and audiovisual recordings dealing with Japanese Internment during World War II and Japanese American experiences more broadly, along with the transcription of 75 oral histories and digitization and transcription of 500 internment camp publications.

LA as Subject Residency Program

Community archives are increasingly important to emerging areas of scholarship and document less-visible but essential aspects of America's historical record. Yet these institutions often lack the resources to mentor and train the next generation of archivists to take leading roles in preserving and sharing access to local history. Similarly, they lack resources for the continuing education of their existing staff who often do not have MLIS degrees or formal archiv...

Japanese American Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to digitize capturing, transcribing, describing and indexing performed by one student hired to help fulfill grant obligations. All labor offered at no charge toward the project as ?in kind? contributions will be performed by existing staff of the Oviatt Library. Labor required to translate and transliterate will be provided by a professional contractor. Labor required to caption video recordings will be provided by Automatic Sy...