The 1947 partition archive will pilot the digital oral history archivist student fellowship program to introduce high school and college students-particularly those from south asian american…

The 1947 Partition Archive will receive $161,717 under a Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to pilot the Digital Oral History Archivist Student Fellowship Program. The Fellowship will introduce high school and college students, particularly those from South Asian American backgrounds, to the field of community-based archives through hands-on experiences in cataloging, handling, and preserving digitally archived oral histories from conflict zones. Students will also learn about democratic heritage documentation, geotagging techniques, ethical considerations for sensitive collections, and oral history. Findings will be shared at conferences and in journals. The grant will support the Fellowship from August 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024.

The 1947 partition archive will pilot the digital oral history archivist student fellowship program to introduce high school and college students-particularly those from south asian american backgrounds-to the field of community-based archives through a series of lectures and hands-on experiences. The project team will develop and execute fellowship cycles that introduce students to cataloging, handling, and preservation techniques used to archive conflict-zone community-sourced digital archives, as well as the concepts of community archives, democratic heritage documentation, geotagging across politically unstable regions, ethical considerations for sensitive collections, digital humanities, and oral history. Staff will share findings from this project via conferences and journals, and the project will introduce students to the field of library and information science while simultaneously increasing the discoverability and access to one of only two major south asian american community archives in the united states.