Creating a Diverse Archive: Lessons in Community Engagement from StoryCorps (Free PLA Webinar 3/25/2020)

Free PLA Webinar
Creating a Diverse Archive: Lessons in Community Engagement from StoryCorps
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 | 1-2 p.m. Central

Join StoryCorps, the national oral history project, for an in-depth look at how to engage your community and local stakeholders through storytelling.

Each year, StoryCorps collaborates with hundreds of community partners in order to record and preserve diverse voices from across the U.S. In this free webinar, we’ll share insights from our partnership model, discuss StoryCorps’ efforts to create a representative archive, and provide best practices and case studies for engaging your library community through storytelling. REGISTER NOW!

​This webinar is sponsored by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine/All of Us Community Engagement Network.

Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Summarize StoryCorps’ methodology for collecting and sharing stories;
• Describe the importance of sharing stories as a mechanism for community engagement; and
• Identify best practices from StoryCorps DIY resources for creating an oral history initiative with the support of community partners, library staff, and volunteers.​

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