iSchool Capstone

Building a Digital Framework for The Critical Hope and Black Life Archive

Project tags:

community engagement & outreach

content & digital asset management

ux & interaction design

This project addresses the need for discoverable and accessible archival materials about Black histories at Occidental College. In the last decade, Oxy students increasingly utilize archival study and the digital humanities to advance their research and progress student movements. The College’s archive is rich with materials, but access is limited due to slow processes towards digitization, lack of finding guides, and loss of digital exhibits. Using Collection Builder, this project builds a framework for a sustainable, publicly accessible digital archive that benefits its target audience and presents a replicable model for other affinity organizations and community archives.
Project participants:

Aaliyah Davis

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