About the Partners

Recollection Wisconsin

Recollection Wisconsin brings together photos, maps, documents, oral histories, and other digital collections from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies and shares them with the world in partnership with the Digital Public Library of America. The Recollection Wisconsin consortium is administered by WiLS and managed by six governing partners: Marquette University, Milwaukee Public Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information, visit https://recollectionwisconsin.org.

WiLS

WiLS (formally Wisconsin Library Services) is a non-profit membership organization that facilitates collaborative projects and services to advance library service, primarily in the state of Wisconsin. WiLS members include public, academic, K12 and special libraries as well as cultural institutions, government agencies, and other non-profits. For more information, see https://wils.org.

Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active, and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs and services. For more information, visit https://wisconsinhistory.org

Community Archiving Workshop

The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) is both a model and a core group of a dozen members of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, an international nonprofit association dedicated to the preservation and use of moving image media. The group works together to mobilize audiovisual experts, regional community members, and library/archive professionals to jumpstart preservation of community-held audiovisual recordings which are at risk of obsolescence and loss. While anyone can hold a workshop or use the CAW models, current CAW projects focus on supporting under-represented and geographically isolated collections. Often the workshop focus is on inventory and assessment of a collection. However, CAWs have also included digitization, digital file organization, film inspection, and other activities. The workshop often includes tours, talks, screenings, and meals together which build strong regional networks and develop ideas for collaboration. For more information, visit https://communityarchiving.org/.