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Towards Shared Stewardship and Support: Strategies for Collaboration and Training from the Library of Congress, WITNESS, the CAW Collective, and the University of Michigan
Thursday October 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
How can organizations that support community-based archiving facilitate shared stewardship and other models of safeguarding cultural and documentary materials in a collaborative amd productive way? This panel discusses strategies for supporting collective and communal documentation of cultural activities.

Representatives from the American Folklife Center will discuss the Community Collections Grant program. Panelists will discuss community-based collaboration and the process of creating collections that will be part of the Library of Congress’ holdings. 

A representative from WITNESS will discuss initiatives to train, provide support, and develop guidance aimed at, and in collaboration with, frontline communities who are documenting human rights violations and using their audiovisual evidence to challenge lies and misinformation in the age of generative AI. They will share examples of work with activists, journalists, fact-checkers, and other human rights defenders to strengthen their ability to capture, preserve, and verify audiovisual documentation.

A representative from CAW will discuss the collective's work over 15 years supporting cultural heritage preservation by activating care in community-held collections and exchanging knowledge through training, networking opportunities, and the production and distribution of resources. The panelist will share an overview of CAW’s history, projects, emerging services and ongoing partnerships.

A representative from the University of Michigan will discuss community-centered work at the Bentley Historical Library, undertaken in partnership with the Inclusive History Project to document university and state history from broader, more inclusive perspectives. The presentation will highlight outcomes from these engagements, with attention to how sustained community partnership has shaped archival practice and collection stewardship.
Speakers
avatar for Jesse Johnston

Jesse Johnston

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Information
Jesse Johnston is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, where he teaches courses in digital collections management and related preservation topics. He also serves as Secretary of the National Recording Preservation Foundation, a non-profit... Read More →
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Paul Kelly

Lead Digital Archivist, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
 Paul Kelly is Lead Digital Archivist at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, where he leads the public collecting and digital access team and directs AFC's born-digital strategy. He holds a Master of Science in Data Science from George Washington University and... Read More →
avatar for Marie Lascu

Marie Lascu

Founding Member, Audiovisual Archivist, Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) Collective
Marie is an audiovisual archivist and a founding member of CAW Collective. She is also the digital archivist for Ballet Tech, a public dance school in New York City. Marie has consulted for Crowing Rooster Arts, Third World Newsreel, Smithsonian Institution, Queens Public Library... Read More →
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Virginia Millington

Program Specialist, Library of Congress
 Virginia Millington is Program Specialist at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Previously, she served as Director, Recording and Archive, and Managing Director, Program Operations, at StoryCorps, in addition to positions at the Folger Shakespeare Library and... Read More →
avatar for Yvonne Ng

Yvonne Ng

Senior Program Manager, WITNESS
Yvonne is an audiovisual archivist and a Senior Program Manager at WITNESS, where she trains and supports people to archive and preserve their human rights documentation. She currently serves on the Board of the CAW Collective and on the steering committee of the Trust in Archives... Read More →
Thursday October 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
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