National Blues Museum

The National Blues museum's Keeping the Blues Alive digitization project will increase the accessibility of its growing collections that document America's blues heritage. The collections include video recordings of live performances and public programs and educational presentations, as well as the Spitzer Collection of blues photographs and recordings. A digital archivist will oversee the project by identifying and purchasing equipment and supplies; developing and implementing a plan for digitization, video editing, and cataloguing the collections; and be responsible for metadata, authority control, quality control and establishing internal protocol for processing new materials. A collaborative project team will determine the specific number and types of materials to be digitized and the number of hours of video recordings to be processed. The team will also establish priorities for processing the backlog of materials. Staff training and both internal and external evaluation will be incorporated as part of the work plan.