iSchool Capstone

ERRS Archival Project: Phase One (2023-2024)

Project tags:

archives & special collections

equity & inclusion

WTBBL ran the Evergreen Radio Reading Service (ERRS) from 1973 to 2011 for the blind and print disabled, with hundreds of media in the collection in danger of being lost due to general obsolescence and material degradation. In this phase of preservation, our team created an inventory of all 2,497 items. This helps understand the content in the collection, and the digital preservation project presents a storage solution for physical assets to ensure long-term access. This is the first step to digitally preserving a significant part of history of WTBBL, independent radio, and the print-disabled community in the Pacific Northwest.
Project participants:

Connie Cheng

MLIS

Isabel Wagner

MLIS

Michael Ackerman

MLIS Online