Collaborative Engagement in Digital Collection Building: Preserving Black History in the Inland Empire

Authors

Eric L. Milenkiewicz, California State University - San BernardinoFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

6-2-2022

City

San Bernardino

Keywords

libraries, archives, digital collections, community engagement, collaborative initiatives

Abstract

This presentation discusses two complementary digital projects to better document Black history and culture in Inland Southern California. The first is a community-based collaborative initiative between three local area universities to capture the accounts, experiences, and personal narratives from members of the Black community in San Bernardino and Riverside counties; the focus here is on collaborative digital collection building efforts. The second project is a related documentation project to locate notable stories, events, milestones, and people from CSUSB’s Black community; this discussion is centered on student engagement and the process used for surfacing relevant content in digitized university publications.

Rights

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Comments

Accepted for presentation and presented at the 2022 CSU Libraries Digital Repositories Meeting.

Recommended Citation

Milenkiewicz, Eric L., "Collaborative Engagement in Digital Collection Building: Preserving Black History in the Inland Empire" (2022). Library Faculty Publications & Presentations. 52.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/library-publications/52