Houston Public Library (African American History Research Center)

The African American History Research Center at Houston Public Library will digitize and make accessible vulnerable materials from its collection related to the African American history of Houston, including archived audio, video, and oral history recordings. For the project, the institution will hire a full-time contract Project Archivist who will coordinate with an external vendor to process and digitize over 1,400 audiovisual items from the archive. Staff will provide training to the project archivist on metadata standards and the creation of oral history transcripts. As a result of the project, staff will share and make the preserved materials available to the public through library and museum exhibits, community events, and online and printed publications.