Apply now for Collections + Care: A Digital Humanities Convening!
Do you have photos or recordings of family members you want to preserve? Are you part of an organization that wants to organize its brochures, flyers, or records? Is there a box of papers in your house you want to scan?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then consider submitting an application for the 2027 Digital Humanities Convening with the Margaret Walker Center! This workshop series will be held at the COFO Civil Rights Education Center (1017 John R. Lynch Street) the week of February 22, 2027, Monday through Friday. During the sessions, participants will receive training in an array of topics including scanning and digitizing materials, collecting oral histories, creating metadata, building websites, and developing strategies to share their collections. Margaret Walker Center staff will lead the workshops along with speakers from guest organizations.
Expectations:
- Participants are expected to attend each full day. (In the case of an individual applying on behalf of an organization, i.e. a church or sorority, different individuals from the organization may attend on different days if needed.)
- Participants should be prepared to transport their materials for digitization to and from the COFO Center.
- Space is limited for the convening. Please submit only one application per person or organization.
Participants receive:
- Lunch each day, with a closing reception on Friday, February 26.
- $1000 stipend upon completion of the convening. (In the case of an organization, this may be split between attending members or given to the organization itself.)
- Personal portable hard drive to store and preserve their work.
Schedule
A more detailed schedule will be provided closer to the convening. Please note that the schedule below is also subject to change.
Monday, February 22, Noon to 2:00 p.m.
– Morning Session: Introductions
– Lunch
– Afternoon Session: Preservation Presentation on media and paper-based materials
Tuesday, February 23, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
– Morning Session: Digitizing manuscript collections and oral histories, part 1
– Lunch
– Afternoon Session: Metadata, formats, transcriptions, and more, part 1
Wednesday, February 24, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
– Morning Session: Digitize manuscript collections and oral histories, part 2
– Lunch
– Afternoon Session: Metadata, formats, transcriptions, and more, part 2
Thursday, February 25, 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
– Morning Session: Websites, servers, and the cloud
– Lunch
– Afternoon Session: Social media and promotions
Friday, February 26, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
– Morning Session: Work with participants to digitize collections and create plans for dissemination
– Lunch
– Afternoon Session: Presentations by participants
– Reception
This convening is made possible through funding from the Mellon Foundation.
