CCDC: College of Menominee Nation Practicum

Curating Community Digital Collections is a program supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services) and Recollection Wisconsin partnered together with UW-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies and the iSchool at UW-Madison to provide students with practical experience in digital stewardship and increase the capacity of small libraries and cultural heritage organizations to curate their digital collections. The program provides training and mentoring to students and host institutions who work together to manage, preserve, and provide access to digital collections. My placement at the College of Menominee Nation has allowed me to create metadata on digital collections, create a digital preservation policy along with working on access and copyright policies as well. It’s through this experience that I have gained a true understanding of digital preservation and what it entails.