Workshop: Preserving Family Photographs

The next Friends of the Library event, “Preserving Family Photographs,” will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 4:00–6:00 p.m. This workshop will cover basic archival principles for preserving family photographs. Participants will learn the basics of arranging, describing, storing, and digitizing photographs for long-term preservation. Participants will have the opportunity to digitize a small selection of their photographs and showcase them in the UCLA Digital Library as part of a larger initiative to document, preserve, and provide online access to a collection of Chicano family albums. These photographic records are designed to reveal a dynamic history of day-to-day life for Chicanos and Chicanas in Los Angeles. The CSRC Library launched its Friends of the Library program in October 2011 for educational, outreach, and fundraising purposes. Members act as liaisons between the CSRC Library and the community it serves by providing support and assisting the library as it fulfills its mission and goals. In turn, the CSRC Library provides members with unique volunteer opportunities, special interest workshops, and a number of events held at the library. If you would like to learn more about this workshop and the Friends of the Library, please contact the CSRC librarian, Lizette Guerra, at lguerra@chicano.ucla.edu.

Watch the video of this event here.