[Mi-local-history] Only Two Days Left to Apply for the Community Webs Cohort!

[Gallo, Biz (MDE)]

Apply<https://form.jotform.com/243255441503146> by January 25th!

Community Webs Michigan Cohort 2025

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Do you want to preserve and provide access to local history?
  *   Are you interested in learning about web archiving?

  *   Have you ever considered a community archiving project, but don't know where to start?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Community Webs Michigan Cohort 2025<https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/michigan/> may be the right learning opportunity for you! The Internet Archive’s Community Webs<https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/> program is partnering with the Library of Michigan to provide tools, support, training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to public libraries, historical societies, museums, community archives, and other cultural heritage organizations across the state of Michigan who are engaged in preserving and providing access to local history.

About the Community Webs Michigan Cohort Project

The Library of Michigan is promoting participation in this project to develop a cohort of representatives from cultural heritage organizations across Michigan. This cohort will complete a training and professional development program focused on preserving and providing access to local history through web archiving, digital preservation, and community archiving. The program will include asynchronous training and virtual cohort meetings. At the end of the training, participants will begin a web archiving, digital preservation, and/or community archiving project that they intend to work on for the remainder of the program. They will receive free access to tools (including the Archive-It web archiving service and Vault digital preservation service), technical support, and mentorship over the course of the project period. The program will culminate in a presentation of the projects in October 2025.

Eligibility
Any community-focused organization engaged in preserving and providing access to Michigan history is eligible to participate. This may include public libraries, historical societies, history museums, and community archives.
Program Timeline

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December 1, 2024 through January 25, 2025: Application period open
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February 1, 2025: Accepted applicants are notified
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February 2025: Cohort Kickoff Meeting and Digital Preservation Training
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March 2025: Web Archiving Training
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April 2025: Community Archiving Training
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May 2025: Individual projects begin
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May 2025-September 2025: Work on individual projects
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October 2025: Project reporting and showcase

Application
To apply, complete this application form<https://form.jotform.com/243255441503146> by January 25, 2025
More Information
For more information, contact communitywebs at archive.org<mailto:communitywebs at archive.org>
Biz Gallo

Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator

Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915
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